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Professor of Biology and of Earth System Science
Tadashi Fukami
Professor of Biology and of Earth System Science
Tadashi Fukami is interested in understanding how the history of species arrival shapes the way ecological communities develop. He also studies traditional ecological knowledge and seeks to practice two-eyed seeing, especially in his role as Faculty Director of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma).
Fukami received a Bachelor's degree from Waseda University, a Master's degree from the University of Tokyo, and a PhD from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with James Drake and Daniel Simberloff. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research in Aotearoa – New Zealand and an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa before joining the Stanford faculty in 2008.
Fukami grew up near Tokyo, but often visited his grandparents in the countryside in Wakayama. His exposure to nature there cultivated his interest in ecology, which was further reinforced by his high-school biology teacher, who talked about natural history around the school in every class. It was during his time in Aotearoa and Hawaiʻi that he was introduced to the importance of Indigenous science.
Fukami received a Bachelor's degree from Waseda University, a Master's degree from the University of Tokyo, and a PhD from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with James Drake and Daniel Simberloff. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research in Aotearoa – New Zealand and an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa before joining the Stanford faculty in 2008.
Fukami grew up near Tokyo, but often visited his grandparents in the countryside in Wakayama. His exposure to nature there cultivated his interest in ecology, which was further reinforced by his high-school biology teacher, who talked about natural history around the school in every class. It was during his time in Aotearoa and Hawaiʻi that he was introduced to the importance of Indigenous science.
Education
Bachelor's, Waseda University, Biology (1996)
Master's, University of Tokyo, Wildlife Biology (1998)
PhD, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (2003)
Contact
(650) 721-1711
Mail Code
5020