Large Area Electronics for Electronic Skin
Prof Takao Someya
Executive Director, Vice President and Professor
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Tokyo University
Dr. Takao Someya is Executive Director and Vice President and Professor at the University of Tokyo. He also serves as Director General of the Division of University Corporate Relations, with oversight of startup initiatives. He is recognized as an inventor of electronic skins, which was featured in TIME Magazine as one of the best inventions of the year in 2005. His current research focuses on next-generation wearables with organic electronics for application to healthcare, biomedical, and robotics.
He has also held distinguished appointments, including Global Scholar at Princeton University, GlobalFoundries Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore, and Hans Fisher Senior Fellow at the Technical University of Munich.
Among the honors recognizing his achievements are the 16th Leo Esaki Prize and the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2019. He served as the 2024 President of the Materials Research Society in the US, the first to be elected to the position from Asia.
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