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Masayuki USHIO

Assistant Professor
Department of Ocean Science (OCES) The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong SAR
Contact: ong8181 at gmail.com, ushio at ust.hk
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Research keywords

Time-series analysis, Environmental DNA, Fish community, Microbial community, Plant-soil feedback, Podocarpaceae, Tropical montane forest, Mycorrhizal fungi, Nutrient cycling, lipid biomarker, CARD-FISH, metagenome, soil nutrient, soil enzyme activity, polyphenol, condensed tannins, reservoir computing

Education

1981: born in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
2000.04 - 2004.03: Department of Agricalture, University of Tokyo
2005.04 - 2007.03: Master course, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
2007.04 - 2010.03: Ph.D. candidate, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
2010.03.23: Ph.D. (Science, Kyoto University)

Professional Experience

2009.04 - 2011.03: JSPS Research Fellow (DC2/PD) @ Kyoto University, JAPAN
2010.04 - 2010.09: JSPS Excellent Young Researcher Overseas Visit Program @ Department of Soil Science, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A (in T.C. BALSER Lab)
2011.04 - 2014.06: JSPS Research Fellow (PD) @ Kyoto University, JAPAN (Nakano Lab) (including paternal leave period)
2014.07 - 2016.09: CREST researcher @ Ryukoku University, JAPAN
2016.10 - 2020.03: PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) @ Kyoto University, JAPAN
2018.10 - 2022.08: Program-Specific Associate Professor, Hakubi Center, Kyoto University, JAPAN
2020.08 - Present: Executive Member, Rizabics, Inc.
2022.09 - Present: Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), HONG KONG SAR

Thesis

Undergraduate thesis (2004) : supervisor - Hiromichi NAGASAWA
"Study on the signal transduction mechanism in molting regulation of Kuruma prawn Marspenaeus japonicus"
Master thesis (2007) : supervisor - Kanehiro KITAYAMA
"The existense of localized soil-microbial communities in a tropical montane forest"
PhD thesis (2010) : supervisor - Kanehiro KITAYAMA / Hiroshi KUDOH
"The role of condensed tannins as a potential driver of plant-soil feedbacks in a tropical montane forest"

Society

Domestic : Ecological Society of Japan, Japan Geoscience Union, The eDNA Society, Japanese Society for Chronobiology
International : International Society of Microbial Ecology, Ecological Society of America

Editorial Board

2020.8 -: Biological Invasions, Editorial Board Member
2021.5 -: Frontiers in Marine Science, Review Editor
(Section: Global Change and the Future Ocean)