Background

Ando, Hideya was born on October 3, 1960 in Nagoya, Japan. Son of Kunio and Nagako (Kameyama) Ando.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Nagoya University, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy, Kobe (Japan) University, 1995.

Career

Researcher, SUNSTAR Inc., Osaka, Japan, 1983-1995; senior researcher, SUNSTAR Inc., Osaka, Japan, since 1996. Researcher Kobe U. School Medicine, 1987-1995, visiting lecturer, since 1997. Guest researcher National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1997.

Achievements

• Hideya Ando has been listed as a noteworthy cell biologist, biochemistry researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Japanese Society Investigative Dermatology (councilor since 1996, Bronze award 1991), Japanese Society Pigment Cell Research (councilor since 1994), Japanese Cosmetic Science Society.

Interests

• Avocations: song writing, playing guitar, traveling.

Connections

Married Keiko Takahashi, December 15, 1985. Children: Maaya, Saaya.

Father:

Kunio Ando

Mother:

Nagako (Kameyama) Ando

Spouse:

Keiko Takahashi

child:

Saaya Ando

child:

Maaya Ando