Joel Nitta

Profile Information

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global and Transdisciplinary Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chiba University, Japan

Researcher number: 50901443
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4719-7472
J-GLOBAL ID: 202001000563517693
researchmap Member ID: R000014906

External link: https://joelnitta.com

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2023 - Present

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global and Transdisciplinary Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chiba University
Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2023

Project Research Associate, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2022

Project Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Jan, 2019 - Mar, 2020

Peter Buck Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Nov, 2016 - Dec, 2018

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan

Education

Aug, 2011 - Nov, 2016

Department of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2010

Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Aug, 2002 - Jun, 2007

College of Letters & Science, University of California, Berkeley

Awards

Jul, 2022

Best Talk, "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life (FTOL)", Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology: EvolCompGen

Joel H. Nitta, Eric Schuettpelz, Santiago Ramírez-Barahona, Wataru Iwasaki
Mar, 2022

日本植物分類学会奨励賞, 日本植物分類学会

ニッタジョエル
Mar, 2021

日本植物分類学会大会発表賞, 日本植物分類学会

ニッタジョエル

Papers

Identification of gene isoforms and their switching events between male and female embryos of the parthenogenetic crustacean Daphnia magna

Yasuhiko Kato, Joel H. Nitta, Christelle Alexa Garcia Perez, Nikko Adhitama, Pijar Religia, Atsushi Toyoda, Wataru Iwasaki, Hajime Watanabe

Scientific Reports, 14(1), Apr 30, 2024 Peer-reviewed
dwctaxon, an R package for editing and validating taxonomic data in Darwin Core format

Joel H. Nitta, Wataru Iwasaki

Journal of Open Source Software, 9(93) 6215-6215, Jan 12, 2024 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
20

Ferns as a model system for evolutionary biology

Joel H. Nitta

The Journal of Phytogeography and Taxonomy, 71(2) 115-126, Nov, 2023 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorLast authorCorresponding author
30

Resolving deep relationships and revealing ancient whole-genome duplications in Pteridaceae using transcriptomic data

Michael J. Song, Carl J. Rothfels, Eric Schuettpelz, Joel H. Nitta, Layne Huie, Fay-Wei Li, Keir M. Wefferling

American Fern Journal, 113(3) 191-210, Sep 29, 2023 Peer-reviewed
canaper: Categorical analysis of neo‐ and paleo‐endemism in R

Joel H. Nitta, Shawn W. Laffan, Brent D. Mishler, Wataru Iwasaki

Ecography, Jul 18, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Systematics and biogeography of the Old World fern genus Antrophyum

Cheng‐Wei Chen, Stuart Lindsay, Joel H. Nitta, Germinal Rouhan, Michael Sundue, Leon R. Perrie, Yao‐Moan Huang, Wen‐Liang Chiou, Kuo‐Fang Chung

Cladistics, Apr 20, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Machine learning methods reveal processes affecting abundance at multiple scales. A commentary on ‘Global and regional drivers of abundance patterns in the hart’s tongue fern complex (Aspleniaceae)’

Joel H. Nitta

Annals of Botany, Feb 27, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead authorLast authorCorresponding author
An open and continuously updated fern tree of life

Joel H. Nitta, Eric Schuettpelz, Santiago Ramírez-Barahona, Wataru Iwasaki

Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, Aug 24, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Spatial phylogenetics of Japanese ferns: Patterns, processes, and implications for conservation

Joel H. Nitta, Brent D. Mishler, Wataru Iwasaki, Atsushi Ebihara

American Journal of Botany, 109(5) 727-745, May, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Identifying cryptic fern gametophytes using DNA barcoding: A review

Joel H. Nitta, Sally M. Chambers

Applications in Plant Sciences, 10(2), Mar, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Ecophysiological differentiation between life stages in filmy ferns (Hymenophyllaceae)

Joel H. Nitta, James E. Watkins, N. Michele Holbrook, Tristan W. Wang, Charles C. Davis

Journal of Plant Research, 134(5) 971-988, Sep, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
A taxonomic and molecular survey of the pteridophytes of the Nectandra Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Joel H. Nitta, Atsushi Ebihara, Alan R. Smith

PLOS ONE, 15(11) e0241231-e0241231, Nov 18, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Life in the canopy: community trait assessments reveal substantial functional diversity among fern epiphytes

Joel H. Nitta, James E. Watkins, Charles C. Davis

NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 227(6) 1885-1899, Sep, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Correction to: An update and reassessment of fern and lycophyte diversity data in the Japanese Archipelago (Journal of Plant Research, (2019), 132, 6, (723-738), 10.1007/s10265-019-01137-3)

Atsushi Ebihara, Joel H. Nitta

Journal of Plant Research, 132(6) 739, Nov 1, 2019 Last authorCorresponding author
An update and reassessment of fern and lycophyte diversity data in the Japanese Archipelago

Atsushi Ebihara, Joel H. Nitta

JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH, 132(6) 723-738, Nov, 2019 Peer-reviewedLast author
Virtual issue: Ecology and evolution of pteridophytes in the era of molecular genetics

Joel H. Nitta, Atsushi Ebihara

JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH, 132(6) 719-721, Nov, 2019 Lead authorCorresponding author
Growth dynamics of independent gametophytes of Pleurosoriopsis makinoi (Polypodiaceae)

Atsushi Ebihara, Joel H. Nitta, Yurika Matsumoto, Yuri Fukazawa, Marie Kurihara, Hitomi Yokote, Kaoru Sakuma, Otowa Akazami

Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series B (Botany), Tokyo, 45(2) 77-86, May, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Microsorum x tohieaense (Polypodiaceae), a New Hybrid Fern from French Polynesia, with Implications for the Taxonomy of Microsorum

Joel H. Nitta, Saad Amer, Charles C. Davis

SYSTEMATIC BOTANY, 43(2) 397-413, Apr, 2018 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Keeping an eye on coloration: ecological correlates of the evolution of pitcher traits in the genus Nepenthes (Caryophyllales)

Kadeem J. Gilbert, Joel H. Nitta, Gerard Talavera, Naomi E. Pierce

BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 123(2) 321-337, Feb, 2018 Peer-reviewed
A plastid phylogeny and character evolution of the Old World fern genus Pyrrosia (Polypodiaceae) with the description of a new genus: Hovenkampia (Polypodiaceae)

Xin-Mao Zhou, Liang Zhang, Cheng-Wei Chen, Chun-Xiang Li, Yao-Moan Huang, De-Kui Chen, Ngan Thi Lu, Daniele Cicuzza, Ralf Knapp, Thien Tam Luong …

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 114 271-294, Sep, 2017 Peer-reviewed

Presentations

8

Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group II and beyond: An updated, community-driven, and open classification for ferns and lycophytes

Joel H. Nitta, Carl J. Rothfels, Harald Schneider, Eric Schuettpelz

XX International Botanical Congress, Jul 24, 2024
琉球列島固有種を含む日本産ホラシノブ属の進化史の解明に向けて：倍数性解析による新知見

ニッタジョエル, 藤原泰央, 甲田龍太郎, Li-Yaung Kuo, 海老原淳

日本植物分類学会第２３回大会, Mar 11, 2024, 日本植物分類学会
13

Introducing the R package "dovetail" for translating free programming workshops

Joel H. Nitta

Bio"Pack"athon 2024 #2, Feb 18, 2024
13

Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group II: The next generation of an open, community-driven classification for ferns and lycophytes

Joel H. Nitta

Plant Systematics: Present Status and Future Prospects, Feb 16, 2024, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala Invited
48

FTOL and PPG2: The cutting edge of pteridophyte evolution and systematics

Joel H. Nitta

Tsukuba Botanical Garden Special Fern Exhibit, Sep 16, 2023 Invited
14

分類学データを正確・速やかに管理するRパッケージ「dwctaxon」の紹介

ニッタジョエル, 岩崎渉

日本植物学会第87回大会, Sep 4, 2023
27

大規模かつ日々増加するデータを利用する系統解析ワークフローの開発

ニッタジョエル, 岩崎渉

日本進化学会第25回大会, Sep 1, 2023
12

The dwctaxon R package for editing and validating taxonomic data

Joel H. Nitta, Wataru Iwasaki

2023 Botanical Society of America Conference, Jul 26, 2023
36

シダ植物に関する新しいコミュニティ主導型分類体系

ニッタジョエル

日本植物分類学会第２２回大会, Mar 3, 2023, 日本植物分類学会
Introducing taxastand and dwctaxon, a pair of R packages for standardizing species names in Darwin Core format

Joel H. Nitta, Wataru Iwasaki

BioDigiCon 2022, Sep 28, 2022
The Open Fern Tree of Life: 常に最新の状態を保つ全シダ植物系統樹に向けて

ニッタジョエル, Eric Schuettpelz, 岩崎渉

日本植物学会第86回大会, Sep 17, 2022
The Open Fern Tree of Life: 常に最新の状態を保つ全シダ植物系統樹に向けて

ニッタジョエル, Eric Schuettpelz, Santiago Ramírez-Barahona, 岩崎渉

日本進化学会第２４回大会, Aug 5, 2022
Resolving species names rapidly and accurately with the “taxastand” R package

Joel H. Nitta, Wataru Iwasaki

2022 Botanical Society of America Conference, Jul 26, 2022
An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life (FTOL)

Joel H. Nitta, Eric Schuettpelz, Santiago Ramírez-Barahona, Wataru Iwasaki

2022 Botanical Society of America Conference, Jul 26, 2022
An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life (FTOL)

Joel H. Nitta, Eric Schuettpelz, Santiago Ramírez-Barahona, Wataru Iwasaki

30th Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, Jul 13, 2022
DNA Barcoding of Fern Gametophytes: Past, Present, and Future

Joel H. Nitta

XVI Conference of the Indian Fern Society and International Symposium, Mar 18, 2022 Invited
シダ植物の群集形成および系統分類学的研究

新田ジョエル

日本植物分類学会第21回大会, Mar 5, 2022 Invited
55

種名の曖昧性を迅速・正確に解決するRパッケージ「taxastand」

ニッタジョエル, 岩崎渉

日本植物分類学会第21回大会, Mar 5, 2022
312

シダ植物コケシノブ科における世代間の生理生態学的特異化

ニッタジョエル, James E. Watkins, Jr., N. Michele Holbrook, Tristan W. Wang, Charles C. Davis

日本植物学会第85回大会, Sep 18, 2021
36

canaper: Categorical analysis of neo- and paleo-endemism in R

Joel H. Nitta

2021 Botanical Society of America Conference, Jul 20, 2021

Professional Memberships

Sep, 2017 - Present

日本植物学会
Mar, 2017 - Present

日本植物分類学会
Jul, 2015 - Present

American Society of Plant Taxonomists

Research Projects

Evolutionary origins of endemic ferns on an island biodiversity hotspot

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2027
Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group

International Research Collaboration, Jan, 2022

Joel H. Nitta, Eric Schuettpelz, Harald Schneider, Carl J. Rothfels
次世代シーケンサーを用いた倍数性シダ類複合体の進化史解明

科学研究費助成事業特別研究員奨励費, 特別研究員奨励費, 日本学術振興会, Nov, 2016 - Mar, 2019

海老原淳, NITTA JOEL
Dissertation Research: Investigating the Role of a Cryptic Life Stage in Fern Evolution and Community Assembly

Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, Jun, 2013 - May, 2015

Charles C. Davis, Joel H. Nitta

Social Activities

Git と Docker を使ってデータ解析の再現性を向上させる

Lecturer, Logistic support

ソフトウエア・カーペントリー, 千葉大学西千葉キャンパスアカデミック・リンク・センター（図書館）I棟「まなび」, May 30, 2024 - May 31, 2024

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