INTERNATIONAL BEST RESEARCHER AWARD for the field of study, BIOPHYSICS
Koichi Kato received his Ph.D. in 2018 under supervision of Prof. Akifumi Oda at Meijo University. From 2018 to 2021, he worked as an assistant professor at Kinjo Gakuin University. Since 2021, he has been working at Shonan Medical University which has newly opened the Faculty of Pharmacy in April 2021. He is working on sugars and proteins using both in vitro and in silico techniques. His research interests include sugar conformation and Maillard reaction, protein aging,　protein 3D structure, and protein-protein interactions. He is also involved in research for the development of antibacterial and antiallergic agents.
| Assistant professor | |
| Japan |