Dr. Nobuyuki Miyazaki began his career as a research associate with the University of Ryukyus, Japan.  He obtained his Ph.D. in 1975, in Agriculture.  His thesis dealt with the “School structure of the striped dolphin”. He established a Japanese research team focused on understanding marine pollution and hazardous chemicals using marine mammals as an indicator and he has published more than 270 English and 13 Japanese peer-reviewed papers, 9 English and 51 Japanese books, and 7 English and 107 Japanese reports, and 316 presentations at National and International Conferences.