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Prof. Mori is Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University and the President of the Foundation of Oyster Reserach Institute (ORI), Japan. He carried out research on the mechanisms of reproduction and bio-defense in shellfish.
1972:Ph.D. in Agricultural Science, Tohoku University (1974-1976:NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Halifax, Canada)
1985:Chief of Research Section, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Fisheries Agency, Japan
1999:Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku Univ.
2001:Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku Univ.
2000-2003:President of Japan Aquaculture Society
2003-the present:President and Board Chairman of ORI
2005-the present:President of the World Oyster Society
Dr. Pierre BOUDRY
IFREMER, France
Mr. Steve Bowley
Pacific Estate Oysters, Australia
Prof. Ching-Fong Chang
National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
Ms. Jill Coates
South Australian Oyster Grower, Australia
Director of the Asian and Oceanian Chapter
Ms. Kahren DOWCETT
The Living Arts Institute, USA
Dr. Anamarija FRANKIC
University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB), USA University of Zadar, Croatia
Dr. Jonathan KING
Bangor University, UK
Director of the European and African Chapter
Dr. René E. LAVOIE
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada
Senior Advisor of the North and South American Chapter
Prof. Kuo-Tien LEE
National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
Prof. Qi LI
Ocean University of China
Director of the Chinese Chapter
Dr. Ir. Nancy NEVEJAN
Ghent University, Belgium
Dr. Wayne A. O'CONNOR
Department of Primary Industries, NSW, Australia
Dr. René ROBERT
IFREMER, France
Dr. Wei -Cheng SU
Fisheries Research Institute Council of Agriculture, Taiwan
Dr. Keisuke TAKAHASHI
Tohoku University, Japan
Vice President
Prof. Atsushi TAKEDA
University of Shizuoka, Japan
Prof. Aswani K. VOLETY
Elon University, N.C., USA
Director of the North and South American Chapter
Dr. Mitsugu Watanabe
Watanabe Oyster Laboratory Co., Ltd., Japan
Director of the Japanese Chapter
Prof. Mamoru YOSHIMIZU
Hokkaido University, Japan
Prof. Ziniu Yu
South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China