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2023.09.01 Update

Executive at NIMS

(As of April 1st, 2023)
President

Kazuhiro Hono

Career:

1988 Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dept. Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science
Carnegie Mellon University
1990 Research Associate
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
1995 Senior Researcher
National Research Institute for Metals
1998 Head of 3rd Laboratory, Materials Physics Division
National Research Institute for Metals
2001 2nd Subgroup Leader, Materials Physics Group
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
2002 Director, Metallic Nanostructure Group, NIMS
2004 NIMS Fellow and Director of Metallic Nanostructure Group, NIMS
2006 Director, Magnetic Materials Center, NIMS
2011 Director, Magnetic Materials Unit, NIMS
2016 Director, Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials, NIMS
2018 Executive Vice President, NIMS
2022 President, NIMS
Executive Vice President

Toshihide Fukui

Career:

1995 Science and Technology Agency
2003 Division Director, General Affairs Division, Department of General Affairs and Planning, Osaka University
2006 Deputy Director, Atomic Energy Division, Research and Development Bureau, MEXT
2007 First Secretary, Japanese Embassy in Germany, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2010 Senior Officer for Technology Development and Promotion, Environment and Energy Division, Research and Development Bureau, MEXT
2013 Director, Radiation Protection Strategy and Security, Nuclear Regulation Authority
2014 Director, Headquarters for Healthcare Policy, Cabinet Secretariat
2016 Director for Personnel Planning, Personnel Division, Minister's Secretariat, MEXT
2019 Director, Ocean and Earth Division, Research and Development Bureau, MEXT
2021 Director, Space Development and Utilization Division, Research and Development Bureau, MEXT
2022 Executive Vice President, NIMS
Executive Vice President

Nobutaka Hanagata

Career:

1983 Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
1997 Visiting Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
2001 Professor, Tokyo University of Technology
2005 Chief Researcher, Biomaterials Center, NIMS
2006 Group Leader, Biomaterials Center, NIMS
2011 Station Director, Nanotechnology Innovation Station, NIMS
2016 Deputy Vice President, Research Network and Facility Services Division, NIMS
2020 Executive Vice President, NIMS
Executive Vice President

Takashi Taniguchi

Career:

1982 B.S. Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
1984 M.S. Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)
1987 Doctor of Science, Tokyo Tech
Research Student, Tokyo Tech
1987 Research associate, Department of Inorganic Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Tech
1989 Senior Researcher, High Pressure Station, National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials
2001 Senior Researcher, High Pressure Station, NIMS
2006 Group Leader, High Pressure Group, Advanced Nano Materials Laboratory, NIMS
2016 Group Leader, High Pressure Group, Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS
2020 Fellow, NIMS
2021 Director, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, NIMS
2022 Special Assistant to the President, NIMS
2023 Executive Vice President, NIMS
Part-time
Auditor

Atsuko Osanai

Senior Vice President

Wataru Okabe

Executive Advisor to the President

Takayoshi Sasaki