Background
Murai, Norimoto was born on March 4, 1944 in Sapporo, Japan. Came to the United States, 1968. Son of Nobuo and Hideko Murai.
educator plant molecular biologist
Murai, Norimoto was born on March 4, 1944 in Sapporo, Japan. Came to the United States, 1968. Son of Nobuo and Hideko Murai.
Bachelor of Science, Hokkaido University, 1966. Master of Science, Hokkaido University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1973.
Research associate department botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1974-1978;
project associate department bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1979;
postdoctoral fellow department plant pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1980-1982;
laboratory head department molecular biology, National Institute Agrobiol. Resources, Tsukuba, Japan, 1983-1984;
associate professor plant pathology and crop physiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1985-1992;
professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, since 1992. Adjunct Professor biochemistry, full member graduate faculty and interdependent studies in plant physiology and genetics Louisiana State University.
Member study section onminority biomedical research support program National Institutes of Health, 1993. Grant reviewer USDA, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Plant Physiologists, International Society Plant Molecular Biology, Japan Molecular Biology Association, Crop Science Society American, Fulbright Association, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Andreana Lisca, November 14, 1977. 1 child, Naoki.