1. Yukio Yamada A Leader in Phycology in Japan: Considered to be the founder of modern Japanese phycology

2. Yamada’s Background Born in 1900 in Kyoto Japan Entered Daiichi High School in 1918 In 1921, Yamada entered the Botanical Institute of the Faculty of Science at the Imperial University of Tokyo Professor Bunzo Hayata convinced Yamada he should study algae

3. Positions Held Professor of Taxonomic Botany for the Faculty of Science at Hokkaido University in Sapporo First director of the Institute of Algological Research Member of the University Senate and Dean of the Faculty of Science at Hokkaido University Founded and served as president of the Japanese Society of Phycology President of the International Phycological Society

4. Primary Contributions Detailed taxonomic, morphological and floristic accounts of red, brown and green algae from Japan Described nearly 200 new taxa of marine algae Floristic Studies of marine algae from Taiwan Life history studies of various marine algae, especially Chlorophyta Mentor for almost 50 graduate students

5. Acknowledgement Garbary, David J., and Michael J. Wynne, eds. Prominent Phycologists of the 20 th Century. Hantsport, Nova Scotia: Lancelot Press Ltd.,1996.