Presentation Topic
Opening the black box of NIR prediction for sugar content of fruits: a complementary analysis by aquaphotomics and metabolomics (Abstract)
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1992-1996 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University
1996-2001 Graduate School of Bio-Applications and System Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

2001 – 2008 Postdoctoral Researcher at RIKEN and Kwansei Gakuin University
2008 – National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
2012 – Unit leader of Nondestructive Evaluation Unit*

*This unit is also the secretary of Japan Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy (JCNIRS).
JCNIRS holds and manages the symposium: “NIR Forum” every year.

Key technologies:
 far- and deep-UV spectroscopy
 plasmon resonance spectroscopy
 near infrared spectroscopy
 IR and Raman spectroscopy

Research interests:
 AI aided evaluation of foods and agricaltural products
 metabolomics v.s. aquaphotomics
 solution chemistry (thermodynamics)