Kenya Honda

Kenya Honda is a Professor of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JAPAN; and also the Team Leader of Laboratory for Gut Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), Yokohama, JAPAN. He received his M.D. from Kobe University School of Medicine and his Ph.D. from Kyoto University School of Medicine in Japan. His research focuses on the immunological attributes of the gut microbiota and tries to identify functionally relevant members of the microbiota and their derived factors. He received the Gottfried Wagener Prize in 2014 and Baelz Prize in 2016. Dr. Honda is the lead investor in multiple technologies exclusively licensed to Vedanta.