Kazuhito Hashimoto
Kazuhito Hashimoto
President, National Institute for Materials Science
Ph.D. Chemistry (University of Tokyo, 1985)
Experience
| Apr 1980 | Technical Associate, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki (until 1984) |
| Feb 1984 | Research Associate, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki (until 1989) |
| Sep 1989 | Lecturer, Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo (until 1991) |
| Nov 1991 | Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo (until 1997) |
| Jul 1997 | Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo (until March, 2007) |
| Apr 2004 | Director General, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo (until 2007) |
| Apr 2004 | Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo (until March, 2016) |
| May 2015 | Professor, Special Assistant to the President, University of Tokyo |
| Jan 2016 | President, National Institute for Materials Science (-present) |
Service
| Oct 2012 | Science Council of Japan (-Present) |
| Mar 2013 | Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (Cabinet Office of Japan) (-present) |
| Sep 2016 | Member, Board of Governors, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology School Corporation (-present) |
Awards
| 1997 | IBM Science Award (IBM Science Foundation) |
| 1997 | Award of Japan Lighting Society |
| 1998 | Award of Photochemical Society of Japan |
| 1998 | Innovation in Real Materials Award (Innovation in Materials Conference) |
| 2004 | Prime Minister Award/Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration (Government of Japan) |
| 2004 | Environmental Technology Award (Nikkei Inc.) |
| 2006 | The Imperial Award/Japan Invention Award (Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation) |
| 2006 | The Yamazaki Teiichi Prize (Foundation for Promotion of Material Science and Technology Japan) |
| 2012 | Chemical Society of Japan Award |
| 2014 | Electrochemical Society of Japan Award |
| 2015 | Culture Award (The Hokkaido Shimbun Press) |
| 2015 | The Mukai Prize (Tokyo Ohka Foundation for Promotion of Science and Technology) |
| 2017 | Heinz Gerischer Award (The Electrochemical Society ) |
