Professor Takafumi Hamaoka, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Takafumi is Professor and deputy director of Sport and Health Science at Ritsumeikan University. He has conducted a research regarding control of muscle oxidative metabolism using near-infrared spectroscopy and proton- and phosphorus-magnetic resonance spectroscopy with Professor Britton Chance in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania in 1990-1991. He has continued muscle research in the department of preventive medicine and public health, Tokyo Medical University in 1991-2002 and National Institute of Fitness and Sports in 2002-2010. He was a member of Editorial Board, Environmental Health Perspectives (NIH, USA) in 1997-2003. He is currently a fellow of American College of Sports Medicine and a member of Executive Board, Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine. He has received a Research Award, Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 1991, a Best Poster Award, 2nd Congress of Asian Federation of Sports Medicine in 1996, a Young Investigators Award, 1st Congress of European College of Sports Science in 1996, a Best Paper Award, Japanese Society of Applied Physiology in 1999, and a Best Research Award, Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2004. His research expertise is sports medicine, environmental medicine, control of muscle oxidative metabolism, control of muscle hemodynamics, and muscle near-infrared spectroscopy.