Program Officer (PO) NAGAMINE Tsukasa

NAGAMINE Tsukasa, Dr. of Agriculture

Former Vice President, The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

1) Profile

1976 Bachelor of Niigata University, Faculty of Agriculture
1976 Researcher, Crop Science Department, Chugoku National Agricultural Experiment Station
1982 Researcher, Department of Physiology and Genetics, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences
1987 Senior Researcher, Department of Genetic Resources, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
1991 Head of Generation Advancement Laboratory, Okinawa Branch, Tropical Agriculture Research Center
1993 Doctor of Agriculture, Kyushu University
1995 Team Leader, Plant Conservation Research Team, Department of Genetic Resources II, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
1999 Team Leader, Plant Exploration Research Team, Department of Genetic Resources I, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
2001 Team Leader, Plant Genetic Resources Team, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
2002 Senior Scientist, Genebank, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
2004 Director of Crop Development Department, Western Region Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Bio-oriented Research Organization
2006 Director of Research Support Center and Crop Development Department, Western Region Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
2007 Director of Research Planning and Management, Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
2010 Director General, Western Region Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
2013 Vice President, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
2016 Vice President, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

2) Research Activity

Agronomy (diversity analysis, breeding and cultivation for mainly rice)

3) Society Activity, etc.

Japanese Society of Breeding, Crop Science Society of Japan, Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture

4) Awards

2009 Paper Award by Japanese Society of Breeding