**Kenji Omasa**

Kenji Omasa received a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan. Kenji was a Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences professor at the University of Tokyo from 1999 to 2016 after working as the head of Biotron and Environment Plant Science at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan, from 1976 to 1999. Kenji was also president of the Agricultural Academy of Japan from 2018 to 2022 and an executive board member of the Science Council of Japan from 2014 to 2017. Kenji is currently a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, an emeritus researcher at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, the dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Takasaki University of Health and Welfare, the vice president of the Association of Japanese Agricultural Scientific Societies, and a board member of Japan Academy of Life Sciences. Kenji is interested in imaging cell level to plants, remote sensing, smart agriculture, modeling of ecosystems, and analysis of global change effects on plants and ecosystems. To date, Kenji has contributed to 650 scientific publications, 250 of which are in journals with references, and 400 are in books, reviews, and other publications. Kenji has received 38 academic awards, including a Medal with Purple Ribbon from the Government of Japan in 2013.
