Members

Principal Investigator

Sylvain Agostini

Assistant Professor - Doctor of Science

short resume

Contact me : agostini.sylvain@shimoda.tsukuba.ac.jp

Postdoctoral Researchers

none at the moment

Graduate Students

• Joshua Heitzman (Doctor student): “Coral algae interactions and the “White Mat Syndrome” coral disease”
• Guinther Mitushasi (Doctor student): “Taxonomical study of the corals sampled during the Tara Pacific Project”
• Jonathan Ramtahal (Doctor student): “Tara Jambio: Microplastic pollution of Japanese coastal sediment and its effects on benthic organisms”.
• Layla Iijima (Master student): “Effects of OA on corals under different light regime”

Undergraduate Students

• Ryoji Fukui (2023/04, 4th year undergraduate): “Quantitative assesment of fish herbivory on large scale”

Internship

For more information on the internship program see: shimoda-international-internship-program-marine-biology

The program is suspended until further notice due to covid-19 pandemic restrictions.

Past members

• Davide Spatafora (2023): “Effects of ocean warming and acidification on fish behavior”: ICONA postdoc
• Grant Nieda (2022/09, 4th year undergraduate, ICU): “Effects of OA on corals’ lipidic reserves”
• Tanisha Cerilles (2022/09, 4th year undergraduate): “Effects of cold and hot stress on coral lipid peroxidation levels”
• Hirata Akihiro (2022, Master student): “Photophysiology of bleached corals”
• Teika Ryohei (2020, Master student): “Effects of OA on the ecology and behavior of Goby fishes”
• Takenaka Hiroki (2021, 4th year undergraduate): “Japanese Parrotfish abundance and seasonality: implication for the phenomenom of Isoyake”.
• Yano Yuki (2020-2021, Master student): “Effects of OA on limpets: Ecological and behavioral study”
• Dr Kugako Sugimoto (2020-2021. postdoc): “Tara Jambio: Microplastic pollution in Japanese coastal waters”
• Dr Sung Yin Yang (2019-2021, postdoc): “Effect of coral bleaching mitigation techniques on the coral microbiome”
• Reimi Terayama (2020, 4th year undergraduate, ICU): “Photoinhibition and gross photosynthesis of bleached corals”
• Klervi Lugue (2020, master internship): “Cold shock response of the corals Acropora solitaryensis and Porites heronensis under OA”
• Giuseppe Belfiore (2019. master internship): “Sponges communities at the Shikine Island CO2 seep”
• Risa Takimoto (2018, 4th year undergraduate, ICU): “Thermal performance of the warm temperate coral Porites heronensis under OA”
• Wataru Yamazaki (2016-2018, Master): “Thermal performance of the warm temperate coral Porites heronensis”