Yasuaki obtained his master’s degree from Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University in 2012. With 10 years experience in the chemical industry in France and Japan, he joined BioPRIA as PhD student in April 2022 under the supervision of Associate Professor Warren Batchelor and Dr. Leonie van’t Hag. His research focuses on developing novel packaging materials comprising nanocellulose and lignin.