The 3rd International Evaluation of Strategic Basic Research Program Members of the Committee

Zhiyuan Chair Professor and Director, Hirano Institute for Materials Innovation, Jiao Tong University Chair Major careers: Professor, University (1983-) Shinichi HIRANO President, Nagoya University (2004-) President, National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation of Japan (2009-) Research Fields: Inorganic materials chemistry Professor, Lund University Major careers: President, Bleking Institute of Technology (1989-) Per ERIKSSON Director General, Vinnova (2001-) President, Lund University (2009-) Research Fields: Information and Communications Technology

Vice Principal for External Affairs and Dean for Europe, University of Aberdeen Major careers: Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland (2006-) Anne GLOVER Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission (2012-) Robert Bosch Academy in (2015-) Research Field: Microbiology and Biochemistry Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong Major careers: Fellow, Singapore National Institute of Chemistry T. S. Andy HOR (1996-) ScD DSc, University of (1999-) Professor, National University of Singapore (2000-) Executive Director, IMRE, A*STAR (2010-)

Research Fields: Material Science and Chemistry President, The Leibniz Association Major Careers: Professor, TU Dortmund University (1998-) Managing Director, Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Construction (2004-) Matthias KLEINER President, The German Research Foundation (2007-) Chairman, German “Ethics Commission for a Safe Energy Supply” (2012-) Research Fields: Forming Technology and Manufacturing

President and CEO, The Jackson Laboratory Major careers: Director, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda (1996-) Edison T. LIU Executive Director, Genome Institute of Singapore (2001-) President, Human Genome Organization (2007-) Research Fields: Molecular Biology and Medicine

Professor, Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology Major careers: Tsuneya ANDO Professor, The University of Tokyo (1990-) Professor, Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2002-) Research Fields: Physics

Member of Editorial Board, Tokyo Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd. Hajime HIKINO Major careers: Tokyo Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd. (1986-) Science Writer

Professor, Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University Kazue KURIHARA Major careers: Assistant Professor, Nagoya University (1993-) Professor, Tohoku University (1997-) Research Fields: Surface Chemistry and Biomimetic Chemistry Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo Major careers: Toshiyuki NAKATA NEC Corporation (1985-) Research Fields: System Information and Communication Technology

President, Showa Pharmaceutical University Major careers: Director, The National Institute of Health Science (1994-) Masahiro NISHIJIMA Director General, The National Institute of Health Science (2006-) Research Fields: Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

CSO&CTO, Healthcare Company, Hitachi, Ltd. Major careers: Nobuyuki OSAKABE Vice President, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. (2011-) Research Fields: Physics