Hiroshi Nagase

Hiroshi Nagase, Ph.D. is a Principal Investigator and Professor of International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Japan. The WPI (World Premier International Research Center Initiative) was launched in 2007 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in a drive to build within Japan “globally visible” research centers that boast a very high research standard and outstanding research environment, sufficiently attractive to prompt frontline researchers from around the world to want to work in them.
Dr. Nagase was born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 1947 and obtained Ph.D. degree (supervised by Professor Yoshimasa Hirata) in 1976 from Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University. He entered to Basic Research Laboratories, Toray Industries, Inc. in 1976. He spent postdoctoral years (October 25, 1985‒November 25, 1987) at University of Minnesota, U.S.A. (Professor P. S. Portoghese). He became a director of Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Toray Industries, Inc. in 2001. He moved to Kitasato University (Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy) as a full Professor in 2004 and then moved to the current position in 2013.