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President's Biography

Kohei ITOH

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Education

December 1994

¡¡ Ph.D. in Engineering-Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

December 1992¡¡

¡¡ M.S. in Engineering-Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

March 1989

¡¡ B.E. in Instrumentation Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app


Positions within ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app

May 2021¨Cpresent

¡¡President & Chair, Board of Trustees

April 2020¨CMay 2021

¡¡Councillor, Board of Councillors

April 2017¨CMarch 2019

¡¡Dean, Graduate School of Science and Technology & Faculty of Science and Technology

November 2016¨CMarch 2017

¡¡Deputy Director, Global Research Institute (KGRI)

April 2007¨Cpresent

¡¡Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology

October 2005¨CMarch 2010

¡¡Vice Dean, International Center

April 2002¨CMarch 2007

¡¡Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology

April 1998¨CMarch 2002

¡¡Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology

April 1995¨CMarch 1998

¡¡Instructor, Faculty of Science and Technology


Academic Appointments outside ´ºÓêÖ±²¥app

March 2016¨CFebruary 2018

¡¡Director, Japan Society of Applied Physics

April 2004¨CMarch 2006

¡¡Member, Governing Board of Institute for Pure and Applied Physics

September 2002¨CAugust 2004

¡¡Member, Executive Committee of the Physical Society of Japan


Other Appointments

March 2024¨Cpresent

¡¡Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation

September 2023¨Cpresent

¡¡Trustee, International House of Japan

June 2023¨Cpresent

¡¡Steering Committee Member, Association of Pacific Rim Universities

January 2023¨Cpresent

¡¡Chairperson, Quantum Technology Innovation expert panel, Government of Japan

October 2022¨Cpresent

¡¡Member, Trilateral Commission Asia Pacific Group

June 2022¨Cpresent

¡¡Advisory Council Member, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

July 2021¨CApril 2025

¡¡Executive Director, Japan Association of Private Universities and Colleges

April 2025¨Cpresent

¡¡Vice President, Japan Association of Private Universities and Colleges

April 2021¨Cpresent

¡¡Committee Member, Promotion of the High-Performance Computing Infrastructure Project, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

October 2020¨Cpresent

¡¡Council Member, Science Council of Japan

April 2018¨Cpresent

¡¡Program Director, Quantum Information Technology, Quantum Leap Flagship Program, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

April 2016¨CMarch 2022

¡¡Research Supervisor, Quantum State Control and Functionalization, Embryonic Science and Technology Program, Japan Science and Technology Agency

October 2024¨Cpresent

¡¡Vice Chair, United States-Japan Foundation

March 2025¨Cpresent

¡¡Member of the Central Council for Education


Fields of Specialization

- Solid-state physics

- Quantum computers

- Electronic materials

- Nanotechnology

- Semiconductor isotope engineering


Awards

- 2021 American Physical Society Fellow (APS)??

- 2015 Japan Society of Applied Physics Fellow

- 2009 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Technology Prize (JSPS Prize)??

- 2006 Japan IBM Prize for Electronics


Major Publications

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