Hiroyuki Ohshima is a Professor Emeritus at the Tokyo University of Science, Japan, where he has worked since 1985. He received his BS (1968), MS (1970), and PhD (1974) degrees in Physics from the University of Tokyo. He completed his postdoc studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia (1981–1983), the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA (1983–1984), and the University of Utah, USA (1984–1985). He was previously a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Tokyo University of Science (1994–2012) before retirement and is now Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor.