Members in Aquatic Invertebrates Research Group
Staff
Kaori Wakabayashi (Associate Professor)
Email: kaoriw (at) hiroshima-u.ac.jp
My interests are fundamental biology in the life history and its evolutionary patterns of marine
invertebrates. Current main projects for the advanced research are to develop a technique for
sustainable seed production of slipper lobsters.
Home country: Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture
Favorite aquatic animals: Astropecten latesponisus (sea-star), Ibacus novemdentatus (slipper lobster), Cavolinia uncinata (pelagic snail), etc.
Hobby: traveling
Interview: Interview with professors
Students
Yi-Hung Hsiao (Doctoral)
Home country: Keelung, Taiwan
Favorite aquatic animals: Smooth fan lobster (Ibacus novemdentatus), Ornate spiny lobster (Panulirus ornatus)
Hobby: cooking, workout, rugby, watching movies
Research project: Mechanism and timing of cannibalism in Ibacus novemdentatus Gibbes, 1850 larvae
Ahmad Safuan Bin Sallehuddin (Doctoral)
Home country: Pahang, Malaysia
Favorite aquatic animals: Australian redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus), Smooth fan lobster (Ibacus novemdentatus)
Hobby: watching movies, sightseeing tour, cooking
Research project: Chemosensory response of larval Ibacus novemdentatus Gibbes, 1850 with the chemical compounds derived from dietary items
Le Ngoc Hanh (Doctoral)
Home country: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Favourite aquatic animals: Mud Crab (Scylla serrata), Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus pelagicus), Babylon Snail (Babylonia areolata), Slipper Lobster (Thenus orientalis)
Hobby: swimming, fishing, gym, watching movies
Research project: Application of garlic extract and its effects on growth and survival of whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei)
Mst. Afia Sultana (Master)
Home country: Bangladesh
Favorite aquatic animals: Smooth fan lobster (Ibacus novemdentatus), Hilsha fish (Tenualosa ilisha), and giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)
Hobby: reading, writing, and travelling
Research project: Effects of thermal stress on the embryonic development of fan lobsters
Suguru Ikeda (Master)
Home country: Aichi
Favorite aquatic animals: Smooth fan lobster (Ibacus novemdentatus), Jellyfish
Hobby: reading, workout
Research project: in preparation
Dai Zhiguang (Research Student)
Home country: Shenzhen, China
Favorite aquatic animals: Octopus, Whale, Giant Grouper
Hobby: weight training, cooking, traveling
Research project: Effects of light intensity and light color on the survival and growth of slipper lobster larvae
Yui Koshima (Undergraduate)
Home country: Hiroshima
Favorite aquatic animals: Penguin, Octopus, Garden eel
Hobby: board games
Research project: The effect of total ammonia nitrogen in low salinity for whiteleg shrimp Penaeus vannamei
Satsuki Makihara (Undergraduate)
Home country: Hiroshima
Favorite aquatic animals: Jellyfish
Hobby: video games, watching movies
Research project: Coevolutionary relationship between Dendrogaster and its host sea star
Alumni
- 2018 March 2 undergraduate students, 1 research assistant
- 2019 March 2 undergraduate students, 1 master's student
- 2019 June 1 post-doc
- 2020 March 2 undergraduate students, 2 master's students
- 2020 September 1 master's student
- 2021 March 2 undergraduate students, 2 master's students
- 2021 August 1 post-doc
- 2021 September 1 master's student
- 2022 March 2 undergraduate students, 1 master's student
- 2023 March 2 undergraduate stuents
- 2024 March 2 undergraduate stuents, 1 master's student
- 2025 March 2 undergraduate stuents
- 2026 March 2 undergraduate stuents, 3 master's students
◎Do you wish to join our research group? Go to the pages of Research and Recruitment.