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Research Staff

	Minako Ashiya

Research Group
Biotic and Human Interaction Research Group
Degree
Master's (Science)
Photograph Explanation
During a workshop (I am the person in the middle).

E-MAIL: ashiya@lbm.go.jp

	Career

I graduated with a masters degree in ecology from Chiba University. From 1990 I worked for Shiga Prefecture's Board of Education in the Executive Office Cultural Section before I joined the Lake Biwa Museum in April, 1996.

Specialty

1. Aquatic plant ecology.
2. Museum Studies.

Key Words of Research

Bladderwort, spiny naiad, exhibition, users.

Professional Society Membership

Ecological Society of Japan, the Botanical Society of Japan, Aquatic Plant Research, Japan Museum Management Academy.