Prof Hirokazu Tamamura graduated from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University in 1988 (Supervisor: Prof Haruaki Yajima), and received his Ph.D. from Kyoto University in 1995. He became an Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University in 1989 (Boss: Prof Nobutaka Fujii), and then a Lecturer of the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University in 1997. He became a Visiting Fellow at the National Cancer Institute/NIH, USA in 1999-2000 (Lab. Medicinal Chemistry, Boss: Dr Victor E. Marquez) before becoming an Associate Professor of the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University in 2005, and then a Full Professor at the Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) in 2005. His research fields extend to peptide & protein chemistry, chemical biology, medicinal chemistry and organic chemistry.