Biography
Education:
Ph.D. Eng. The University of Tokyo, Japan, 1989. 03
B.Sc., Department of Pure and Applied Sciences
The University of Tokyo, Japan, 1980.03
Experience:
2023 - Present: Director, General Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
2021 - Present: Director, Daicel Corporation-NTHU Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2021 - Present: CTO, IMT-Taiwan, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2020 - Present: Yushan Honorary Chair Professor, iNEMS, Dept. of PME, NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
2020 - 2023: Project Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan (Part-time)
2020 - Present: Honorary Visiting Professor, Lund University, Sweden (Part-time)
2020 - Present: Full Professor, iNEMS, Dept. of PME, NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
2014 - Special Assistant to President (Human Resource Development & Internationalization)
2012 - 2014: Vice President, The University of Tokyo, Japan
2010 - 2012: Councilor, Dean, School of Eng. The University of Tokyo, Japan
1998 - 2019: Full Professor, Dept. of Applied Chem., The University of Tokyo, Japan
1980 - 1989: Research Staff, Energy Research Lab. Hitachi Ltd., Japan.
Research Interests:
Micro/Extended-Nano Fluidics, Extended-Nano Space Chemistry,
Applied Laser Spectroscopy for Analytical Chemistry, Integration of Chemical Process on Chips.
Awards:
Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo, 2021
Foreign member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2020
Yushan Scholar (Taiwan Ministry of Education, Taiwan), 2019
CSJ Award (The Chemical Society of Japan), 2019
Simon-Widmer Award (Swiss Chemical Society), 2017
IBM Faculty Award, 2017
Honorary Doctor at Lund University, 2016
The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry Award, 2009
IBM Faculty Award, 2008