OUR TEAM

Management team

Management Team of SPRING GX

Name Affiliation and Position Role
Shin-ichi Ohkoshi Professor, School of Science / Executive Director and Vice President Project Officer
Akiko Kumada Professor, School of Engineering / Education and Research Councilor Vice Project Officer / Steering Committee
Tomochika Tokunaga Professor, School of Frontier Sciences Vice Project Officer / Steering Committee
Naoko Ishii Director, Future Vision Research Center・Specially-appointed professor Planning Committee
Taikan Oki Professor, School of Engineering / Special Assistant to the President / Director, Earth Environmental Observation Data Commons Center / Director of the Center for Climate Solutions Planning Committee / Future Social Cooperation Education
Takumi Moriyama Executive Vice President Planning Committee
Tatsuya Okubo Professor, School of Engineering / Derector of Center for Strategic Promotion of GX Planning Committee
Kyoko Nozaki Professor, School of Engineering Planning Committee
Yukiko Gotoh Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Planning Committee
Hiroshi Nakamura Dean of the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology Planning Committee
Kouhei Tsumoto Professor, Dean of School of Engineering Steering Committee
Yoshio Takahashi Professor, School of Science / Director, Isotope Science Center Steering Committee
Takashi Hashizume Professor, Dean of the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics Planning Committee
Masaomi Nangaku Professor, Dean of the Graduate School of Medicine Planning Committee
Yukiko Muramoto Professor, Dean of the Gradulate School of Humanities and Sociology Planning Committee
Eiichi Tajika Professor, Dean of the School of Science Planning Committee
Kazushige Touhara Professor, Dean of the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Planning Committee
Makoto Kasuya Professor, Dean of the Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics Planning Committee
Terada Torahiko Professor, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Planning Committee
Masaaki Katsyno Professor, Dean of the Graduate School of Education Planning Committee
Yasuteru Urano Professor, Dean of the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Planning Committee
Takeshi Tsuji Professor, Dean of the Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences Planning Committee
Koichi Ito Professor, Dean of the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Planning Committee
Kimiro Meguro Professor, Dean of the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies/Professor, Institute of Industrial Science Planning Committee
Masaki Taniguchi Professor, Dean of the Gradulate School of Public Policy Planning Committee
Atshushi Iwama Professor, Dean of the Institute of Medical Science Planning Committee
Takashi Furumura Professor, Director of the Earthquake Research Institute Planning Committee
Jin Sato Professor, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Asia Planning Committee
Shigeki Uno Professor, Director of the Institute of Social Science Planning Committee
Hiroshi Toshiyoshi Professor, Director General of the Institute of Industrial Science Planning Committee
Yosuke Onoe Professor, Director of the Historiographical Institute Planning Committee
Katsuhiko Shirahige Professor, Director of the Institute for Quantitative Biosciences Planning Committee
Shoichi Ogio Professor, Director, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research Planning Committee
Yohei Kobayashi Professor, Director of the Institute for Solid State Physics Planning Committee
Susumu Hyodo Professor, Director of the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute Planning Committee
Masakazu Sugiyama Professor, Director of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology Planning Committee
Noriyuki Takahashi Professor, School of Humanities and Sociology Humanities and Social Sciences Education
Etsko Haryu Professor, Vice Dean of School of Education / Education and Research Councilor Educational Research and Creative Education
Yoshiyuki Tamura Professor, Schools for Law and Politics Advanced Business Law Education
Noriyuki Yanagawa Professor, School of Economics / Director of the Center for Real Estate Innovation Advanced Economic Education
Hiroyuki Ukeda Professor, School of Arts and Sciences Global Studies Initiative Education
Koji Hukushima Professor, School of Arts and Sciences / Director, Komaba Institute for science Advanced Basic Science Education
Tatsuya Tsukuda Professor, School of Science Promotion of global science education
Kei Hirose Professor, School of Science Space and Earth Frontier Education
Hitoshi Murayama Professor, Kavli IPMU Advanced Physics and Mathematics Education
Eiji Saitoh Professor, School of Engineering / Vice President Integrated Material and Information Science Education
Toshio Otsuki Professor, School of Engineering / Vice Dean of Institute of GERONTOLOGY Education of an Aging Society
Hiroyoshi Iwata Professor, School of Agricultural and Life Sciences / Special Advisor to the President Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Education
Yukinori Okada Professor, School of Medicine Life Science Technology Education
Norikazu Saito Professor, School of Mathematical Science / Director, ICMS Education of Frontier of Mathematics and Physics
Akio Yamamoto Professor, School of Frontier Sciences Proactive Environmental Studies Education
Yoshimasa Tsuruoka Professor, School of Information Science and Technology / Director, Institute for AI and Beyond Knowledgeable Social Education
Hitoshi Tabata Professor, School of Engineering Quantum Science Technology Education
Hideaki Shiroyama Professor, School of Public Policy Planning Committee / Social Design and Practical Education
Katsuya Hasegawa Division of University Corporate Relations / Visiting Research Fellow Career development and Training Support Entrepreneurship Education
Shigeo Kagami Visiting Professor Career development and Training Support Entrepreneurship Education
Atsushi Yamada Adviser, Career Support Office for Science and Engineering Career Development and Training Support Career Consultation
Kaori Sofue Adviser, Career Support Office for Science and Engineering Career Development and Training Support Career Consultation
Satoru Nogami Principal URA, Office for Advancement of Research Administrators Support for Project Officer and Office
Harris Kate Senior URA, Office of Research Strategy and Development, School of Science Support for Project Officer and Office

External cooperation institutions

Name Position Organization
Yukako Uchinaga President & CEO Globalization Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Toshio Kikuchi Director Ehime Institute of Industrial Technology
Kunihiko Koike  Managing Officer, General Manager, Iwatani R&D Center and Iwatani Advanced Hydrogen Technology Center Iwatani Corporation
Noriaki Taneichi  Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Yoshiki Hotta  Executive director Inoue Foundation for Science
Yasushi Yamada R&D Strategy Director Kao Corporation
Yoshihisa Yamamoto Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors AISIN CORPORATION
Tomokazu Yoshida Member of the Managing Board and Senior Executive Officer Managing Director, CTO Sysmex Corporation
Yoshihiro Yoneda Director General The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University

Extramural experts

Name Position Organization
Tomoyuki Abe Director, Technology Development Center Technology Development Center, Panasonic Industry Corporation
Kunihiko Koike Managing Officer, General Manager, Iwatani R&D Center and Iwatani Advanced Hydrogen Technology Center Iwatani Corporation
Dai Shiota General Manager TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
Jusuke Shimura Principal Researcher Murata Manufacturing Company
Masashi Shirata Manager FUJIFILM Corporation
Akira Takahashi Chief Senior Researcher AIST
Yoshiyuki Takei, Ph.D. Representative Member (CEO) Takei&Sons,LLC.
Keisuke Tajima Team Director RIKEN
Tadasu Nagai Staff editor THE TOKYO SHIMBUN
Hiromitsu Nagumo CEO Southernpartners Co.,ltd
Masamichi Nishino Principal Researcher National Institute for Materials Science
Ryu Hatano General Manager, HYDROGEN SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT SECTION 1 AISIN CORPORATION
Yoshiteru Masai Advisor Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Yasushi Yamada R&D Strategy Director Kao Corporation
Takayuki Yoshida Managing Director DOWA IP CREATION CO.,LTD
Tomokazu Yoshida Member of the Managing Board and Senior Executive Officer Managing Director, CTO Sysmex Corporation
Yoshihiro Yoneda Director General The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University