OUR TEAM

Management team

Management Team of SPRING GX

Name Affiliation and Position Role
Shin-ichi Ohkoshi Professor, Dean of School of Science / Executive Director and Vice President Project Officer
Akiko Kumada Professor, Vice Dean of School of Engineering / Education and Research Councilor Vice Project Officer / Steering Committee
Tomochika Tokunaga Professor, Dean of School of Frontier Sciences Vice Project Officer / Steering Committee
Naoko Ishii Director, Future Vision Research Center・Specially-appointed professor /Executive Vice President, 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, Director, Professor 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
Noriyuki Takahashi Professor, Vice Dean of 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, Vice Dean of School of Engineering / Special Advisor to the 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, Vice Dean of School of Agricultural and Life Sciences / Special Advisor to the President Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Education
Yukinori Okada Professor, Vice Dean of 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 Principal Researcher National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
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