Curriculum vitae of Tomonari Akamatsu

Name:                           Tomonari Akamatsu

Affiliation:                      National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering, Fisheries Research Agency

Address:                       7620-7, Hasaki, Kamisu, Ibaraki 314-0408, Japan

Phone:                          +81-479-445954 (lab)

Fax:                               +81-479-441875

Birthplace:                    Shizuoka, Japan

Birthdate:                      September 30, 1964 (male)

Nationality:                    Japanese

Web site:                      http://cse.fra.affrc.go.jp/akamatsu/

 

Education:                   Degree     Year          Field of Study

Tohoku University         B.A.          1987          Physics

Tohoku University         M.A.          1989          Physics

Nihon University            Ph.D.       1996          Agriculture

 

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

                                      Institute of Fisheries Engineering

1999-2000                    Visiting Scholar,    Thomas Hunt Morgan School of Biological Sciences,

                                      University of Kentucky, U.S.A. 

2000-2008                    Senior Researcher, Fisheries Information Science Division,
                                      National Research 
Institute of Fisheries Engineering, Fisheries Research Agency
2009-pres.                    Head of Bioacoustics Group, Fishing Technology and Information Science Division
                                      National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering, Fisheries Research Agency

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 (China)

                                                Biosonar behavior of finless porpoises (China)

                                                Biosonar behavior of harbor porpoises (Denmark)

                                                Passive acoustical survey of dugongs (Thailand)
                                                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 North Pacific Ocean

                                                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)
                                                Aerial and underwater survey of dugong in Andaman sea (2002-2008, Thailand, Puhket Marine Biological Center)

                                                Monitoring of fish resources in Sea of Japan (2001-2002, Japan)

                                                Research on bycatch of highsea gillnets in North Pacific Ocean (1990, Bering sea)

                                      4. 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 Japan 19405005 (2007-2010)
                                                Program for Promotion of Basic Research Activities for Innovative 
Biosciences of Japan (2002-2006)

                                                Grant in Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education Science and Culture of Japan 14760130 (2002-2003)

                                               

Awards:

2009                              JAMSTEC Nakanishi Award
2008                              Paper award of Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
2001                              Best Paper Award, the Marine Acoustics Society of
Japan

1996                              Liberal Education Award, Japan Industrial Publishing Co.,LTD

 

Editor
Journal of the Marine Acoustic Society of Japan

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 America (2006)
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


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