Background
Itoh, Yoshifumi was born on August 5, 1951 in Nakaniida, Miyagi, Japan. Son of Yoshio and Kunie Itoh.
Itoh, Yoshifumi was born on August 5, 1951 in Nakaniida, Miyagi, Japan. Son of Yoshio and Kunie Itoh.
Bachelor of Science, Tohoku University, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1979.
Lecturer Shinshu University School Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan, 1980—1988. Head laboratory National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, 1992—2004. Director general Akita Research Institute of Food and Brewing, since 2004.
Researcher Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, 1981—1983.
Member of American Society for Microbiology.
Married Junko Ohshima, September 3, 1958. Children: Itoh Akiko, Itoh Taku.