Biography:

I have been working at Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute since graduating from KONAN University in Kobe, Japan, and have been engaged in research into microbial enzymes, such as glycosidases, glycosyl transferases, oxidases. I received a doctoral degree on ?Levan degrading enzymes?. I have also been interested in enzymatic and microbioal oxidation of saccharides. Productions of Lactobionic acid, D-glucuronic acid and D-glucaric acid are good examples for effective conversion of aldose to aldonic acid, uronic acid and aldaric acid.