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Feb 2021 Outside Director, Envision AESC Japan Ltd.
Aug 2020 Senior vice president, Powertrain & EV Engineering Division
Apr 2014 Corporate vice president, Powertrain & EV Engineering Division
Apr 2010 Program director, C-Segment(Serena, X-trail) and Infiniti brand
Apr 2009 Powertrain program director, Powertrain Engineering
Apr 2008 General manager, Powertrain Technology Development
Apr 2005 Deputy general manager, Powertrain Project Planning
Jul 1999 Manager, Advanced Engine Engineering Department
Apr 1984 Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

I was born in Kyoto in 1965, and after graduating from The Japanese School in London, and Senior High School at Otsuka, University of Tsukuba, I received my Bachelor of Engineering degree in metallurgy from Kyoto University in 1988. I began my doctoral course in the same graduate school, during which time I researched the processing of reactive metals such as titanium and niobium; I completed the course in 1993. After earning my doctoral degree, I worked for 3 years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States, supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS, Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad). Subsequently, I worked as a research associate at the Institute of Advanced Materials Processing (currently known as the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, IMRAM), Tohoku University for five years. In 2001, I became an associate professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo. After my associate professorship at the same institute, I was appointed as a professor in 2009. From 2019 to 2021, I was appointed the Vice President of the University of Tokyo. Since 2021, I have been the Director General of the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo.

[Awards]
1. 14th Honda Memorial Silver Prize (Honda-kinen-shourei-shou) from the Honda Memorial Foundation in Tokyo, May 19, 1993.
2. 11th Inoue Research Prize (Inoue-kenkyu-shourei-shou) from the Inoue Foundation for Science in Tokyo, February 6, 1995.
3. 23rd Murakami Prize (Murakami-Shourei-shou) from the Murakami Memorial Foundation in Sendai, May 15, 2003.
4. The 38th Ichimura Prize in Technology–Meritorious Achievement Prize from The New Technology Development Foundation, April 28, 2006.
5. 65th JIM Meritorious Award from the Japan Institute of Metals at the 140th Spring meeting, Chiba, March 27, 2007.
6. 26th Technology Award (Gijutsu-shou) from The Japan Titanium Society, November 9, 2009.
7. 2012 Nikkei Global Environmental Technology Awards for the establishment of innovative approaches to the global environment, Nikkei Inc., November 7, 2012.
8. The 12th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Award (GSC Award), The Minister of the Environment Award, (The Japan Association for Chemical Innovation (JACI), Green and Sustainable Chemistry Network (GSCN)), “Development of Green Recycling Technology for Rare Earth Metals,” June 6, 2013.
9. The ASM Henry Marion Howe Medal for 2013 for the paper entitled, Effective Dissolution of Platinum by Using Chloride Salts In Recovery Process,” ASM International (The Materials Information Society), Montreal, Canada, October 29, 2013.
10. 13th Honda Frontier Prize (Honda-Frontier -shou) from the Honda Memorial Foundation, May 27, 2016.
11. 86th Hoko Prize (Hattori-Hoko-Shou) from the Hattori Hokokai Foundation, October 7, 2016.
12. H30 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)), Prizes for Science and Technology, Public Understanding Promotion Category, April 17, 2019.
13. TMS Extraction & Processing Division Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award, February 26, 2020.
14. The Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa at NTNU, Honorary Doctor of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), March 26, 2021.
15. R3 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)), Prizes for Science and Technology, Research Category, April 14, 2021.
16. 62th Toray Science and Technology Prize, (Toray Science Foundation), March 31, 2021.

Mar 1995 Graduated Shibaura Institute of Technology, Master degree, Mechanical Engineering
Apr 1995 Joined TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.
Jan 2018 Chief Engineer, Powertrain Product Planning Div.
Jan 2019 Field General Manager, Powertrain Planning ＆System Development Field
Jan 2020 Executive Vice President, Powertrain Company
Jan 2022 President, Powertrain Company

March 1970 B.S., Department of Petrochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto Univ.
March 1972 M.S., Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto Univ.
March 2005 Dr.Eng., Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Univ.
April 1972 Entered Asahi Kasei Corp.
August 2005 General Manager, Yoshino Laboratory, Asahi Kasei Corp.
April 2010 President, Lithium Ion Battery Technology and Evaluation Center (LIBTEC)*
October 2017 Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corp.*
April 2018 Visiting Professor, Transdisciplinary Research and Education Center for Green Technologies, Kyushu University*
December 2019 Distinguished University Professor, Kyushu University*
January 2020 AIST Fellow*Director, Global Zero Emission Research Center, Department of Energy and Environment*
December 2020 Member of Japan Academy*
April 2021 University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Meijo University*
* Current position

[Awards]
April 2003 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology—Prize for Science and Technology, Development Category, from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
April 2004 Medal with Purple Ribbon, from the Government of Japan
November 2011 Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize, from the Foundation for Promotion of Material Science and Technology of Japan
June 2012 IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies, from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
February 2014 The Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering, from The National Academy of Engineering
April 2018 The Japan Prize, from the Japan Prize Foundation
June 2019 The European Inventor Award, from the European Patent Office
November 2019 The Order of Culture, Person of Cultural Merit, from the Government of Japan
December 2019 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

• CV Professor Phil Mawby, School of Engineering, University of Warwick
• Chair of Power Electronics University 2005-and head of Power Electronics specialising in SiC power devices and reliability, numerical modelling and RF devices.
• Chair of Power Electronics Swansea University 1986 – 2005
• Conference chair for European Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ECSCRM2018), Birmingham, ICC 2nd-6th September 2018. Largest conference in the world on SiC in 2018
• Experience as Head of Research for the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick. In this capacity I have delivered an external research review of the school which led to a reorganisation of the research structure to capture the key strengths of a general engineering department.
• 210-2015 Holder of the Royal Academy of Engineering / GE Energy Research Chair, a prestigious 5 year appointment, transferring cutting edge research to Converteam and then GE, a leading global company, supporting development of future strategy.
• Conference Chair for 2011 European Power Electronics Held at the ICC in Birmingham with over 1200 delegates – the largest Power electronics conference in 2011.
• A Principle contributor to UK Strategy for Power Electronics, published by BIS, supported by the Minister Mark Prisk and formally launched in London in October 2011.
• Convenor for iPower Conferences in 2011, 2012 and 2013. A showcase for power electronics in the UK with approximately150 delegates attending.
• Head of Electronics and Power Electronics Group at Warwick (2006-10)
• Lead for EPSRC programme: Vehicle Electrical Systems Integration (VESI). A large consortium of 10 UK Academic institutions focussing on electrical power systems for Electric Vehicles (EVs).
• Lead for Devices theme and executive committee member of EPSRC Underpinning Power Electronics Centre. Academic lead for work on power electronic devices of £18m research centre recently established by the EPSRC.
• UK Energy Research Centre Research Committee Member
• Member of the EPSRC engineering college. I have served on several selection panels, and as chair of general engineering on a number of occasions.
• Member of the Industrial Leadership Group for Power Electronics UK
• Chair of EPSRC GaN programme Grant advisory committee.
• Assessor and panel member of DTI call on power electronics proposal (2005).
• Assessor for Enterprise Ireland on Power Electronics (2008)

1970-1972, Master, Mech. Eng., 1973-1976, Doctor, Mech. Eng., Graduate School, Waseda University
1976-1985, Research Associate, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University
1985-2017, Professor, Dept. of Mech. Eng., Waseda University
1986-1987, Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
1998-2002, Guest Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
2004-2006, Executive Vice President, JSAE
2008-2012, Vice President-Technical, FISITA (International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies)
2010-2014, Dean, Graduate School of Environment and Energy Eng., and Director of Environment Research Institute, Waseda University
2014-2018, Director, Research Organization on Next Generation Vehicles, Waseda University
2017-Presemt, Professor Emeritus, Waseda University

[Awards]
1998, Fellow, the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
2003, Best Paper Award, SAE International, USA
2004, Award on Contribution to Evironmetal Protection, MOE
2008, Best Paper Award, SAE International, USA
2008, Member Service Award, SAE, International, USA
2011, Long-term Contribution Award, JSME
2011, Outstanding Service Award, International Council on Clean Transportation, USA
2012, Honorary Member, the Society of Automotive Engineers, JSAE
2012, Award on Contribution to Transport Culture, MLIT
2014, Best Paper Award, JSAE
2015, Best Paper Award, SAE/JSAE
2019, Academic Contribution Award, JSAE
2019, Academy of Technical Leadership, FISITA
2021, Grand Prize "Yaramaika", Suzuki Foundation, Japan