is a Japanese

scientist A scientist is a person who conducts Scientific method, scientific research to advance knowledge in an Branches of science, area of the natural sciences. In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, ...

. He was the president of

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 ...

from April 2005 to March 2009. He is also the chairman of Mitsubishi Research Institute. His major research fields are

Chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...

Environmental engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and a ...

, functional material science and CVD reaction engineering. He is member of th
World Knowledge Dialogue
Scientific Board. When he was an undergraduate, he belonged to the

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

club at University of Tokyo.

Biography

* On December 15, 1944, he was born in

Tochigi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,943,886 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,408 Square kilometre, km2 (2,474 Square mile, sq mi). Tochigi ...

. * In 1963, he graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School in Tokyo. * In 1967, he graduated the Chemical Engineering course of Engineering department, University of Tokyo. * In 1972, he got

Ph.D A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common Academic degree, degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields ...

the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Tokyo * In December 1972, he was hired by University of Tokyo (assistant professor) * In 1977, he became a lecturer at University of Tokyo * In 1981, he became Assistant Professor at University of Tokyo * In July 1988, he became a Professor at University of Tokyo * In April 2000, he became the head of Engineering Department at University of Tokyo * In 2002, he became the president of Society for Chemical Engineers of Japan. * In 2003, he became a vice president of University of Tokyo. * In 2005, he became the 28th president of University of Tokyo. * In 2013, he became a judge for the

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, also known as the QEPrize, is a global prize for engineering and innovation. The prize was launched in 2012 by a cross-party group consisting of David Cameron, Nick Clegg, and Ed Miliband, then Prime Mi ...

Awards

Komiyama was awarded the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award in 2017.

Writings

*''Vision 2050: Roadmap for a Sustainable Earth'', published by Springer Science+Business Media, 2008. . *, published by , December 2004. . *, published by

Iwanami Shoten Publishing is a Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo.Louis Frédéric, ''Japan Encyclopedia'', Harvard University Press, 2005, p. 409. Iwanami Shoten was founded in 1913 by Iwanami Shigeo. Its first major publication was Natsume Sōseki's novel ''Ko ...

, December 1999. . *, published by University of Tokyo Press, December 1999. .

External links

Message from the president
(University of Tokyo)
Global Green Growth Institute

References

1944 births Japanese scientists Japanese chemical engineers Living people Presidents of the University of Tokyo University of Tokyo alumni {{japan-scientist-stub