{"id":142,"date":"2025-03-28T23:48:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T14:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.research.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/?post_type=member&#038;p=142"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:48:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:48:22","slug":"yoshinori-sugai","status":"publish","type":"member","link":"https:\/\/www.research.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/member\/yoshinori-sugai\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoshinori Sugai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-20 grid !max-w-wide gap-y-12.5\">\n    <header\n        class=\"grid gap-10\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"grid gap-y-10 pt-5\">\n            <div>\n                <h1 class=\"text-30 font-bold leading-snug\">\n                    <span><\/span>\n                                    <\/h1>\n                <div class=\"text-20 font-medium\">\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"rounded bg-light-gray px-1.25 py-7.5 md:px-5\">\n                <ul class=\"is-style-disc\">\n                                                                            <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <\/header>\n    <div class=\"bg-note grid gap-y-7.5 bg-light-gray px-12.5 py-10\">\n                            <div class=\"grid gap-y-3.75\">\n                <h3 class=\"is-no-styling text-18 font-bold text-indigo\">Expertise &#038; Skills<\/h3>\n                <p class=\"font-medium\">\n                    Agricultural Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry, Applied Microbiology\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"bg-quote\">\n                <div class=\"relative z-10 grid gap-y-3.75\">\n                    <h3 class=\"is-no-styling text-18 font-bold text-indigo\">Message for researchers<\/h3>\n                    <p class=\"font-medium\">\n                        I hope to help you realize your creative ideas. I will also appreciate your feedback.\n                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What inspired me to become a research administrator (URA)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a former faculty member, I realized how hard it was to manage a university laboratory and acquire grants on my own while spending so much time and effort on work other than education and research activities. The experience made me believe that creative research would be developed by creating a research environment where researchers can concentrate on their own research with little burden of other work. I therefore applied for a URA and am determined to support researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic &amp; Professional Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>B.S., Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.S., United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research Fellow (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ph.D. (Agriculture), United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specially Appointed Researcher, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What inspired me to become a research administrator (URA) As a former faculty member, I realized how hard it was to manage a university laboratory and acquire grants on my own while spending so much time and effort on work other than education and research activities. 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