Kenji Izumi is a professor at Niigata University who graduated from the Niigata University Dental School (DDS) in 1988 and received his PhD from the Postgraduate School of Niigata University in 1992. He worked at University of Michigan, USA, as a research scientist/clinical assistant professor. His current research interest is the effect of mechanobiology on oral keratinocytes. He is a member of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society and the International Association of Dental Research.