Juichi Yamagiwa

Japanese anthropologist (born 1952)

Juichi Yamagiwa (Japanese: 山極寿一) (born on February 21, 1952) is a Japanese anthropologist and the former president of Kyoto University.²

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Born Feb 21, 1952.¹

Companies

Kyoto UniversityChair Oct 1, 2014 to Sep 30, 2020¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedKyoto University³
Date not recordedTokyo Metropolitan Kunitachi Senior High School³

Yamagiwa received his bachelor's degree in science from Kyoto University in 1971. He then received his master's and

Ph.D. degrees in science from the same university in 1977 and 1987 respectively.

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Career

Occupation: anthropologist.⁹

Since 2023Chair, Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation⁸
2017 to 2020President of the Science Council of Japan⁵
2014 to 2020President, Kyoto University^{5 6}
2014 to 2020Chair, Kyoto University⁷
Date not recordedWorked at Kyoto University⁴

Yamagiwa was a research fellow with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science from 1980 to 1982. In 1982, he joined Kyoto University as a research fellow. From 1983 to 1988, he was a research fellow with the Japan Monkey Center. From 1989 to 1997, he was an assistant professor with the Primate Research Institute of

Kyoto University. In 1998, he joined the Graduate School of Science at Kyoto University as an assistant professor and was promoted to professor in 2002. In 2011, he became the Dean of Graduate School of Science. In October 2014, he became President of Kyoto University, retiring from the position in September 2020.

Professional activities

Yamagiwa was president of International Primatological Society from 2008 to 2012 and president of Science Council of Japan from October 2017 to September 2020.

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Personal life

BornFeb 21, 1952, Tokyo¹⁰
CitizenshipJapan¹¹

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