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Mutsuo IWAMOTO
Kagoshima Prefectural Food Technology Development Center, Japan

POSITION
Former Director general, Kagoshima Prefectural Food Technology Development Center, Japan

BIOGRAPHY
1962-1996 : Undergraduate, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
1966-1968 : Master Course (Agricultural Engineering), Kyushu University
1968-1973 : Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Kyushu University Engineering, Kyushu University
1973-1993 : Researcher, National Food Research Institute, MAFF
1993-1996 : Principal National Program Stuff, Secretariat of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Research Council, MAFF
1996-1997 : Research Coordinator, Japan Agricultural Research Center, MAFF
1997-1997 : Vice-Director General, Japan Agricultural Research Center, MAFF
1997-1998 : Vice- Director General, Tohoku Regional Office of MAFF
1998-2000 : Director General, Tokai Regional Office of MAFF
2000-2001 : Research Counselor, Secretariat of Research Council for
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, MAFF
2001-2003 : Director General, Secretariat of Research Council for
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries, MAFF
2003-2005 : Director General, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, JIRCAS
2005-2012 : Board Chair, Japanese Society of Techno-innovation for
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, STAFF
2015 – present : Director general, Kagoshima Prefectural Food Technology Development Center

Yukihiro (Yuki) Ozaki received his Ph.D. in 1978 from Osaka University. He joined Kwansei Gakuin University in 1989. Since 1993 he was a professor in School of Science and Technology until the end of March, 2018. Currently, Ozaki is a professor emeritus of the university. He has guest professor or scientist positions at Kobe University, Fukui University, Riken and Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute.

Yuki is involved in studies of a wide range of molecular spectroscopy, covering from far-ultraviolet to far-infrared/Terahertz spectroscopy and also Raman spectroscopy. He is a rather rare scientist who has been concerned with both electronic spectroscopy and vibration spectroscopy.

Yuki has been Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, Japan Chemical Society, and Society of Applied Spectroscopy. He received several awards including, Bomem-Michelson Award (2014), Chemical Society of Japan Award (2017), The Medal with Purple Ribbon (2018), Pittsburg Spectroscopy Award (2019), and Charles Mann Award (2020).

Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo Japan
1989 Medical License (M.D.), Graduated from Keio University School of Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
1992 Clinical Resident of Pediatrics, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Clinical Fellow of Neonatolgy, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
1997 Postgraduate Student, Dept. of Woman and Child Health, Pediatric Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Prof. Anita Aperia) (Doctor of Philosophy)
1997-2000 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA (Prof. Peter Agre)
2001- Assistant Professor, Depts. of Pediatrics and Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2006 Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo Japan