Yoshiro Azuma, a PhD degree in Physics from  University of Oregon has  rich experience  of scientific   research and teaching both in the ‘Western and Eastern Cultures’: University of British Columbia,  Argonne National Laboratory ,and   High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation in the West and in the East ,  Universities of Gakushin and Sophia in Japan  and    IIT New Delhi in India. Since retiring as Professor from Sophia University he has been a Visiting  Professor at IITs in India.

Besides Atomic and molecular physics his other research interest is in  History of science with focus on Japanese culture of research and  higher education in science