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 Lightings Society
1998	Invention Award (Science and Technology Agency of Japan)
1998	Innovations in Real Material Award (Innovation in Materials Conference)
1998	Award of Photochemical Society of Japan
1999	Best Presentation Award (Asian Conference on Electrochemistry)
2004	The Prime Minister Award (Government of Japan)
2004	Environmental Technology Award (Nihon Keizai Shinbun, Inc. Co. Ltd.)
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