is a professor of science and engineering in

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

, mostly in the field of

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

. He was 30th president of the University of Tokyo, after succeeding

Junichi Hamada is the 29th President of the University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan. He was born in Akashi in Hyōgo Prefecture, graduated from Nada High School and is the first University of Tokyo President to be born after World War II. He is also a Professor of ...

who retired in 2015, and until the expiration of his term in March 2021. In 2022 he became president of Riken. He works in the graduate school of science, school of engineering in the institution before being dean in graduate school of science and vice president of the university. He holds a PhD in optical physics at

and most of his research based on Quantum physics and participate in Center for Quantum Materials. He is also president of IARU, elected for two years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonokami, Makoto Living people 1957 births Members of the International Alliance of Research Universities University of Tokyo faculty Presidents of the University of Tokyo Japanese physicists