Jun Ishii is the Associate Professor of Engineering Biology Research Center, and concurrently serves as the Associate Professor of Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation at Kobe University, Japan. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemical Science and Engineering, and Ph.D. in Molecular Science and Material Engineering at Kobe University, Japan. He is the author or co-author of over 80 peer-reviewed journal papers and 13 reviews and book chapters, and is the editor of Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. His research interests in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering and genetic engineering of yeasts, and focuses on applying and extending the approaches to biofuel, biochemical and biopharmaceutical productions, and biosensing techniques.