平成28年4月 国際学会口頭発表最優秀賞受賞 Usio N Effects of different wildlife-friendly farming practises and surrounding
land use on aquatic macro-invertebrate diversity in a Japanese GIAHS site.
The 7th EAFES International Congress, Daegu, Korea.
平成17年11月 国際学会ポスター発表最優秀賞受賞（共同受賞）
Matsuzaki SS, Usio N, Takamura N & Washitani I. Changes in ecosystem states in response
to introductions of domesticated common carp.The 22nd Symposium of the Society of Population Ecology, Katayamatsu, Kaga,
Japan.
平成10年11月 国際学会口頭発表優秀賞受賞 Usio N & Townsend CR. Roles of New Zealand crayfish: consequences of predation
and bioturbation for stream invertebrates. Joint annual conference of the
New Zealand Limnological Society and Australian Society of Limnologty,
Dunedin, New Zealand
平成20年度
課題名：A home-and-away comparison of the effect of an invasive crayfish on aquatic food webs（淡水食物網における侵入ザリガニの生態影響〜在来域・侵入域間比較）
役割：Eric Larson（University of Washington, PhD課程学生）の受け入れ 資金制度名：JSPSサマー・プログラム
平成20年6月〜8月 PhD candidate, University of Washington (JSPS/NSF summer exchange
program)
課題名：A home-and-away comparison of the effect of an invasive crayfish on
aquatic food webs
主指導教員：Julian Olden (University of Washington)