Dr. Moriaki YASUHARA

Biography

• Associate Professor of environmental science in the School of Biological Sciences and the Swire Institute of Marine Science at The University of Hong Kong
• Research focuses on the spatio-temporal dynamics of large-scale biodiversity patterns, the impact of climate on species diversity, and the controlling factor(s) of biodiversity pattern/change in deep-sea, shallow-marine and pelagic ecosystems
• RFS project — to conduct “Time Machine Biology”, a synthetic palaeobiological research to understand the past ecosystem and biodiversity in Hong Kong. The research employs a deep-learning automation system that could expedite the identification process needed in the fields of paleoecology, historical ecology and paleoclimatology
• Awards and Honours:
  • RGC Research Fellow (2022)
  • The 20th Biwako Prize for Ecology, The Ecological Society of Japan (2019)
  • The Academic Award, The Paleontological Society of Japan (2018)