Yohji Shindo Professor Emeritus, School of Engineering, Fukui University Yohji Shindo received his BE (Textile Chem.) from Kyoto University in March 1959. From 1959 to 1963, he worked as a researcher with Sanyo Pulp co. Tokyo. He received his PhD (Phys Chem.) from University of Massachusetts in June 1968, working with Prof. Richard S. Stain. After post-doctoral research at Brandies University, he joined the faculty of Fukui University in 1970 as an associate professor and he became a professor in 1975. In March 2001, he retired from Fukui University and was appointed as a Professor Emeritus of Fukui University. His principal research interest was in the polarization modulation spectroscopy and it application to polymer science. Contact: e-mail yohjishindo@mac.vom