■ EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1995　B.S.(Biology), The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
1997　MSc. (Biology), The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biochemistry
1997　Suntory Inc., Research Institute of Product Development
2001　Ph.D.(Biology), The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biochemistry
2001　Research Fellowship for Young Scientists at Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (The University of Tokyo, Molecular Genetics Laboratory)
2004　Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Kyoto University Graduate School of Life Sciences
2005　Assistant Professor, Kyushu University Graduate School of Science, Department of Biology
2016　Founded HIROTSU BIO SCIENCE INC.; Assumed office as CEO
2018　Adjunct associate professor, QUT（Australia）

■ HONOURS AND AWARDS
2002 Inoue Research Award (The Inoue Foundation for Science)
2016 Development Research Award (The Neurocreative Society)
2016 Nakayama Award (The Nakayama Foundation for Human Science)
2016 NISTEP Researcher (Japan Ministry of Education)

I have focused on research regarding the olfactory sense of C. elegans since my doctorate program. I am especially interested in neural mechanisms creating and regulating preferences toward smells.

In March 2000, my first paper was published in the journal Nature. My research on changing preferences based on odor concentrations and olfactory experience was reported in Science and sister journals of Nature and Science.

In July 2012, I was the first in the world to successfully create a visual representation of single protein activation in C. elegans. In May 2013, I began research on whether C. elegans can detect the smell of cancer cells, publishing my research in March 2015.

In September 2016, I established a venture company, Hirotsu Bio Science Inc., aiming for practical application of C. elegans cancer test “N-NOSE” and assumed office as CEO.