CURRICULUM VITAE

ISSEI OHSHIMA, PhD


Born:			December 20, 1978, Kyoto, Japan
Citizenship:		Japan
Address:		Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, 1-5 Shimogamo-Hangicho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
Phone:			+81-(0)75-703-5618
E-mail:			issei (at) kpu.ac.jp
Website:		http://eureka.kpu.ac.jp/~issei/Ohshima_Lab/Home.html


Academic positions:
2011, October - present
	Assistant Professor:
	Kyoto Prefectural University, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences.
	Evolution of complex adaptive traits.
	Evolutionary genetics of host adaptation in phytophagous insects.

2011, April - 2011, September
	Postdoctoral Research Fellow:
	National Institute for Basic Biology, Division of Evolutionary Biology.
	Evolution of complex adaptive traits.
	Evolutionary genetics of host adaptation in phytophagous insects.

2008, April -2011, March
	The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellow:
	National Institute for Basic Biology, Division of Evolutionary Biology.
	Evolution of complex adaptive traits.
	Evolutionary genetics of host adaptation in phytophagous insects.

2007, October - 2008, March
	Postdoctoral Fellow:
	Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Agriculture.
	Evolutionary genetics of host adaptation in phytophagous insects.

2004, April - 2007, March
	The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Predoctoral Fellow:
	Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Agriculture.
	Mechanisms of speciation via host shifts in phytophagous insects.

Educational Details:
2004, April - 2007, September
PhD, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University.
Thesis: Host race formation in the leaf-mining moth Acrocercops transecta: the genetic mechanisms of host race formation and maintenance, and gene flow between the host races.
Major Professor: Dr. Shin-ichi Akimoto.

2002, April -2004, March
Master, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University.
Thesis: Host-associated speciation and evolutionary genetics of host shift in the leaf-mining moth, Acrocercops transecta (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
Major Professor: Dr. Shin-ichi Akimoto.

1998, April -2002, March
Bachelor, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University.
Thesis: Systematic Study on the Family Blastobasidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of Japan.
Major Professor: Dr. Shin-ichi Akimoto.

Academic Awards:
2008, April - 2011, March
Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Postdoctoral Fellow).

2007, Nobember - 2008, March
The Saito Gratitude Foundation.

2007, April - 2007, September
The Clark Memorial Foundation, Hokkaido University.

2004, April - 2007, March
Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Predoctoral Fellow).

Teaching Experience:
2002 (1 year)
Teaching Assistant - Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University.

Field Experiences:
Many field trips spanning most areas of the Japanese Islands.
Malaysia (4 weeks), Nepal (4 months), French Guyana (4 weeks).
All for collecting and conducting experiments of Gracillariidae and other Lepidopteran insects.

Membership and Participation in Scientific Organizations:
Member of the Entomological Society of Japan, Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan.

Referee for:
Annals of the Entomological Society of America,
Bulletin of Entomological Research,
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata,
Entomological Science,
Evolutionary Ecology,
Heredity,
Insecta Matsumurana (Syst. Entomol., Hokkaido Univ.),
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research,
Molecular Ecology,
PLoS One,
Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society Japan,
Zoological Science.