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, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University
Vice-Chair
President, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
Chancellor, Musashi Education Institution, Nezu Education Foundation
Director, Science Museum
Former Minister, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture
Former President, University of Tokyo
Former President, RIKEN
Order of Culture “Bunkakunsho” from the Emperor of Japan, 2010
Members
Professor Emeritus, University of the Ryukyus
Executive Vice President for Technology Development and Innovation/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
Chairman, Axilor Ventures
President/CEO, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
1990 Nobel Prize in Physics
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
Professor Emeritus at Collège de France
President, National Institute for Materials Science
Director, WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University
Dr. VijayRaghavan Krishnaswamy
Principal Scientific Advisor, the Government of India
Visiting Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Former President, the Science Council of Japan
1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
President Emeritus, Academia Sinica
Dr. Erwin Neher
1991 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Emeritus Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Dr. Ryoji Noyori
2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Director-General of Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS) of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Chairman of Science and Technology Society Forum
Former Minister of Finance
Former Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territory Affairs, and Science and Technology Policies
Former Minister of State for Economic Planning
Chairman Emeritus, Board of Directors, DESY
