Curriculum Vitae

Education

Akita Municipal High School, Akita, Japan Graduated in 1953
Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan B.A. in 1957 Major: Biochemistry
Ph.D. in 1966, degree from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Major: Biochemistry

Professional Career

Research Investigator, Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (1957-1966)
Research Associate, Department of Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, N. Y. (1966-1968)
Senior Research Investigator, Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (1969-1978)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Tokyo Noko University), Tokyo, Japan (1979-1986)
Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology,
Tokyo, Japan (1986-1997)
President, Biopharm Research Laboratories, Inc., Tokyo, Japan (1997-)

Awards and Honors

Young Investigator Award in Agricultural Chemistry 1966 (Japan)
Heinrich Wieland Prize 1987 (Germany)
Toray Science and Technology Prize 1987 (Japan)
Warren Alpert Foundation Prize 1999 (U. S. A.)
Japan Prize 2006 (Japan)
Massry Prize 2006 (U. S. A.)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 2008 (Japan)
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award 2008 (U. S. A.)
Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences 2011(U.S.A.)
The Person of Cultural Merit 2011 (Japan)
Inductee, National Inventors Hall of Fame 2012 (U. S. A.)
Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Pennsylvania 2012 (U.S.A.)
The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star 2012 (Japan)
Prince Mahidol Award 2015（Thailand）
Honorary Lifetime Membership Award 2015 (The National Lipid Association, U.S.A.)
Establishment of Akira Endo Award 2015 ( International Society of Atherosclerosis/
National Lipid Association, U.S.A.)
Canada Gairdner International Award 2017(Canada)