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Field

Ecological Developmental Adaptability Life Sciences :
Biodiversity Dynamics

Research

Professor MAKI Masayuki
Campus Shokubutsuen campus
Laboratory Plant Diversity and Evolution
Tel +81-22-795-6788
E-mail masayuki.maki.b8@tohoku.ac.jp
Website https://web.tohoku.ac.jp/gardenlab/

The research theme of my Ph.D. degree was the evolutionary biology of gynodioecy (coexistence of hermaphrodites and females) in liliaceous plants. Now I am working on plant diversity and conservation.

Career
1987 Bachelor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo
1992 Ph.D, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
1994 Assistant Professor, Fukuoka University of Education;
1999 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University.
2012- Current position
Selected Publications

See http://db.tohoku.ac.jp/whois/detail/97f42ac9a265ca5443a080166ffaad23.html

Activities in Academic Societies

Botanical Society of Japan, Japan Society for Plant Systematics, Society for the Study of Species Biology, Ecological Society of Japan

Recent Activities

We are now studying the natural hybridization between plant species, coevolution of plants and other organisms, conservation of threatened species, and microevolution of wild plants using multidisciplinary approaches.

Message to Students

I cordially welcome students wishing to study plant diversity, evolution, taxonomy, and conservation.