Junko is a Senior Information Scientist at CAS. She has been with CAS since 2003, and in her current role she helps to build and maintain the CAS Thesaurus and CAS REGISTRY focusing on enzymes and pharmacology. She graduated from Washington State University with a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Washington State University-Vancouver and Oregon Health & Science University before joining CAS.