Shigeru Hosoi

Background

Hosoi, Shigeru was born on July 12, 1949 in Yuki, Ibaraki, Japan. Son of Kanzo and Katsue Oda.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Tohoku U., Sendai/Miyagi, Japan, 1972; Master of Science, Osaka U., Toyonaka/Osaka, Japan, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Osaka U., Toyonaka/Osaka, Japan, 1980.

Career

Research fellow, Osaka U., 1980-1981; research associate, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1981-1985; research manager, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamakita/Shizuoka, Japan, 1992-1993; director general molecular laboratory, BioPhotonics K.K., Hamakitu/Shizuoka, since 1994. Visiting fellow Medical Research Council, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1992.

Achievements

• Shigeru Hosoi has been listed as a noteworthy Biophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Committee for 21st Century, Yuki-City/Ibaraki, since 1989. Member Biophysics Society Japan, New York Academy Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Physiological Society Japan, Botanical Society Japan, Japan Neuroscis.

Interests

• Avocations: cycling, watching movies, reading.

Connections

Married Michiko Miura, June 24, 1973 (divorced January 1989). 1 child, Suguru Adrian.

Father:

Kanzo Oda

Mother:

Katsue Oda

Spouse:

Michiko Miura

child:

Suguru Adrian Hosoi