Juichi Yamagiwa
山極 寿一
President of Kyoto University, Japan
In office October 2014 – September 2020
Preceded by	Hiroshi Matsumoto
Succeeded by	Nagahiro Minato
Personal details
Born	(1952-02-21) 21 February 1952 (age 71)[1] Japan
Alma mater	Kyoto University, Japan
Profession	University President
Alma mater	Kyoto University
Scientific career
Fields	Anthropology
Institutions	Kyoto University, Japan
Thesis	(1987)

Juichi Yamagiwa (Japanese: 山極 寿一) (born on February 21, 1952)^[1] is a Japanese anthropologist^[2] and the former president of Kyoto University.^[3]

Early life

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.^[1]

Career

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.^[3]

Professional activities

Yamagiwa was president of International Primatological Society from 2008 to 2012^[4] and president of Science Council of Japan from October 2017 to September 2020.^[5][6]