Fukui University of Technology, Fukui, Japan.

Hyoe Hatakeyama: Ph.D. Tokyo University, Major research interests: Polymers from Renewable Resources. More than 400 publications. Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science, Honorary Dr. of St. Petersburg Forestry Academy. Awards: the Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan (1985 and 2009), the Agency of Science and Technology, Japan (1990), Emperor’s medal　(2010).