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Prof. Masamoto Tafu, Dr. Eng.

Birth: 17, Feb. 1969, Kyoto, Japan

Sex: Male

Nationality: Japanese

Present position: Professor, Dept. Appl. Chem. and Chem. Eng., National Institute of Technology, Toyama College (Toyama-KOSEN), Japan

Academic Degree: Dr. Eng. (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan, 2005)

1991 Awarded the degree of BSc. From Ritsumeikan University, Japan

1993 Awarded the degree of MSc. From Kyoto University, Japan

2005 Awarded the degree of Ph. D (Dr. Eng.) from Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

April 1994 – March 2005: Research Associate, Toyama National College of Technology

March 2005 – December 2013: Associate Professor, Toyama National College of Technology

January 2014 – Present: Professor, National Institute of Technology, Toyama College (NIT-TC, same of above)

April 2013 - March 2015: Director, Center for Intellectual Property NIT-TC
April 2016 – March 2018: Director, Innovation Center for Cooperative Research, NIT-TC
April 2018 – March 2020: Director, Solution Center, NIT-TC
April 2020 - March 2021: Advisor to the President (Overseas Strategy)
April 2021 - Present: Advisor to the President (Promotion and advancement of research)
April 2021 - Present: Director: Center for promotion and advancement of research

August 1998, April 1999 – March 2000

Invited Researcher, National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (Old name of AIST)

April 2010 – Present

Invited Researcher, Alliance for Research on North Africa, University of Tsukuba, Japan

April 2016 – Present

Research adviser, National Institute for Material Science (NIMS), Japan

Council member for environment, Toyama City
Council member for water environment, waste management, Pref. Toyama
Evaluation Committee, Toyama Prefectural Environmental Science Research Center
Evaluation Committee, Association for septic tank for sewage (Toyama Johkasou Kyokai)