Education and Academic Professional Experience 1974 B.S., Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo 1980 Ph.D., Department of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo 1980 Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan 1987 Assistant Professor 1996 Associate Professor 1982–1985 Visiting Scientist, c/o Dr. Alexander Bloch, Grace Cancer Drug, Center, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York 1997–2017 Professor, Division of Pharmacology, Meikai University School of Dentistry 2017 Director and Professor, Meikai University Research Institute of Odontology Present Positions 2014–Present Director of the Board of Trustees, Meikai University 2014–Present Director of the Board of Trustees, Asahi University Editorial Boards 1992–Present In Vivo 2020– Editor-in-Chief, Medicines Grant Awards 1991–1992 A grant-in-aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan (General Research C) “Mechanism of antiviral activity induction by newly synthesized lignin having anti-HIV activity": (Principal Investigator, No. 03807149). 1993–1994 A grant-in-aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan (General Research C) 2020–2022 Elucidation of mechanism of tumor-specific cytotoxicity of chromone derivatives against malignant cells.(I)