Dr. Tadashi Fukami

Biography

Tadashi Fukami is a Professor in the Department of Biology and the Department of Earth System Science at Stanford University. His research primarily focuses on understanding how the history of species arrival shapes the development of ecological communities. He is particularly interested in traditional ecological knowledge and the implementation of two-eyed seeing, especially within the context of his role as the Faculty Director of the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Fukami holds a Bachelor's degree from Waseda University in Biology, a Master's degree from the University of Tokyo in Wildlife Biology, and a PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Prior to joining the faculty at Stanford in 2008, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa. Growing up near Tokyo, Fukami cultivated an early interest in ecology, influenced by a high-school biology teacher and his time spent in the countryside. His experiences in Aotearoa and Hawaiʻi highlighted the significance of Indigenous science.

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