Yoshinobu Baba

Dr. Yoshinobu Baba received PhD degree from Kyushu University.  After postdoctoral research, Assistant Professor at Oita University, and Associate Professor at Kobe Pharmaceutical University, he was promoted to the full professor at The University of Tokushima in 1997.  He was moved to Nagoya University in 2004.  He is now Professor of School of Engineering, Professor of School of Medicine, and a Director of Institute of Nano-Life-Systems, Nagoya University. He is also a Director of Institute of Quantum Life Science, QST.  Dr. Baba's research studies are directed at the development of nanobiodevices for medical diagnosis, tissue engineering, and molecular imaging. He is the author or co-author of 1,050 publications, including research papers, proceedings, reviews, and books and is also an inventor of over 120 patents. He has delivered more than 1,010 plenary and invited lectures at conferences. His work has been cited on 505 occasions by newspapers and television.