nano tech Executive Committee (Updated October 2023)

Committee Chairman

Tomoji Kawai (Invited Professor, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University / Fellow, Technology Strategy Research Center, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) / Professor, Tokyo City University)
(Specially Appointed Fellow, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency / Distinguished Professor, Tokyo City University)

vice-chairman

Yoshinobu Baba (Professor, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University / Director, Nano-Life Systems Laboratory / Director, Quantum Life Science Institute, National Quantum Science and Technology Agency)

committee member

Nobuaki Ishii (Executive Director, Nanotechnology Business Promotion Council)

Tadashi Ito, Sub-Program Director of "Process Science Construction Project for Social Implementation of Materials (Materealize)", Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan

Mitsugu Ueshima (General Manager, Business Promotion Department, CNT Business Promotion Division, ZEON Corporation)

Kazuo Kaneko (Director, Materials and Nanotechnology Department, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization)

Taku Kurokawa (Professor, Faculty of Human Potential Development, Chubu University / Project Professor, Tohoku University / Visiting Professor, Tokyo City University / Visiting Researcher, Seikei University)

Kazuki Goto (General Manager, Research & Development Planning Department, General Manager, CR Planning Office and Counselor, Technology Center Planning Office, Toray Industries, Inc.)

Akihiro Kobayashi (Director and Managing Executive Officer, JEOL Ltd.)

Naoya Shibata (Professor, Director of Research Organization, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)

Masayuki Shirane (Director, Quantum Computing Research Group, Secure System Platform Laboratories, NEC Corporation)

Yoshiko Takenaka (Senior Researcher, Functional Chemistry Research Division, Materials and Chemistry Field, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))

Seihiro Takemura, Director, SIP Promotion Office, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

Hideyoshi Tanaka (Director, Kobe Frontier Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT))

Masahiko Demura (Director, Technology Development and Sharing Division, National Institute for Materials Science)

Makio Naito (Professor Emeritus, Osaka University)

Tomoo Nagayama (Executive Technology Expert, Technology Strategy Office, Technology Management Center, Advanced Technology Research Institute, Ricoh Company, Ltd.)

Kazumi Nishijima (Project Professor, Tohoku University / Visiting Professor, Yokohama City University School of Medicine)

Shigeki Hara (Director, Research Division for Nanomaterials, Materials and Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))

Masahiko Hara (Senior Fellow, Technical University of Aachen / Visiting Professor, Kumamoto University Graduate Institute for Frontier Sciences / Research Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Environmental and Social Science / Visiting Researcher, University of the Arts London)

Masaru Yoshida (Director, Research Center for Integrated Catalysis Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Materials and Chemistry)

Shinichi Man, Deputy Director, Quantum Computing Research Center, RIKEN

Masayoshi Watanabe (Nanocellulose Japan, President of Nanocellulose Juku)

head of the secretariat

Takahiro Matsui (JTB Communication Design, Inc. Senior Fellow)