Hideo Yamazaki retired as a Professor at Kindai University and is now a director of an NPO corporation on environmental conservation. He is also a peer reviewer for several academic journals.
After receiving his bachelor's degree in Nuclear Reactor Engineering, he completed his PhD degree at Kindai University with research on the dynamic analysis of heavy metal pollution in the aquatic environment using radiochemical techniques. He was also involved in developing ultra-precision pH measurement methods of geothermal power-plant hot water in Professor Henry Freiser’s laboratory at the University of Arizona.
He has received the Encouragement Award from the Japan Association for Chemical Innovation, the Academic Award and Best Paper Award from the Japan Society for Environmental Chemistry, and the Best Paper Award from the Society of Environmental Conservation Engineering.