Wallace H. Yokoyama is a Research Chemist at the USDA, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA 94710. Dr. Yokoyama received his Ph. D. in Biophysics from the University of California, Davis in 1985, and B.S. and M.S. in chemistry from University of California, Los Angeles. He joined the Research and Development department at Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc., Fullerton , CA in 1985 where he worked on basic research on molecular restructuring and analysis of lipids. His current research with the U.S. Dept of Agriculture focuses on the prevention of obesity related metabolic diseases by soluble dietary polymers. Animal models and human studies are used to determine the physiological effects of soluble polymers. New molecular methods are used to determine the differences in the expression of genes that regulate fat and carbohydrate metabolism in normal and insulin resistant animals fed diets that differ on in soluble and insoluble fibers, respectively.

Professional Society Membership/Participation:
American Chemical Society
          Chair, Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division, 2004
          Member, National Project Seed Committee, 2001-2003
          Coordinator Northern California Section Project Seed
          Councilor, Northern California Section
          Chair, Norther California Section, 2003
American Association of Cereal Chemists
          Nutrition Division Chair 1998; Member At Large 2000
          Nutrition Division Symposium Organizer 98 National Meeting
          Education Division Chair, 1997
          Chair or Co-Chair Northern California AACC, 1996-7

Curriculum Vitae

Research Slides