Professor Dr Naomi Osakabe is a Professor of the Department of Life Sciences at the Faculty of Systems Science and Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology. She is a director of the Japanese Polyphenol Society, a councilor of the Japanese Oxidative Stress Society, a councilor of the Japanese Society of Food
Immunology and a consultant of the Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science. Her specialty is food functionality, and in particular, she has studied the functionality of polyphenols for many years.