In the field: an interview with Katsufumi Sato

• Published in: Journal of Experimental Biology
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2020
• Subjects: CONVERSATION; Antarc*; Antarctica; National Institute of Polar Research
• Online Access: http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/short/223/22/jeb238477; https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.238477

Katsufumi Sato is a Professor at The University of Tokyo, Japan, where he investigates the behaviour of top marine predators. He completed his undergraduate degree in Fisheries, and his Master's degree and PhD at Kyoto University, Japan. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Polar Research, Japan, Sato was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the same institute, before moving to the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute at the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2004. Sato was awarded a National Geographic Emerging Explorer grant in 2009 and promoted to Professor in 2014. Telling us about his research experiences around Japan and in Antarctica, Sato describes how his data logging devices have led to collaborations with scientists across the globe.