CURRICULUM VITAE
Nakashima, Yoshitaka
title: Associate Professor, Department of Life Science and Agriculture
e-mail: nksm@
phone/fax: +81-155-49-5490
academic degrees
1998 Ph.D. (Agriculture) Kyushu University, Japan
1995 M. Agr. Sci. Kyushu University, Japan
1993 B. Agr. Sci. Kagoshima University, Japan
collaborative work (domestic)
Evaluation of non-diapausing natural enemies of thrips (Kyushu University,
2000 - present)
collaborative work (international)
Enhancement of effectiveness of natural enemies of insect pests in the field
(Rothamsted Research, UK 2003-present)
educational interests
1) Biological control of insect pests
2) Insect ecology
research interests
1) Intraguild interactions and their effects on community dynamics in predator,
parasitoid and herbivore systems
2) Multi-trophic interactions in plant, herbivore and predator/parasitoid
systems
3) Behavioral plasticity of insect parasitoids and predators in response
to environmental and physiological factors
4) Conservation biological control of aphid pests by semiochemicals controlling
parasitoid behaviors
5) Evaluation of biological control agents of important insect pests