Tetsuya Watanabe is President of the Watanabe Institute of Mathematical Pathophysiology in Hamamatsu, Japan. His professional background includes postgraduate training, fellowship appointments, and faculty appointments in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. His work focuses on mathematical pathophysiology, physiology, electrochemical signaling, excitable cells, and stress- and lifestyle-associated diseases. He is the author of books published by Academic Press/Elsevier, including works on calcium signaling in cardiac and smooth muscle, electrochemical dynamics in excitable cells, and clinical pathophysiology of hypertension and diabetes.