At the Natural History Museum, London. Tomoyuki Ohashi, Dr. Sci. Academic degrees B. S., Department of Geoenvironmental Science, Tohoku University (2000) M. S., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (2003) Dr. Sci., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (2006) Publications Ohashi, T. and P. M. Barrett. 2009. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Kuwajima Formation of Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29: 748-757. Lydens, L., T. Ohashi and M. Manabe. 2007. From a Distance: Mobile phones as live broadcasting devices. Museums and the Web 2007. URL: http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/papers/lydens/lydens.html. Ohashi, T., O. Kuwazuru and N. Yoshikawa. 2007. An investigation of feeding mechanisms of ornithopod dinosaur using finite element analysis Seisan Kenkyu 59 (2): 120-123. (in Japanese) Kaiho, K., Z.-Q. Chen, T. Ohashi, T. Arinobu, K. Sawada and B. S. Cramer. 2005. A negative carbon isotope anomaly associated with the earliest Lopingian (Late Permian) mass extinction. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 223: 172-180. Conference Presentations Ohashi, T., D. Hoshiyama and T. Takagi. 2010. Matrix of Evolution: A database of integrating biological information from the microscopic to the macroscopic level of the evolution of vertebrates. The 159th Regular Meeting, The Palaeontological Society of Japan. Shiga, JAPAN. (Poster in Japanese) Ohashi, T., T. Hirasawa, T. Tsuihiji, N. Kusuhashi, K. Kondo, T. Komatsu and M. Manabe. 2009. A new vertebrate fossil site in fluvial deposits of the Late Cretaceous Himenoura Group in Southwest Japan. 4th International Symposium of the IGCP Project 507. Kumamoto, JAPAN. (Poster) Miyake, Y., M. Aramaki, T. Komatsu, M. Manabe, R. Hirayama, T. Tsuihiji, T. Ohashi, Y. Yabumoto and N. Ikegami. 2009. Vertebrate fossil remains from the Upper Cretaceous Campanian to Maastrichtian Himenoura Group in the Koshikijima Islands, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan. 4th International Symposium of the IGCP Project 507. Kumamoto, JAPAN. (Poster) Kondo, K., T. Komatsu, M. Manabe, T. Tsuihiji, T. Ohashi, M. Watanabe, N. Ikegami, K. Hirose and Y. Miyake. 2009. Vertebrate fossils and depositional environments of the Upper Cretaceous Heminoura Group in the Koshikijima Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture. The 2009 Annual Meeting, The Palaeontological Society of Japan. Chiba, JAPAN. (Poster in Japanese) Ohashi, T., M. Manabe, A. Yoshida, A. H. Rasoamiaramanana and G. Suwa. 2008. Endocranial anatomy of Aepyornithidae birds. 68th Annual meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Cleveland, USA. Ohashi, T., Y. Hasegawa, H. Taru and M. Manabe. 2008. Evolution of teeth and jaws in ornithopod dinosaurs as a potential analogy for the changes in vegetation and/or environment. 3rd International Symposium of the IGCP Project 507. Ulaanbaatar, MONGOLIA. Ohashi, T., M. Manabe and A. Yoshida. 2008. Endocasts of Aepyornis: Comparison with other Palaeognathae birds. The 2008 Annual Meeting, The Palaeontological Society of Japan. Sendai, JAPAN. (in Japanese) Hasegawa, Y., R. Matsumoto, T. Ohashi, S. E. Evans and M. Manabe. 2007. Cretaceous tetrapod faunas: Contributions from the vertebrate fossil record of Japan. 2nd International Symposium of the IGCP Project 507. Seoul, KOREA. (Poster) Ohashi, T., M. Sakamoto, O. Kuwazuru and N. Yoshikawa. 2007. Numerical evaluation for the stress and deformation of theropod dinosaur skull against feeding loads. 8th International Congress of vertebrate Morphology. University of Paris VI, Paris, FRANCE. Lydens, L., M. Manabe and T. Ohashi. 2007. From a Distance: Mobile phones as live broadcasting devices. Museums and the Web 2007. San Francisco, U.S.A. Ohashi, T., O. Kuwazuru and N. Yoshikawa. 2007. Structural analysis of ornithopod skull using finite element analysis. The 156th Regular Meeting, The Palaeontological Society of Japan. Tokushima, JAPAN. (in Japanese) Ohashi, T. 2006. Structural analysis of derived ornithopod skull using 3D finite element method: Reconsideration of their feeding mechanisms. 66th Annual meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Ottawa, CANADA. Ohashi, T., O. Kuwazuru and N. Yoshikawa. 2006. Structural analysis of the ornithopod dinosaur skull using finite element method. 2nd International Palaeontological Congress. Peking University, Beijing, CHINA. Ohashi, T., O. Kuwazuru and N. Yoshikawa. 2005. Structural analysis of the skull of Tyrannosaurus rex using two-dimensional finite element method. 53rd Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy. The Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Poster) Ohashi, T. 2004. Pleurokinesis in a new ornithopod (Dinosauria) from the Early Cretaceous Kuwajima Formation (Tetori Group), Japan. 64th Annual meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Denver, U.S.A. (Poster) Academic Interests Evolution of ornithopod dinosaurs Functional morphology of ornithopod dinosaur skulls using finite element method Endocranial morphology of Aepyornis