Nobuaki Mizumoto (Nobu) is an Assistant Professor in Insect Ecology at the Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology at Auburn University. He is interested in the evolution of collective behavior in termites and tandem running behavior.
Career
- 2024- : Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University
- 2023 : Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
- 2020-2023: JSPS Research Fellow CPD, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
- 2020 : JSPS Research Fellow SPD, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
- 2018-2020: JSPS Overseas Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
- 2015-2018: JSPS Research Fellow DC1, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Education:
- 2018 Ph.D. Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
- 2015 MS Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
- 2013 BS Department of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Awards
Awards
- 2024 Christopher Barnard Award for 2024, The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB)
- 2021 37th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists
- 2021 Young Scholar Award of the Ecological Society of Japan (ESJ Suzuki Award)
- 2020 Japan Ethological Society Award
- 2020 Young Scientist Initiative Award, Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
- 2018 Ikushi Prize, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Presentation awards
- 2018 Best English Presentation Award, The 62th Annual Meeting of the Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology
- 2016 Best Poster Award, The 32th Annual Meeting of the Society of Population Ecology
- 2016 Best English Presentation Award, The Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Japan and the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology; Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka
- 2016 English Presentation Award Best Award, The 63th Annual Meeting of ESJ in Sendai Japan
- 2015 Best Poster award (Voting Top 2), SWARM 2015: The First International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics
- 2015 Poster award, The 31th Annual Meeting of the Society of Population Ecology
- 2014 English Presentation Award Best Award The 61th Annual Meeting of ESJ in Hiroshima Japan
- 2013 Poster award, The 32th Annual Meeting of the Japan Ethological Society