Background
Yoda, Kentaro was born on February 13, 1939 in Wakakusa, Yamanashi, Japan. Son of Toshiyuki and Fumiko (Ueno) Yoda.
biomedical engineering educator
Yoda, Kentaro was born on February 13, 1939 in Wakakusa, Yamanashi, Japan. Son of Toshiyuki and Fumiko (Ueno) Yoda.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Science University, Tokyo, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Kyoto (Japan) University, 1972.
Researcher, Toyobo Company, Otsu, Japan, 1962-1973;
chief researcher, Toyobo Company, Otsu, Japan, 1973-1978;
senior researcher, Toyobo Company, Otsu, Japan, 1978-1983;
director R & D, Toyobo Company, Osaka, Japan, 1983-1989;
senior vice president, Toyobo American Inc., New York City, 1989-1991;
professor biomedical engineering, Tokai U., Numazu, Japan, since 1991. Member operations committee Bioreactor Sys. Resh. Organisation, Tokyo, 1984-1988.
Member management committee Protein Engineering Research Institute, Osaka, 1987-1989. Member standardization committee Japan Industrial Studies, Tokyo, 1988-1989. Visiting scholar Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1989-1990.
Member advising committee City of Numazu, since 1991, Shizuoka (Japan) Prefecture, since 1994. Member Chemical Society Japan, Japanese Association Clinical Pathology, American Chemical Society.
Married Junko Okuwaki, November 17, 1968. Children: Naoko, Shinichiro, Makiko.