Rate My Professor Satoshi Ogawa

Ogawa's research investigates the neuro-molecular mechanisms of cognitive impairment and drug addiction, including social behaviour, neurobiology, addiction, learning, and memory. Utilizing zebrafish models, neuroimaging, and genetics, his expertise spans neuroscience, bioimaging, and molecular morphology. He has authored articles in high-impact journals such as PNAS and Endocrinology. Select publications include “Habenular kisspeptin modulates fear in the zebrafish” (PNAS, 2014), “Three GnRH receptor types in laser captured single cells of the cichlid pituitary display cellular and functional heterogeneity” (PNAS, 2005), “5,7,3′,4′,5′-pentamethoxyflavone (PMF) exhibits anti-obesity and neuroprotective effects in an obese zebrafish model” (Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 2025), and “Exploring β-caryophyllene: a non-psychotropic cannabinoid's potential in mitigating cognitive impairment induced by sleep deprivation” (Archives of Pharmacal Research, 2025). Having supervised 24 postgraduate students with 16 completions, Ogawa has earned awards such as the Jimmie Dodd Memorial Prize for Comparative Endocrinology, the 2016 Young Investigator Award from the Malaysian Society of Pharmacology and Physiology, and several Monash University Pro Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Research (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013).