Commissioners
Dr
Mark J. Grygier
Overview:
Mark J. Grygier, an American
citizen based in Japan, received his Ph.D. at Scripps Institution
of Oceanography in 1984, having established himself as an authority
on the parasitic crustacean group Ascothoracida with side interests
in certain isopods, copepods, and barnacles. He then spent 13
years supported by fellowships and short-term appointments in
many countries, pursuing research on 1) the phylogenetic relationships
among maxillopodan crustaceans as revealed by comparative morphology
and ontogeny; and 2) associated and parasitic organisms of marine
invertebrates. Along the way he took up the taxonomic study of,
in particular, monstrilloid copepods and the Myzostomida. Entering
the Lake Biwa Museum in 1997 to conduct biodiversity-related
research and serve as an invertebrate curator, Dr. Grygier acclimated
himself to freshwater by directing international collaborative
projects on the large branchiopod crustaceans of ricefields and
the parasitofauna of Lake Biwa. But he continues to be involved
in life history research (eventually formal taxonomy, too, he
hopes) of one more marine crustacean group, the Facetotecta or “y-larvae”.
Summary of Research & Education:
Dr. Grygier is a former secretary
of the American Association for Zoological Nomenclature and he
was on the subcommittee that produced the Japanese version of
the Fourth Edition of the Code. He has long served as English
editor for several Japanese journals, notably the taxonomic journal “Species
Diversity”, which he has also advised concerning the Code.
He is currently an associate editor of “Journal of Crustacean
Biology” and a Research Associate at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of Natural
History, Smithsonian Institution.
Contact details:
Dr. Mark J. Grygier
Lake Biwa Museum
Oroshimo 1091, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-0001
JAPAN
Tel: +81-77-568-4811 (office) -4829 (direct
line)
FAX: +81-77-568-4850
E-mail: grygier (at) lbm (dot) go (dot)
jp
