Curriculum Vitae

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Name Minoru Kanehisa
Position Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
Technical Director, Pathway Solutions Inc
Principal Investigator, KEGG Project
Date of Birth January 23, 1948
Place of Birth Nagasaki, Japan

Education and Employment
1970.3Graduated from Department of Physiscs, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo
1970.4 - 1975.3Graduate student, Dept of Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
1975.4 - 1976.2JSPS Research Fellow, University of Tokyo
1976.2D.Sci., University of Tokyo
1976.3 - 1979.1Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1979.2 - 1981.1Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1981.2 - 1984.1Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1982.1 - 1985.9Visiting Scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH
1985.10 - 1987.6Associate Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
1987.7 - 2012.3Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
1991.7 - 1995.6
2002.4 - 2012.3
Professor, Institute of Medical Science, Human Genome Center, University of Tokyo
2012.4 -Project Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
2012.4 -Technical Director, Pathway Solutions Inc

Other Appointments
1999.4 - 2001.3Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki National Research Institutes
1999.12 - 2003.3Founding President, Japanese Society for Bioinformatics
2001.4 - 2011.3Director, Bioinformatics Center, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
2001.4 - 2002.3Professor, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University
2005.1 -Visiting Professor, Bioinformatics Program, Boston University
2009.12 - 2020.6President, NPO Bioinformatics Japan

Awards
2001.11Okawa Foundation Publishing Prize
2018.9Clarivate Analytics Citation Laureate
2019.3Protein Society Carl Brändén Award
2024.2Kobayashi Foundation Kobayashi Award

Honors
2004.4IUPAC ( International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) Fellow
2012.4Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
2013.7ISCB (International Society for Computational Biology) Fellow
2018.9Honorary Member, Japanese Society for Bioinformatics
Clarivate (Thomson Reuters) Highly Cited Researchers 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Research Projects
See: Archive

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