Board of Governors
The Board of Governors, which consists of world-renowned scientists including Nobel Laureates, oversees the implementation of business conducted by the corporation.
Chair
U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy and Professor of Physics, Emerita, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University
Professor of Physics, University of Arizona
Vice-Chair
Executive Director, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
Board of Directors, U.S.-Japan Council (-present)
Members
Professor Emeritus, University of the Ryukyus
Senior Vice President/Vice-CEO/Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton University
Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
Former Director, US National Science Foundation
Founder and CEO, Quality Electrodynamics, LLC
CTO, CT-MR Division, Canon Medical Systems Corporation (CMSC)
Chairman, Axilor Ventures
President/CEO, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
Professor Emeritus at Collège de France
President, National Institute for Materials Science
Senior Advisor, WisdomTree Investments Inc.
Founding Member and Head of Policy Committee, Asia Society Japan Center (-present)
Executive Vice President for Research, Tohoku University
Dr. VijayRaghavan Krishnaswamy
Principal Scientific Advisor, the Government of India
1991 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Emeritus Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Director-General of Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS) of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Chairman Emeritus, Board of Directors, DESY
2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
