Toyoki Kozai_CB 2022

Biography
Prof. Toyoki Kozai Japan Plant Factory Association, Japan
Biography: Obtained a Ph.D. degree from the University of Tokyo. Worked on greenhouse light environments, energy savings, ventilation, computer control, knowledge engineering, in vitro environment control, autotrophic micropropagation, closed transplant production systems, and plant factory with artificial lighting or vertical farming. After serving as Dean of the Faculty of Horticulture, served as the president of Chiba University. After retirement, worked as a professor emeritus on medicinal plant production. From 2010 to 2017, worked at the Japan Plant Factory Association (JPFA). Since 2017, he has been the honorary president of JPFA. Selected awards: Friendship award from the Chinese Government (2002). Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of In Vitro Biology. The Purple Ribbon Award from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports. Japan Prize of Agricultural Sciences from the Association of Japanese Agricultural Scientific Societies. The Award ‘The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold, and Silver Star’ from the Japanese Government. Publications in English: Published more than 300 refereed papers, about 100 book chapters, and twenty books, including “Plant Factory: an indoor vertical farming system for efficient quality food production’ published in 2015 by Academic Press, ‘LED lighting for urban agriculture in 2016, and ‘Smart plant factory’ in 2018 by Springer. “Plant Factory: Basics, applications and advances” in 2021.

Biography

Prof. Toyoki Kozai
Japan Plant Factory Association, Japan

Biography:
Obtained a Ph.D. degree from the University of Tokyo. Worked on greenhouse light environments, energy savings, ventilation, computer control, knowledge engineering, in vitro environment control, autotrophic micropropagation, closed transplant production systems, and plant factory with artificial lighting or vertical farming. After serving as Dean of the Faculty of Horticulture, served as the president of Chiba University. After retirement, worked as a professor emeritus on medicinal plant production. From 2010 to 2017, worked at the Japan Plant Factory Association (JPFA). Since 2017, he has been the honorary president of JPFA. Selected awards: Friendship award from the Chinese Government (2002). Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of In Vitro Biology. The Purple Ribbon Award from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports. Japan Prize of Agricultural Sciences from the Association of Japanese Agricultural Scientific Societies. The Award ‘The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold, and Silver Star’ from the Japanese Government. Publications in English: Published more than 300 refereed papers, about 100 book chapters, and twenty books, including “Plant Factory: an indoor vertical farming system for efficient quality food production’ published in 2015 by Academic Press, ‘LED lighting for urban agriculture in 2016, and ‘Smart plant factory’ in 2018 by Springer. “Plant Factory: Basics, applications and advances” in 2021.