Director of Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.Technical Director, International Division, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
Vice President of Japanese Society of Lactic Acid Bacteria.Visiting Professor, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China. Fellow of Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry.
He Graduated from Southern China Agriculture University, China, in 1984 and finished his PhD course at Nagoya University, Japan, in 1991. After his research careers at Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and RIKEN, Japan, he joined Morinaga Milk Industry in 1995. He has carried out many projects in the basic and functional researches of bifidobacteria and the development of yogurt at R&D center and published over 100 articles in the related area.
His current research interestings: Microbiota and health, basic and functional aspects of probiotic bifidobacteria.