Kiyoji NISHIWAKI, Ph. D.  

Kiyoji Nishiwaki received his B. Sc. and M. Sc. from Osakacity University and was awarded a Ph. D. by the same institution for work on the molecular biology of C.elegans in 1994. He joined NEC Corporation in 1986 as a researcher in the Fundamental Research Laboratory studying the molecular genetics of C. elegans. He left NEC in 1992 to work as a visiting researcher at Johns Hopkins University, then returned to the company in 1993 to continue his work on nematode molecular genetics. He remained at NEC until receiving an appointment as team leader at the RIKEN CDB.