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Suzuki, Kengo (Kengo Suzuki, Japan)

Suzuki, Kengo (Kengo Suzuki, Japan)

Director, General Manager of R&D Department,
euglena Co., Ltd.

Mr. Kengo Suzuki is a graduate of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Tokyo and has a BSc in system engineering.  Mr. Suzuki jointly established euglena Co., Ltd. with Mr. Mitsuru Izumo (President, euglena Co., Ltd.) in August 2005 and took up his position as Director, General Manager of the R&D Department.  In December 2005, he succeeded in the world’s first outdoor mass culture of Euglena for food use.  In 2006, he earned his master’s degree from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, the University of Tokyo.  Since the establishment of the company, he has been engaged in the production and development of Euglena-derived biofuels.

euglena Co., Ltd was awarded the Grand Prix of the Tokyo Venture Technology Award in 2010.  He is a co-author of Bisaisorui no Tairyoseisan, Jigyoka ni muketa Baio-gijyutsu (in Japanese, “Culture Technology toward the Mass Production and Commercialization of Microalgae”) (Johokiko Co., Ltd.).

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