XIV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF RICE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN & 9th International Rice and Wheat Blast Conference

Research and professional experience:
1984-1990: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University.
1991-1995: Associate Professor in the Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University.
1992: Visiting Researcher at the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, under the direction of Prof. S.A. Leong
1996-2005: Associate Professor in the College of Agriculture, Kobe University
2006- Lecturer in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University

Member of academic societies:
Phytopathological Society of Japan
American Phytopathological Society
American Society of Plant Biologists