With a Ph.D. in plant molecular biology from Hokkaido University, Japan, Yoshie Hanzawa is a faculty member in the Department of Biology at California State University, Northridge. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of plant development and environmental responses using genetics, genomics and systems biology approaches. In collaboration with electrical and computer engineering, she develops non-invasive, high-throughput technologies for crop diagnosis in fields to achieve sustainable smart agriculture to feed the growing world population.