Plant Factories for Plant-made Pharmaceuticals Production and Lunar Food Production

Eiji Goto
Professor, Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University

Dr. Eiji Goto is a professor at Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Japan and professor of Research Center for Space Agriculture and Horticulture, Chiba University. He received a Ph.D. in agricultural engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan. He worked as assistant professor and associate professor at the University of Tokyo and moved to Chiba University. He was the first researcher in the world to receive a Ph.D. in the research on plant factory with artificial light (PFAL). His major research topics are plant factories and smart greenhouses. His broad areas of expertise include environmental engineering, plant growth control, plant modeling, environment simulation, plant physiology, photobiology, plant secondary metabolism, plant made pharmaceuticals, and space agriculture. He is now a Member of the Science Council of Japan and honorary President of the Japanese Society of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Engineers and Scientists.

植物工場を用いた医薬品原材料生産と月面農業

後藤 英司
千葉大学大学院園芸学研究院教授

後藤英司教授は千葉大学大学院園芸学研究院教授、同大学宇宙園芸研究センター教授です。東京大学で農業工学の博士号を取得し、東京大学助手、助教授を経て、現在は千葉大学教授です。後藤教授は、世界で初めて植物工場（PFAL）研究で博士号を取得した研究者です。主な研究テーマは植物工場とスマート温室です。専門は、環境工学、植物生育制御、植物モデリング、環境シミュレーション、植物生理学、光生物学、植物二次代謝、植物を用いる医薬品原材料生産、宇宙農業など多岐にわたります。現在、日本学術会議会員、日本生物環境工学会名誉会長です。
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