Mr. Hiroshi Matsumoto
President, Rikagaku Kenkyūjo (RIKEN), Japan
Mr. Hiroshi Matsumoto was appointed President of RIKEN in 2015. Prior to his appointment he served as President of Kyoto University from 2008 to 2014. His academic career began with an appointment as a research associate of Kyoto University in 1967. In 1975, he was appointed associate professor, and during his term carried out research as a visiting researcher at NASA Ames Research Center and Stanford University. In 1987, he became a professor at Kyoto University's Radio Science Center for Space and Atmosphere, and served as its director from 2002 to 2004. From 2004 to 2005, he served as director of the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere. He is a specialist in space radio science, space plasma physics and space solar power systems (SSPS).