Principal Investigator

Yasuhiro Sato (Assistant Professor)

My research career began at Kyoto University in Japan. After obtaining my PhD in 2016, I experienced two postdoc positions in Japan and a senior postdoc position in Switzerland. Since 2024, I have been appointed as a tenure-track assistant professor at Hokkaido University. My research interests include ecological genetics of biotic interactions involving plants. See also CV for the full profile.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6466-723X; ResearcherID: N-7939-2013


Postdocs

Dr. Tomoki Ishiguro

Tomoki is cross-appointed with Prof. Utsumi Lab and assisting our project of plant-plant interactions.


PhD students

Iqra Akram (EXEX Doctoral fellow)

After obtaining MSc in agriculture, Iqra has been working on the genetics of plant-plant interactions in crop species since 2024.


Master students

Currently none


Support staff

Miho Kawagoe (Administrative assistant)