Affiliation: National Defense Medical College Research Institute, National Defense Medical College, Division of Bioinformation and Therapeutic Systems

Shunichi Sato earned his PhD in electrical engineering from the Keio University. In 1997, he joined the National Defense Medical College Research Institute (NDMCRI) as an Associate Professor and started research and development for medical applications of lasers and optics. Since 2016, he has been a Professor at the Division of Bioinformation and Therapeutic Systems, and since 2021, he has been the Director of the NDMCRI. His current interests cover a variety of topics in defense medicine applications of lasers and optics, including photoacoustic diagnosis of burn injuries, photomechanical drug and gene delivery, antimicrobial photodynamic therapy, photocatalyst-based decontamination, and development of blast injury animal models based on a laser-induced shock wave (LISW). He is the author of more than 400 scientific-technical publications in this field.