As a graduate student he received the Fulbright scholarship from the USA government and was awarded the 2001 annual achievement award in the department of Botany, University of California, Riverside.

He is also a member of the agroforestry system network of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) of the federal government and Full Professor at the Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales (CITRO) in the University of Veracruz, in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
Date: Saturday, Aug. 14th
Time: 10:00 AM - 12 Noon Atlanta USA time
Topic: “When Money Grew On Trees” - Ethnobotanic studies of the chocolate plant.
Presenter: Dr. Nisao Ogata, Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales (CITRO), Universidad Veracruzana
Time: 10:00 AM - 12 Noon Atlanta USA time
Topic: “When Money Grew On Trees” - Ethnobotanic studies of the chocolate plant.
Presenter: Dr. Nisao Ogata, Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales (CITRO), Universidad Veracruzana