Background
Iwasa, Yoh was born on December 23, 1952 in Osaka, Japan.
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Yoh Iwasa
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Bachelor of Science, Kyoto University, Japan, 1975. Master of Science, Kyoto University, Japan, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto University, Japan, 1980.
Career
Predoctoral fellow Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1979—1980, postdoctoral fellow, 1980—1981, Stanford University, 1981—1983. Research associate Ecosystems Research Center, 1983—1985. Postdoctoral fellow Cornell University, 1983—1985.
Assistant professor, department biology, faculty science Kyushu University, Japan, 1985—1992, professor theoretical biology, department biology Japan, since 1992. Visiting professor, Center for Interdisciplinary Researches University Bielefeld, Germany, 1988. Visiting scholar Edward Grey Institute, Department Zoology, University Oxford, 1988.
Academic visitor Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, 1992, 95, 94, Center for Community Genetics, University Minnesota, 1997. Van der Klaauw professor, mathematics biology Institute Theoretical Biology, Leiden University, Netherlands, 1993. Fellow Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Evolution of Sex, Germany, 1996—1997.
Long term academic visitor, Mathematics for Biology Institute for Mathematics and its Application, University Minnesota, 1999. Academic visitor Adaptive Dynamics Networks. IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), Laxenburg, Austria, 1999.
Visiting professor Universite Montpellier II, 2000. Member, program on theoretical biology Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 2002—2003. Visiting scientist, Program in Evolutionary Dynamics Harvard University, 2003, 04, faculty associate, Program in Evolutionary Dynamics, since 2004.
Lecturer in field at several universities in Japan, including Nagasaki University, Kyoto University, Toyama University, Hiroshima University, University Tokyo, Kobe University, Osaka City & Okayama University, since 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences (foreign) (honorary). Member: Japanese Society for Mathematics Biology (president 2005-2006), Society Evolutionary Studies Japan 2005, (The Third Motoo-Kimura prize 2003), Ecological Society of Japan (The First Ecological Society Japan award 2003), Society for Mathematical Biology, Ecological Society of America 2002-2003, Biophysical Society Japan, American Society Naturalists, Japan Society for Molecular Biology, Japan Ethological Society.
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Born
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Nationality
Japanese
Education
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1975
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1977
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1980
Awards
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Co-recipient (with Mayuko Nakamaru, Junko Nakanishi) Paper award, Society for Environmental Sciences, Japan, 2001, (with Horoto Shoji) The prize for an excellent research paper with encouragement, 2003.Co-recipient (with Mayuko Nakamaru, Junko Nakanishi) Paper award, Society for Environmental Sciences, Japan, 2001, (with Horoto Shoji) The prize for an excellent research paper with encouragement, 2003.