Education:
1962, B.S.

Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

1964, M.S.

University of California, Graduate Division, Davis, CA (Fulbright Student)

1968, Ph.D.

Tohoku University, Graduate School, Sendai, Japan

1972, Medical Doctorate

Tohoku University, School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Research and Professional Experiences:
1968-1971  Research Associate;Children’s Cancer Research Foundation (Dana Farber Cancer Center),
                 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. USA
1971-1981  Associate Professor of Microbiology,
                 Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan
1981-2004  Professor and Chairman; Department of Microbiology,
                 Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan
2004-Now   Professor of Sojo University School of Pharmacy, Emeritus Professor of Kumamoto University, Director of BioDynamics Research Laboratory,                   Kumamoto, Japan

Honor and Prize:
1989          Honorary Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, USA
1989          Honorary Citizen of State of Oklahoma, USA
1995          Asakawa Award from Japanese Society of Bacteriology
1997          Academic Award from Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Foundation, Tokyo, Japan,      
1998          Frey – Werle Foundation Commemorative Gold Medal, Munich, Germany
2003          Nagai Innovation Award for Outstanding Achievement, from Controlled Release Society, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
2004          Honor: from German Biochemical Society; Special commemoration issue of Biological Chemistry, November, 2004: “Hiroshi Maeda’s 65 years birthday”.   
2006          Honor: from Nitric Oxide Society; Special commemoration issue of the journal, Nitric Oxide for Professor Maeda’s retirement.  March, 2006