staff list

Department of Local Produce and Food Sciences

Name	Profession	Specialty	Research Topics
Toru OKUDA, Ph.D	Professor	Food Science (Enology), Applied Biochemistry (Plant Physiology)	Analytical science on wine and grape components
Kazumi FUNANE, Ph.D	Proesseor	Food science
Noboru MURAMATSU, Ph.D	Professor	Gardening/Garden landscaping	Horticulture
Fujitoshi, YANAGIDA, Ph.D	Professor	Study on Wine Microbiology Taxonomuy of Microorganisms
Munekazu KISHIMOTO, Ph.D	Associate Professor	Aapplied microbiology, Enology	Wine Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology
Shunji SUZUKI, Ph.D	Professor	Plant Pathology, Experimental Botany, Plant Physiology	Characterization of resistant mechanisms in grapevine Monitoring fungicides-resistant plant pathogens in Japan. Transgenic approaches in grapevine Molecular mechanisms in grape berry development Prevention of grapevine disease using antagonistic microbes
Miki NAKATA, Ph.D	Associate Professor	Gardening/Garden landscaping	Nitrogen utilization of vegetables in organic and natural farming systems.
Masashi HISAMOTO, Ph. D	Associate Professor	Food Science	Food Chemistry Enology
Takeo MIKI, Ph.D	Associate Professor	Molecular Biology of the yeast	Molecular breeding of wine yeast
Kazuki MOCHIZUKI, Ph.D	Professor	Eating habits studies
Hiroyuki YAMASHITA, Ph.D	Associate Professor	Gardening/Garden landscaping (Pomology　Fruit Breeding Viticulture)	Study on labour saving grape training system , Polyploidy Breeding of grape , Breeding of Dwarfing rootstock of cherry
Misa OTOGURO, Ph.D	Associate Professor	Applied microbiology, Living organisms diversity/classification, Ecology/environment	Isolation of microorganisms in various environment Ecology of microorganisms The role of microorganisms in wine making
Fumie SAITO, Ph.D	Assistant Professor	Food science
Shinichi ENOKI, Ph.D	Assistant Professor	Plant Physiology	Grapevine molecular mechanisms