Kazunobu Tanaka Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

(1) Center for R & D Strategy (CRDS),
Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST)

(2) National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science & Technology (AIST)

Education
1963 BS Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo
1978 Dr. Eng. Materials Science, University of Tokyo

Professional Positions
1980 Chief, Amorphous Materials Section, Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL)
1984-1988 Professor of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Tokyo (concurrently)
1988 Director, Materials Science Division, ETL
1992-2000 Professor of Materials Science, Univ. of Tsukuba (concurrently)
1993 Executive Researcher, National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research (NAIR)
2000 Director General, Angstrom Technology Partnership (ATP)
2001-2005 Vice President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
2005- Fellow, AIST
2006-　 Principal Fellow, CRDS, JST

Research Field and Interests
Materials science, Physics of amorphous semiconductors, Nanobiotechnology,
Interdisciplinarity, Public R&D Policy

Awards and Honors
N.F. Mott Award (J. Non-cryst. Solids, 1995)
Dr. Sc h. c. (Physics, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, 1997)
Fellow, the Japan Society of Applied Physics (2007)

Professional Activities
2003-2004 Member, Nanotechnology Team, Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), Cabinet Office
2005- Member, Strategy Promotion Committee of Nanotechnology,
Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), Cabinet Office