IDENTICAL INFORMATION

Name: Koji Nagao
Corresponding address:
Laboratory of Nutrition Biochemistry, Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
Tel&Fax: +81 (952) 28-8781
E-mail: knagao*cc.saga-u.ac.jp

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Birth Date: June 12, 1970
Birth Place: Fukuoka, Japan
Citizenship: Japan
Description: Sex; Male, Blood Type; B, Height; 174 cm, Weight; 66 kg

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

April/1974 - March/1977 Hanazono Kindergarten (Fukuoka, Japan)
April/1977 - March/1980 Hong Kong Japanese School Primary Section (Hong Kong)
April/1980 - March/1983 Meiji Gakuen Elementary School (Fukuoka, Japan)
April/1983 - March/1986 Meiji Gakuen Junior High School (Fukuoka, Japan)
April/1986 - March/1989 Kokura High School (Fukuoka, Japan) --- AWARDS (1989 March)
April/1989 - March/1993 Undergraduate course:
Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan) / B.S. (Agriculture)
April/1993 - March/1995 Master course:
Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan) / M.S. (Agriculture)
April/1995 - March/1998 Doctor course:
Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan) / Ph.D. (Agriculture)

OCCUPATION

April/1998 - November/2000
Research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Japan)
April/1999 - September/2000
Research fellow of University of California, San Francisco (USA)
December/2000 - September/2006
Assistant professor of Saga University (Japan)
October/2006 - February/2014
Associate professor of Saga University (Japan)
April/2001 - February/2014
Adjunct assistant (2001.4-) or associate (2007.9-) professor of Kagoshima University (Japan)
March/2014 - present
Professor of Saga University (Japan)
March/2014 - present
Adjunct professor of Kagoshima University (Japan)

MEMBERSHIPS

Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science
Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
Japan Society for the Study of Obesity
Japan Oil Chemists' Society
American Oil Chemists' Society

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Relationships between lipid metabolism and diseases.
2. Mechanisms of the genetic control of lipid metabolism.
3. Regulation of gene expression by nutrients.

AWARDS

PUBLICATIONS