Message from the President

Executive Director, Vice President

1970: Research Associate, Department of Fermentation Technology, Faculty of Engineering,
Osaka University
1977: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (Prof. Arnold L. Demain)
(until 1978)
1992: Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Osaka University
1994: Professor, Graduated School of Biological Sciences,
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
2001: Councilor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (until 2002)
2002: Dean, Graduated School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
&n?sp; (until 2004)
2008: Emeritus Professor , Visiting Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
2008: Director, President, Plant High Technology Institute (until March, 2009)
2008: Visiting Professor, Kobe University (until March, 2009)
2009-present: Executive Director, Vice-President, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

2003-2005: President, the Society of Biotechnology, Japan
1998- : Fellows of American Academy of Microbiology (USA)
2003- : Director, Japan Bio-Industry Association (JBA)
2004- : Vice-Director, Kinki-Bioindustry Association
2004-2008: Academic adviser, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and technology
1999- : Project Reader, New Sun Shine Project, "Construction of Industrial Plant",
by The Ministry of Economics, Trading and Industry (METI), Japan.
2009- : Member, Committee of Research Development, Ministry of Economics,
Trade and Industry
2004- : Advisory Board, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth

1970-1985: Fermentation Technology, Production of Industrial Enzymes,
Molecular Biology of Industrial Microbes
1985-present: Plant Biotechnology, Plant Molecular Biology, Metabolic Engineering of Plants