26 June 2001

NAME; Shin-Ichi Ishikawa (Given Name--First Name), but please call me "Godzi".

OCCUPATION; Fellow (assistant professor), Faculty of Social and Information Studies, Gunma University, 4-2 Aramaki. Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8510 Japan (from Arpri 1998).

DATE OF BIRTH; 1 May 1962.

PLACE OF BIRTH; 1-1097-7 Fukuromachi, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940, Japan.

NATIONALITY; Japan.

LANGUAGE; English, Japanese.

MARITAL STATUS; Single.

PRIVATE ADDRESS; 4-2-303 Aramaki, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-0044 Japan.

E-MAIL ADDRESS; ishikawa@si.gunma-u.ac.jp

DESCRIPTION; Gender: Male. Age: 39. Height: 164 cm. Weight: 63 kg.

EDUCATION; Entered Niigata Prefectural Nagaoka High School in April 1978, and graduated in March 1981. Entered College of Biological Sciences, Second Cluster of Colleges,University of Tsukuba in April 1982, and graduated in March 1986 with the degree of Bachelor of Science.Entered Faculty of the Graduate School of Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba in April 1986, and graduated in March 1988 with the degree of Master of Arts. Entered Faculty of the Graduate School of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba in April 1988, and graduated in March 1992 with Ph D. Received a Ph D. in March 1992 from University of Tsukuba for a thesis entitled ; "Ecophysiological study on the relationships between zonation of coastal dune plants and environmental gradients".

PREVIOUS OCCUPATION; Belonged to Environmental Biology Division, the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, as a visiting fellow, under the direction of Dr. A. Furukawa (1986 to 1990), and Dr. N. Kachi (1992 to 1995). Belonged to the Japanese Science and Culture Foundation as a Post-Doc fellow (1992 to 1993). Belonged to Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan (from July 1993 to March 1998) as an assistant professor. Belonged to Research School of Biological Sciences, the Australian National University as a visiting fellow, made a collaboration with Dr. M.C. Ball (Oct. 1995 to Mar. 1996).

MEMBERSHIP; The Ecological Society of Japan, The Botanical Society of Japan, The Ecological Society of America.

PUBLICATION;

(in English)

• Ph D thesis: Ecophysiological study on the relationships between zonation of coastal dune plants and environmental gradients. ABSTRACT
• Ishikawa, S.-I., Oikawa, T. and Furukawa, A. (1990) Photosynthetic characteristics and water use efficiency of three coastal dune plants. Ecological Reseach 5: 377-391. ABSTRACT
• Ishikawa, S.-I., Oikawa, T. and Furukawa, A. (1991) Responses of photosynthesis, leaf conductance and growth to salinity in three coastal dune plants. Ecological Research 6: 217-226. ABSTRACT
• Mariko, S., Kachi, N., Ishikawa, S.-I. and Furukawa, A. (1992) Germination ecology of coastal plants in relation to salt environment. Ecological Research 7: 225-234. ABSTRACT
• Ishikawa, S.-I., Furukawa, A., Okuda, T., and Oikawa, T. (1993) Germination requirements in Carex kobomugi (Sea Isle). Journal of Plant Research 106: 245-248. ABSTRACT
• Ishikawa, S.-I., Toquenaga, Y. and Matsubayashi, T. (1994) Occurrence of Spermophagus rufiventris Boheman (Coleoptera, Bruchidae) in Calystegia japonica CHOISY (Convolvulaceae) seeds. Japanese Journal of Entomology 62 (3):431-432.
• Ishikawa, S.-I., Furukawa A. and Oikawa, T. (1995) Zonal plant distribution and edaphic and micrometeorological conditions on a coastal sand dune. Ecological Research 10: 259-266. ABSTRACT
• Ishikawa, S.-I., Furukawa A. and Oikawa, T. (1996) Photosynthetic responses to drought conditions in three coastal dune plants in relation to their zonal distribution. Australian Journal of Botany 44: 381-391. ABSTRACT
• Ishikawa, S.-I. (1997) Morphological and physiological changes in C3 and C4 plants along glacial to future CO2 concentration. Proceedings of International Workshop on Global Change and Terrestrial Monsoon Asia. Special Research Project on Global Environmental Change, University of Tsukuba. pp. 56-59. ABSTRACT
• Ishikawa, S.-I. and Kachi, N. (1998) Shoot population dynamics of Carex kobomugi on a coastal sand dune in relation to its zonal distribution. Australian Journal of Botany 46: 111-121. ABSTRACT
• Ishikawa, S.-I. and Kachi, N. (2000) Differential salt tolerance of two Artemisia species growing in contrasting coastal habitats. Ecological Research 15: 241-247. ABSTRACT
• Kasai, K., Usami, T., Ishikawa, S.-I., Lee, J. and Oikawa, T. (2000) Responses of ectomycorrhizal colonization and morphotype assemblage of Quercus myrsinaefolia seedlings to elevated air temperature and elevated atmospheric CO2. Microbes and Environments 15(4):197-207. ABSTRACT PDFdoc.

(in Japanese with English summary)

• Ishikawa, S.-I., Mikami, H.and Nomura, S. (1998). Direction of Human Society under Global Environmental Change: An Ecological View for the Better Future. Journal of Social and Information Studies, Gunma Univ. 6: 153-166. ABSTRACT
• Ishikawa, S.-I., Nomura, S. and Mikami, H. (1999). Roles of University in the Ages of Environment-- Educational courses for students from elemenary to high school--. Journal of Social and Information Studies, Gunma Univ.7: 87-104. ABSTRACT

(Book in Japanese)

• Sakura, O., Kachi, N., Toquenaga, Y. and Ishikawa, S.-I. (ed. Fujii, K.) (1995) The First Ecology. Shyokabo, Tokyo.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS at INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS

• Photosynthetic responses of two coastal dune plants to spatial and seasonal gradients of salinity in the field. 1990 5th INTECOL in Yokohama, Japan.
• Ecophysiological study on the relationship between zonation of coastal dune plants and their salt-tolerance. 1992 BSA-ESA-BSJ joint meeting in Hawaii, USA. ABSTRACT
• Population dynamics and zonal distribution of Carex kobomugi in a coastal sand dune. 1993 15th IBC in Yokohama, Japan.
• Salt tolerance of plants in saline habitats and its ecological implications. 1994 6th INTECL in Manchester, UK. ABSTRACT
• Toward construction of an inclusive model for desertification- some new methds and concepts.1995 Japan-Chna International Congress for Desertification in Tsukuba, Japan. ABSTRACT
• Morpho-physiological responses of plants with different growth forms to the historical change of atmospheric CO2 concentration.1998 7th INTECCOL in Florence, Italy.
• Morpho-physiological responses of woody plants with different growth forms to the historical change of atmospheric CO2 concentration.1999 ESA 84th Annual Meeting in Spokane, WA, USA.

MISCELLANEOUSNESS; Superior ability for making computer programs with BASIC and for managing the computer networking. Skillful for making electrical machines to control gas measurement systems.