Information Born 25 September 1943, Tokyo, Japan. Male. Academic Degrees Ph.D. Department of Agricultural Engineering, The University of Tokyo, March 1972 M.S. Department of Agricultural Engineering, The University of Tokyo, March 1969 B.S. Department of Horticulture, Chiba University, March 1967
Employment History
2005-Present President, Chiba University
1999-2005 Dean, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University
1990-2005 Professor, Department of Bioproduction Science, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University
1977-1990 Assoc. Professor, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University
1973-1977 Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Osaka Prefecture
Other Professional Experience
March to September 1989 Visiting Researcher, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
November 1974 to May 1975 Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Agro-Biological Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Awards 2002 Medal with Purple Ribbon Awarded by Japanese Government
2002 Friendship Award Awarded by The State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, People's Republic of China. (outstanding contribution to China's social development and economic, scientific, technological, educational and cultural construction)
2002 International Scientific and Technological Award Awarded by Kunming City, People's Republic of China. (outstanding contribution to collaboration of research)
1997 Prize for Academic Achievement in “Growth Regulation and Mass-propagation of in vitro Plantlets by Physical Environment Control” awarded by Japanese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and by Yomiuri Newspaper Co..
1992 Prize for Academic Achievement in “Environmental Control in Photoautotrophic Plant Tissue Culture” Awarded by Japanese Society of Environment Control in Biology. 1991 Prize for Academic Achievement in “Fundamental Research on Environmental Control Methods for Factory-type Transplant Production” Awarded by Japanese Society of High Technology in Agriculture.
1982 Prize for Academic Achievement in “Solar Light Transmission in Greenhouses” Awarded by the Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan