Shizue Mito, Ph.D.

  • Department of Chemistry
  • The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • Edinburg, Texas 78539
  • Email: shizue.mito@utrgv.edu
  • Tel: 956-665-8740
  • Office: SCNE 3.112



“Do or do not. There is no try.”––Yoda
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."––Walt Disney

Education and Experience
B.S., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Japan, 1993
M.S., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Japan, 1995
Ph. D., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan, 2004
Visiting student, Ludwig-Maximillans Universiat, Germany, 2002
Pharmacist, Japan, 1993- 1995
Research Scientist, Toray Research Center, Japan, 1995-2001
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kyoto University, Japan 2004-2005
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University 2005-2008
Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at El Paso, 2008-2015
Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2015-


Curricula Vitae


Shizue's short biography
Shizue wrote her short biography in Japanese. It was published in Chemistry & Chemical Industry (Kagaku to Kogyo), which is a monthly newsletter/journal of the Chemical Society of Japan.
Japanese Original (pdf)
English translation (pdf)

English translation by Shizue.