Prof. Michio Iwaoka is a Professor of the Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University. In March 1986, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Chemistry from the Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo in March 1988 and obtained Ph.D. in March 1994. He became a Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Science, University of Tokyo from 1989 to 1996 and became a Research Associate in the Department of Life Sciences from 1996 to 2003. From 2003 to 2009, he became an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, at Tokai University. From 2009 to the present, he has been a Professor in the Department of Chemistry, at Tokai University. Also, from 2022 to the present, he has worked as a Director at the Institute of Advanced Biosciences, Tokai University. His research interests include Protein Folding, Peptide Chemistry, Organic Chalcogen Chemistry, Computer Simulation, and Weak Atomic Interactions.