Background
Watanabe, Yoshihisa was born on December 25, 1931 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Son of Saburo and Shige (Takeda) Watanabe.
Watanabe, Yoshihisa was born on December 25, 1931 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Son of Saburo and Shige (Takeda) Watanabe.
Bachelor of Engineering, Kyoto (Japan) University, 1956. MEng, Kyoto (Japan) University, 1958. Doctor of Engineering, Kyoto (Japan) University, 1967.
From instructor to associate professor Kyoto (Japan) University, 1961-1981, professor, 1981-1995, professor emeritus, since 1995.
Member Chemical Society Japan, Society Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan (prize 1989), Fuel Society Japan (prize 1990), Japan Petroleum Institute (prize 1993), American Chemical Society, Society Polymer Science Japan, Japan Oil Chemists' Society.
Married Nobue Takehara, September 26, 1961. 1 child, Kazufumi.