Dr. Noriho KAMIYA, Professor

Motto Work hard, Play hard! Work less, Think more. (…but honestly, I am Working & Thinking more & more...) My Profile Date of birth: Aug 10, 1970 Education: Bachelor of Engineering of Kyushu Univ., March 1994 Master of Engineering of Kyushu Univ., March 1996 Doctor of Engineering of Kyushu Univ., March 1998 Professional Experience: Fellowships of JSPS for Japanese Junior Scientists 1996-1998 Assistant Professor of The University of Tokyo 1998-2001 Visiting Scientist of MIT, Dept of Chemistry (Klibanov Group) 2001-2002 Fellowships of JSPS for Studying Abroad 2001-2002 Associate Professor of Kyushu University 2002 to present. Award: Young Research Award in 2004 from The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan Professional Societies: The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan The Society for Biotechnology, Japan The Chemical Society of Japan Japanese Society for Enzyme Engineering Japan Society of Drug Delivery System Japan Bioindustry Association Publication & Patents 55 Research papers & 4 Patents (up to Nov. 2004) Research Topics & Related Papers 1. Enzymatic protein engineering based on posttranslational protein modification and its application to create novel biomaterials. 2. Enzyme engineering in conventional/unconventional media. 3. Drug delivery system using amphiphilic molecules especially for pharmaceutical peptides, proteins & genes.