Hiroyuki Honda, Professor, Nagoya University. In 1988, Honda received his Ph.D. degree, majoring in Chemical Engineering at Nagoya University, Japan. He worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Nagoya University for 2 years, assistant professor in the Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology for 2.5 years, and associate professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Nagoya University for 12 years. In 2004, he was promoted to the position of professor in the Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University. He is currently interested in the screening and design of functional peptides for applicability as pharmaceuticals or food ingredient materials. He received The SCEJ Award for Outstanding Research Achievement Winner in 2012 from The Society of Chemical Engineering, Japan, and the Achievement Award in 2016 from the Society for Biotechnology, Japan.