Faculty and Researchers

Biology and Life Sciences

Zoology

An introduction to faculty staff members and laboratories in the Zoology.
Note: Information on the laboratories is current as of the 2025 academic year. There may be changes to this information in the 2026 academic year.

KAGAWA Nao

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics
Fish Physiology, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

How are social behaviors regulated in animals? Focusing on genes expressed in the brain, we are investigating the mechanisms that control social behaviors and emotional responses using fish as a model.

MORIYAMA Ryutaro

Position
Associate Professor
Laboratory
Laboratory of Environmental Physiology
Reproductive Biology, Physiology, Neuroendocrinology

Organisms have adopted characteristics suitable to their habitat so that they can survive individually and so that their species can carry on. Research is conducted into the mechanisms of how factors such as changes in nutritional conditions and internal and external stress control reproductive functions.