Research Group
Faculty
Dr. BOMME GOWDA SIDDABASAVE GOWDA
Associate Professor
Laboratory for Lipid Chemistry (GOWDA lab)
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Admin/Technical Staff
We are hiring an adminstartive staff for the lab. Please do contact Dr. Gowda (研究室では事務スタッフを募集しております。お気軽にお問い合わせください。)
Current Students
Graduate School of Global Food Resources
(Dr. Gowda as Direct Supervisor)

Shukla GYANESH
Country: India
Status: JST-LOTUS fellow
Research area: "Development of Food Lipid Atalas"

Kumari Suraksha
Country: India
Status: DC2
School: Graduate School of Global Food Resources
Research area: "Millets metabolic fingerprinting and their material applications."
Scholarship: MEXT scholarship

Amai Sahana
Country: India
Status: DC2
School: Graduate School of Global Food Resources
Research area: "Isolation and characterization of Paprika bioactives for obesity control"
Scholarship: Research assistant support

ELA Sabiha Parvin
Country: Bangladesh
Status: DC1
School: Graduate School of Global Food Resources
Research area: "Application of lipidomics for investigating food spoilage mechanism and disease biomarker research"
Scholarship: EXEX Hokkaido University and JASSO.

LI SHUJIN (李 姝瑾)
Country: China
Status: MC1
Research area: "Investigating nettle tea bioactives for obesity control "

Lydia Awinloya Nyaabire
Country: Ghana
Status: MC1
Research area: "Investigating coffee bean lipidomics"

SHAO YIFEI I SHUJIN (邵 怡斐)
Country: China
Status: Research student
Research area: "Analysis of topical oils for bioactive lipid discovery"

DAOXIN YANG
Country: China
Status: Research student
Research area:
Graduate School of Health Science
(Dr. Gowda as co-supervisor)

Tomomi Kuno
Country: Japan
Status: MC2
Research area: "Spices and their role in controlling fatty liver disease

Yuna Masutani
Country: Japan
Status: MC1
Research area: Lipidomics/Vaping project

Yuto Shigemura
Country: Japan
Status: MC1
Research area: Analysis of plasmologens & their enrichment

Yuu Yoshida
Country: Japan
Status: MC1
Research area: Lets find umami compounds in our food.

Sogo Tezuka
手束 壮吾
Country: Japan
Status: B4
Research area: .

Natsu Kobayashi
小林 菜津
Country: Japan
Status: B4
Research area: .
Ex-Gradutes of Gowda LAB

Minami Yusuke
PhD award (03/2026): Application of Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry: Food Lipid Profiling and Monitoring Lipid Dysregulation
Current Position: Ambitious Assistant Professor, HU.

Inoue Nao
PhD award (03/2026): : Investigation of mechanisms underlying alteration in lysophosphatidylethanolamine and its protective effects on lifestyle-related diseases
Current Position: Works at Shimazdu, Japan

MD. Abdul Malek
PhD award (03/2026): Application of untargeted lipidomics for the identification and characterization of novel lipids in plant and yeast samples
Current Position: NA

Madihalli Gangadhara Rachana
PhD award (03/2026): Development of a quantitative analytical method for unsaturated short-chain fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids and their biological applications
Current Position: NA

Madhuvanahalli Sundaraswamy Punith
PhD award (03/2026): Development of analytical method for monitoring sphingomyelin synthase and discovery of its natural inhibitor from Hizikia fusiformis
Current Position: NA

Nath Lipsa Rani
PhD award (09/2025): Application of foodomics towards identification and characterization of bioactive lipids in dietary grains and herbs.
Current Position: JSPS postdoctoral researcher (Kyoto University, Japan)

Jayaprakash Jayashankar
PhD award (09/2025): Application of untargeted lipidomics in biomarker studies related to gut health, obesity, and neurodegenerative disorders
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher (Hokkaido University, Japan)

Li Yonghan
PhD award (03/2025): Development of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for oxylipin analysis and its application to childrens plasma
Current Position: Visiting researcher, Hokkaido University
Ex- Members / Alumni












