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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)


Biography

Education:

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

Occupation:

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

Contributions

  • 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)