Curriculum
vitae of Tomonari Akamatsu
Name:
Tomonari Akamatsu
Affiliation:
National Research
Address:
7620-7, Hasaki, Kamisu,
Phone:
+81-479-445954 (lab)
Fax:
+81-479-441875
Birthplace:
Birthdate:
Nationality:
Japanese
Web
site:
http://cse.fra.affrc.go.jp/akamatsu/
Education:
Degree
Year Field
of Study
Professional
Experience:
1989-1997
Researcher, Fishing Technology Division, National Research Institute of
Fisheries Engineering
1997
Visiting Scholar, Behavioral Ecology Section, National Institute of Polar
Research, Japan
1998
Senior Researcher, Fisheries Information Science Division, National
Research
1999-2000
Visiting Scholar,
2000-2008
Senior Researcher, Fisheries Information Science Division,
National Research
2009-pres.
Head of Bioacoustics Group, Fishing Technology and Information Science
Division
National Research
Expertise: see also related publications listed
I. Biosonar
behavior of dolphins and porpoises
II. Passive acoustic monitoring of marine organisms
III. Develpoment of
biomimetic sonar
IV. Behavioral response and control of
aquatic animals
V. Fisheries research
and management
VI. Development
of equipments for marine biological
sciences
vII. Auditory electrophysiology of
fish
Achievements:
1. Primarily investigator of International cooperative
projects
Acoustic behavior of baiji (
Biosonar behavior of finless porpoises
(
Biosonar behavior of harbor porpoises
(
Passive acoustical survey of dugongs
(
Passive acoustical monitoring of finless porpoises (China, Japan)
Long term monitoring of cetacean at Bosporus
(Turkey)
Acoustic
detection of Ganges River dolphins
(India)
2. Counter measures for by-catch of dolphins and
porpoises
Assessment of acoustic deterrent systems
By-catch survey in
Research on behavioral response to acoustically enhanced
nets
Interactions between fishing gears and dolphins
3. Field research experience (year, country,
counterpart)
Field test of dolphin mimetic sonar to identify tuna species (2011, Japan,
Furuno Co. Ltd.+Tohoku Gakuin
University)
Towed acoustic survey of Ganges River dolphins (2010, India, Aaranyak,
Zoological Society of
London)
Field test of dolphin mimetic sonar to identify pelagic species (2011,
Japan, Furuno Co. Ltd.+Tohoku Gakuin
University)
Stationary acoustic observation of odontocetes (2009-, Turkey, Istanbul
University)
Broadband
response of captive fish in net enclosures (2009, Japan, Kinki
University+Furuno Co. Ltd.+Tohoku Gakuin
University)
Acoustic
tagging on finless porpoises (2008, China,
IHB)
Stationary acoustic observation of finless porpoises in the Yangtze River
(2007-, China,
IHB)
Vaquita Expedition (2008, Mexico, NOAA+Nacional de Ecologia
etc.)
Acoustic monitoring of beluga in Cook Inlet (2008, USA, SeaWorld San
Diego)
Acoustci tagging on minke whales (2007, Iceland, University of
Iceland)
Passive acoustic monitoring of Ganges river dolphins (2006-2007, India,
IIT+IIS)
Passive acoustic monitoring of Irrawaddy dolphins (2006-2007, India,
IIT+IIS)
Acoustic tagging on white-beaked dolphins (2006, Iceland, University of
Southern
Denmark)
Yangtze River Freshwater Dolphin Expedition (2006, China,
IHB)
Acoustic tagging experiment of finless porpoises in China (2002-2006, 2008,
China, IHB)
Research of harbor porpoise in Danish waters (2006-2007, Denmark,
University of Southern Denmark)
Stationary acoustic survey of finless porpoises in Kanmon Strait (2005-2006,
Japan)
Monitoring of fish resources in
Research on bycatch of highsea gillnets
in North4. Experience of primarily researcher in competitive funding sources
Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST
(2011-2016)
Research and Development Program for New Bio-industry Initiatives
(2007-2011)
Grant in Aid for Scientific Research from
the Ministry of Education Science and Culture of
Grant in Aid for Scientific Research from
the Ministry of Education Science and Culture of
Awards:
2009
JAMSTEC Nakanishi Award
2008
Paper award of Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
2001
Best Paper Award, the Marine Acoustics Society of
1996
Liberal Education Award, Japan Industrial Publishing
Co.,LTD
Editor
Journal
of the Marine Acoustic Society of
Bioinspiration &
Biomimetics
Journal of
Ethology
Academic
Service:
A
member of ISO/TC43 (Acoustics)/SC1 (2011-pres.)
Organizer of 1st
International Conference of Fish Telemetry (2011)
A member of IEEE/OES Japan
chapter, Technical Committee (2010-pres.)
Advisory board of Marine Technology Center,
JAMSTEC(2010-pres.)
Research and development advidory board for
ocean windfarm (2010-pres.)
Board member of evaluation of ocean windfarm
business (2010-pres.)
A
member of IUCN/SSC Cetacean Specialist
Group (2008-pres.)
Organizer
of the 5th Animal Sonar Symposium
(2009)
Organizer
of biacoustics session of the joint meeting of Acoustical Society of Japan and
Secretary
of the passive acoustical monitoring working group in Marine Acoustic Society of
Japan(2005-2006)
International
Guest Scientists of workshop on conservation of the baiji and Yangtze finless
porpoise(2004)
Professional
Affiliations:
The Acoustical Society of America, The Society for Marine Mammalogy, The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science, Japan Ethological Society, Acoustical Society of Japan, Marine Acoustics Society of Japan
Reviewer
Aquatic
Mammals, Fisheries Science, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of
the Acoustical Society of America, Journal of Ethology, Marine Ecology
Progress Series, Marine Environment Research, Marine Mammal Science,
Naturwissenschaften, The Journal of the Marine Acoustics Society of
Japan
Publications: articles in scientific journals and books with peer review
Presentations: selected presentations only at international conferences