Nozomi
Nishiumi
Name
Nozomi Nishiumi
Degree
Ph. D.
Nationality
Japan
Research Interest
Strategies of animals for prey capture and predator avoidance
Skills
Field observation of animals, Predator-prey encounter experiments, Bio-logging, Computer vision analysis, Virtual reality
(Machine language: C++, R)
Affiliation
JSPS Research Fellow
National Institute for Basic Biology
5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaijichou, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
Tel: +81-564-59-5596
E-mail : nozo@nibb.ac.jp
: n.oz.o@hotmail.co.jp
Education
Doctor of Science
Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Zoology, Kyoto University, 2015
Master of Science
Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Zoology, Kyoto University, 2012
Bachelor of Engineering
Laboratory of Plant Information Technology, Facility of Biotechnology and Life science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and
Technology, 2010
Journal Publications
Refereed
1. Nishiumi N, Matsuo A, Kawabe R, Payne N, Huveneers C, Watanabe YY and Kawabata Y
A miniaturized threshold-triggered acceleration data-logger for recording burst movements of aquatic animals. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(2018), jeb172346, 2018.
2. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Immobile defence of a frog distracts attention of approaching predators to other prey. Behaviour, 153(2016), pp1387-1401, 2016.
3. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Distance-dependent switching of anti-predator behavior of frogs from immobility to fleeing. Journal of Ethology, 33(2), pp117-124, 2015. (Journal of Ethology 2015 Editor's Choice Award)
4. Nishiumi N
Ritual combat of Elaphe quadrivirgata observed in the non-mating season. Current Herpetology, 31(1), pp54-57, 2012.
Non-refereed
5. Koizumi Y, Suzuki D, Nishiumi N, Okamoto T, Yoshikawa N, Nishikawa K.
Report on the Third International Symposium on East Asian Vertebrate Species Diversity in Hanoi, Vietnam, and a brief field trip in northern Vietnam. Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Japan, 2014(1), pp24-32, 2014. in Japanese
6. Atobe T, Nishiumi N, Nakanoh S.
Predation by Elaphe quadrivirgata on Cynops pyrrhogaster. Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Japan, 2011(1), pp14-17, 2011. in Japanese
Conference Presentations
At International conferences
1. Nishiumi N, Fujioka E, Hiryu S
Tactics used by bats when pursuing prey: predictive control of echolocation sonar direction and flight course. A joint meeting of the 56th Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society and the 36th International Ethological Conference (Behaviour 2019), Chicago, July 2019. (Talk)
2. Nishiumi N, Watanabe E
Application of 3D display based on motion parallax to research of animal behavior. The 18th International Meeting on Information Display, Busan, August 2018. (Talk)
3. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Look before you leap: Jump after the initiation of snake strike increases probability of successful escape. The 34th International Ethological Conference, Cairns, August 2015. (Talk)
4. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Allowing predator come close is an adaptive anti-predator tactic in frogs. The 51st Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society, New Jerzy, August 2014. (Talk)
5. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Distance-dependent switching of anti-predator behavior of frogs from freezing to fleeing. The 15th Conference of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology, New York, July 2014. (Poster)
6. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Immobility as a gaining time tactic for predation avoidance in frogs. The Seventh European Conference on Behavioural Biology, Prague, July 2014. (Talk)
7. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Immobile tactic in frogs for increasing latency against predator. The Third International Seminar on Biodiversity and Evolution, Kyoto, June 2014. (Talk)
8. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Defensive freezing in frogs after being detected by predator. The Third International Symposium on East Asian Vertebrate Species Diversity, Hanoi, September 2013. (Talk)
9. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Predatory approach in snakes toward a motionless frog. The Sixth Snake Ecology Group Meeting, Okinawa, June 2013. (Talk)
10. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Role of immobility in frogs as anti-predator strategy. The First International Seminar on Biodiversity and Evolution, Kyoto, September 2012. (Talk)
11. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Role of immobility in frogs as anti-predator strategy. The Second International Symposium on East Asian Vertebrate Species Diversity, Kyoto, July 2012. (Talk)
12. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Function of immobility in frogs as anti-predator strategy. The Fifth International Symposium of the Biodiversity and Evolution, Kyoto, July 2011. (Poster)
At Domestic conferences
1. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Immobile defense of a frog distracts attention of approaching predators to other prey. The 64th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, Tokyo, March 2017. (Talk)
2. Nishiumi N, Mori A
An escape tactic of frogs that holds escape initiation until predators initiate strike behavior. Joint seminar in Nagasaki prefecture of the Zoological Society of Japan, the Botanical Society of Japan and the Ecological Society of Japan, Nagasaki, December 2016. (Talk in Japanese)
3. Nishiumi N, Matsuo A, Kawabe R, Payne N, Huveneers C, Watanabe YY and
Kawabata Y
An novel acceleration data-logger selectively recording high acceleration movements. The 12th Symposium of the Japanese Society of Bio-Logging Science, Kyoto, December 2016. (Poster in Japanese)
4. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Anti-predator tactic of Japanese pond frogs, Pelophylax nigromaculatus, sacrificing other conspecifics. The 35rd Annual Conference of Japan Ethological Society, Niigata, November 2016. (Talk in Japanese)
5. Nakamura I, Nishiumi N, Arakaki S, Kawabata Y
Comparison of body shape and feeding type between Japanese seabass and Blackfin seabass. The 35rd Annual Conference of Japan Ethological Society, Niigata, November 2016. (Poster in Japanese)
6. Kimura H, Nishiumi N, Kawabata Y
Kinematic and behavioral characteristics of marbled rockfish affecting its successful prey capture. The 27th Japanese fish ecology meeting, Kagoshima, February 2016. (Talk in Japanese)
7. Matsuo A, Nishiumi N, Kawabe R, Kawabata Y
Performance tests on the event-triggered acceleration data-logger. The 27th Japanese fish ecology meeting, Kagoshima, February 2016. (Talk in Japanese)
8. Nishiumi N, Matsuo A, Arakaki S, Kawabe R, Kawabata Y
Technique for long term measuring of movements and body temperature of predatory fish.The 34rd Annual Conference of Japan Ethological Society, Tokyo, November 2015. (Poster in Japanese)
9. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Evasion technic in frogs, inducing snake strike to make a chance for escape. The 33rd Annual Conference of Japan Ethological Society, Nagasaki, November 2014. (Talk in Japanese)
10. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Efficacy of immobility in frogs that is exhibited after being detected by predator. The 32nd Annual Conference of Japan Ethological Society, Hiroshima, November 2013. (Talk in Japanese)
11. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Role of immobility in frogs as anti-predator strategy. The First Regular Meeting 2014 of Kinki Branch of Ecological Society of Japan, Shiga, June 2012. (Talk in Japanese)
12. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Function of immobility in frogs as anti-predator strategy. The 59th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, Shiga, March 2012. (Talk in Japanese)
13. Nishiumi N, Mori A
Function of immobility in frogs as anti-predator strategy. The 50th Annual Meeting of the Herpetological Society of Japan, Kyoto, October 2011. (Talk in Japanese)
Grants
1. PI: Nishiumi N. Tactics used by bats when pursuing prey: predictive control of echolocation sonar direction and flight course. Life Science Foundation of Japan. 200,000 JPY, 2019.
2. PI: Nishiumi N. Development of guidance control system of unmanned aerial vehicle. Nanotechnology platform (S-19-MS-0025), MEXT, Japan. 2019 - 2020.
3. PI: Nishiumi N. Examination of tactics of predators at pursuing prey. Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (19J01562), JSPS, Japan. 4030,000 JPY, 2019 - 2022.
4. PI: Nishiumi N. Examination of the tactics in pursuit behaviors of aerial predators, and exploration of the optimal navigation control for prey capture. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (19H04940), MEXT, Japan. 9,620,000 JPY, 2019 - 2021.
5. PI: Nishiumi N. Application of 3D display based on motion parallax to research of animal behavior. Sasakawa Grants for Science Fellows (F18-235), The Japan Science Society. 162,000 JPY, 2018.
6. PI: Nishiumi N. An empirical study on prey capturing performance of parallel navigation in the pursuit predation. Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (18K14772), JSPS, Japan. 4,290,000 JPY, 2018 - 2021.
7. PI: Soyano K. CI: Nishiumi N. Development of a learning method to induce anti-predator behaviors for reared fish, applying virtual reality technologies. NIBB Cooperative Research Program (15-373, 16-314), National Institutes of National Science. 623,000 JPY, 2016 - 2017.
8. PI: Nishiumi N. Development of simulation system for interaction between small fish and a virtual predator. Subsidy Program (J155101076), Foundation for the Fusion of Science and Technology. 116,000 JPY, 2016 - 2017.
9. PI: Nishiumi N. Anti-predator strategy of frogs against snakes: adaptive decision making for alternative use of fleeing and immobility. The Sasakawa Research Grant (26-528), The Japan Science Society. 650,000 JPY, 2014 - 2015.
