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CV
Dr. Yu FUKASAWA
Associate Professor
Forest Ecology laboratory
Faculty of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
Yomogida 232-3, Naruko, Osaki, Miyagi 989-6711, Japan
yu.fukasawa.d3(atmark)tohoku.ac.jp
Twitter: @Fukasawayu
Experiences
Associate Professor, Forest Ecology laboratory, Faculty of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, July 2023-present.
Assistant Professor, Forest Ecology laboratory, Faculty of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, July 2010-2023.
Visiting scientist, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University (UK), April 2017-March 2019.
Visiting scientist, Department of plant pathology, University of Minnesota (US), March-April 2016.
Researcher, Totoro Fund, April 2008- June 2010.
Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Forest Ecology laboratory, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, April 2006- March 2008.
Technician, Wakayama Forest Service Shimizu Branch, April 2003-July 2004.
Degrees
Ph.D. in Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 2008.
Thesis: “Fungal decomposition of coarse woody debris of beech (Fagus crenata Blume) in a cool temperate natural forest”.
M.S. in Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 2003.
B.A. in Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, 2001.
Awards
Prominent research fellow, Tohoku University, 2021
Oral Presentation Award, Society for Young researchers on Neuroscience, 2020
Miyadi Award, Ecological Society of Japan, 2019
Keisuke Tsubaki IMA Medal, International Mycological Association, 2018
Best poster presentation award, Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, 2017
Best oral presentation award, Annual meeting of the Tohoku Branch of the Ecological Society of Japan, 2015
Encouragement prize, The Japanese Forest Society, 2015
Encouragement prize, The Mycological Society of Japan, 2015
Editorial Board of International Journals
Fungal Ecology, 2017-present.
Mycoscience, 2013-present.
Journal of Fungi, Guest Editor of Special Issue: Eco-physiology of Wood Decay Fungi: Basics and Applications, 2021-2022
Forests, Guest Editor of Special Issue: Wood Decay Biology in the Forest, 2021-2022
Frontiers in Microbiology, Guest Editor of Special Issue: Fungal Genetics in Plant Biomass Conversion, 2019-2020
Social Services
Executive secretary, Mycological Society of Japan, 2023-present.
Executive committee member of the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, March 2016.
Executive committee member of the annual meeting of the Mycological Society of Japan, Kyoto, Japan, March 2016.
Secretary for Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Japanese Forest Society, 2012-2014.
Secretary for the President, Tohoku Branch of the Ecological Society of Japan, 2012-2014.
Coordinator, Meeting “Ecological networks on coarse woody debris” at annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, Otsu, Shiga, Japan, March, 2012.
Coordinator, Meeting “Mycorrhiza: the Hidden leader of forest” at annual meeting of the Japanese Forest Society, Morioka, Iwate, Japan, March, 2013.
Coordinator, Meeting “Community structure and ecosystem function of decomposer subsystem” at annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, Hiroshima, Japan, March, 2014.
Coordinator, Meeting “Effects of coarse woody debris on forest ecosystems after forest dieback events” at annual meeting of the Japanese Forest Society, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, March, 2015.
Review service: African Journal of Scientific Research, Biodiversity and Conservation, Bioresource Technology, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Ecological Research, Forest Ecology and Management, Functional Ecology, Fungal Ecology, International Journal of Environmental Engineering, Journal of Forest Research, Journal of Forestry Research, Journal of Vegetation Science, Microbial Ecology, Mycoscience, Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Plant and Soil, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Science of the Total Environment, The ISME Journal.
Professional societies
British Ecological Society
British Mycological Society
The Mycological Society of Japan
The Ecological Society of Japan
The Japanese Forest Society
Japanese Society of Myxomycetology