Akira S Mori

 

Qualifications

January 2004, Ph.D., Agriculture, Kyoto University

March 2001, M.S., Agriculture, Kyoto University

March 1999, B.S., Agriculture, Kyoto Prefectural University

 

Doctoral thesis

Regeneration and coexistence of three climax subalpine conifer species, Abies mariesii, Abies veitchii, and Picea jezoensis var. hondoensis"

 

Experiences

Apr 2011 to present, Associate Professor, Yokohama National University

Oct 2010 to Sep 2011, Visiting Scholar, University of Calgary

Feb 2008 to Mar 2011, Assistant Professor, Yokohama National University

Sep 2007 to Feb 2008, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Simon Fraser University

Sep 2005 to Sep 2007, JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Postdoctoral Fellow, Simon Fraser University

Apr 2004 to Mar 2005, JSPS -PD, Kyoto University

Apr 2003 to Mar 2004, JSPS -DC2, Kyoto University

 

Funds

2013-2016, Environmental research fund by the Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

2013-2016, JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

2013-2015, Research fund by the Kajima Foundation

2013-2014, Research fund by the Yokohama Academic Foundation

2012-2014, Environmental research fund by the Asahi Glass Foundation

2012-2013, Research fund by the Heiwa Nakajima Foundation

2012-2013, Research fund (category B) by Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University

2010-2011, Researcher Exchanges Program by JSPS-NSERC (the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)

2010-2013, Environmental research fund by the Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

2010-2011, Research fund by the Japan Securities Scholarship Foundation

2009-2010, Research fund by the Sumitomo Foundation

2009-2010, Research fund (category B) by Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University

2009-2012, JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

2009-2010, Research fund by the Nissan Science Foundation

2008-2009, Research fund by Espec Foundation for Global Environment Research and Technology

2008-2009, Research fund by the Fujiwara Natural History Foundation

2005-2007, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad

2003-2005, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

 

Awards

Mar 2009, Denzaburo Miyadi Award, Ecological Society of Japan

Nov 2007, Shinshu Field Science Award, Institute of Mountain Science, Shinshu University

Mar 2006, The Second Scientific Congress of East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies. Poster Award. Toki Messe, Niigata, Japan (Eri Mizumachi and Akira Mori)

 

Services

2014 to present, Lead author of the deliverable 3c, The Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

2014 to present, Editorial board, Journal of Applied Ecology

2014 to present, Editorial board, Scientific Reports

2013 to present, Editorial board, Environmental Management

2011 to present, Editorial board, Journal of Forest Research

2011 to present. Member of the Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), the Inteernational Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

2010, Guest editor, Ecological Research

2010 to 2013, Committee member for The Research on the Forest and Forestry Policy for the Biodiversity Conservation, The Forest Agency of Japan

2008 to present, Committee member for The Japan Long term ecological research network (JaLTER)