Background
Kurobane, Itsuo was born on December 23, 1944 in Karasuyama, Tochigi, Japan. Son of Takeo and Kiyono Kurobane.
Kurobane, Itsuo was born on December 23, 1944 in Karasuyama, Tochigi, Japan. Son of Takeo and Kiyono Kurobane.
Bachelor of Science, University Tokyo, 1970. Master of Science, University Tokyo, 1972. Postgraduate, Washington State University, 1974.
Doctor of Agricultural Science, University Tokyo, 1975.
Research associate Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, 1975-1979. Guest scientist National Research Council. Senior research associate Wisconsin University, Madison, 1979-1980.
Associate faculty Northwestern University, Chicago, 1980-1982. Deputy manager Hoechst Japan Research Laboratory, Kawagoe, 1982-1988. Project manager Rhone-Poulenc Agrochimie, Lyon, France, 1988-1990.
Research director Rhone-Poulenc Agro, Tsukuba, Japan, 1990—2000. Advisory Aventis Crop Science, Japan, 2000—2004, Bayer Crop Science, Japan, since 2004.
Member American Chemical Society, American Society Microbiology, Chemical Institute Canada, Japan Society Agricultural Chemistry, Japan Bio-chemical Society, Japan Bioindustry Association, Japan Antibiotics Research Association.
Married Sachiko Ishimori, September 23, 1973. 1 child, Emie Laura.