Professor Yoko Tsurunaga
Professor Yoko Tsurunaga
Ph.D. (Agriculture)
Faculty of Human Sciences, Shimane University
Current Positions
- Professor, Department of Human Sciences, Shimane University
- Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shimane University
- Professor, United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University (Agricultural Production Science)
- Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University
- Visiting Professor, Faculty of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University
Education
Ph.D. in Agriculture, United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University
Career
Born in Hamada City, Shimane Prefecture. Previously worked as a researcher at Shimane Prefecture Agricultural Technology Center and as an Associate Professor at Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University. Appointed as Associate Professor at Shimane University in 2011, and has been serving as Professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences, Shimane University since 2018.
Awards
- Japanese Society for Food Preservation Science Award (2024)
- Shimane University Women Researcher Award (2017)
- Shimane University Research Award (2013)
- Japan Society of Home Economics, Chugoku-Shikoku Branch Encouragement Award (2012)
- Japanese Society for Food Preservation Science Encouragement Award (2008)
Research Fields
- Food Science
- Culinary Science
- Food Processing
- Functional Food Development
Research Keywords
- Food Processing
- Antioxidation
- Allergy
- Tannin
- Persimmon
- Unused Resources
- Functional Foods
Research Themes
- Development of hypoallergenic foods
- Development of processed products using chemical properties of tannins
- Research on utilization methods to maximize the characteristics of unused resources
- Search for agricultural, forestry and fishery products with high health functionality and development of optimal processing methods
- Development of health teas with high health functionality