Teaching

NEW! Courses in 2025 through Hokkaido Summer Institute!

This year, we will be participating in Hokkaido Summer Institute. We will host several lectures in including:

• Marine Invertebrate Zoology (Lecture) and (Lab) – August 2025
• Marine Pathology (Lecture) and (Lab) (Lecture) and (Lab) – August 2025
• Science Communication and Related Careers – July 2025
• STEM education for future teachers Lecture – July/August 2025

Take a look at the courses offered here: https://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/en/courses/

*Marine Pathology and Invertebrate Zoology have laboratories that are related to the lecture, it is not required to take both, but if you wish to take the lecture and laboratory, you need to register for both separately.

Have questions regarding these specific courses? Email: wakeman.k@oia.hokudai.ac.jp

Regular Course Work

My normal teaching duties include Biodiversity I, II, III. Each of these courses runs a complete term, and covers topics in phylogenetics and evolution, invertebrate and vertebrate zoology, botany, phycology (algae), and ecology. I also teach Biology I and a graduate course, Methods in Biodiversity.

Special and Intensive Courses, and Hokkaido Summer Institute

These courses are unique because they allow for a bit more freedom, and provide students with a unique hands-on experience. In the past, we have done seminar courses, and well as lab-intensive courses focusing on aspects of marine pathology and marine invertebrate zoology. The latter courses are done together with visiting researchers from New Zealand and Canada, respectively.