Kohei ITOH
President, Keio University
Education
December 1994
Ph.D. in Engineering-Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
December 1992
M.S. in Engineering-Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
March 1989
B.E. in Instrumentation Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
Positions within Keio
May 2021–present
President & Chair, Board of Trustees
April 2020–May 2021
Councillor, Board of Councillors
April 2017–March 2019
Dean, Graduate School of Science and Technology & Faculty of Science and Technology
November 2016–March 2017
Deputy Director, Global Research Institute (KGRI)
April 2007–present
Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology
October 2005–March 2010
Vice Dean, International Center
April 2002–March 2007
Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology
April 1998–March 2002
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology
April 1995–March 1998
Instructor, Faculty of Science and Technology
Academic Appointments outside Keio
March 2016–February 2018
Director, Japan Society of Applied Physics
April 2004–March 2006
Member, Governing Board of Institute for Pure and Applied Physics
September 2002–August 2004
Member, Executive Committee of the Physical Society of Japan
Other Appointments
March 2024–present
Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation
September 2023–present
Trustee, International House of Japan
June 2023–present
Steering Committee Member, Association of Pacific Rim Universities
January 2023–present
Chairperson, Quantum Technology Innovation expert panel, Government of Japan
October 2022–present
Member, Trilateral Commission Asia Pacific Group
June 2022–present
Advisory Council Member, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
July 2021–April 2025
Executive Director, Japan Association of Private Universities and Colleges
April 2025–present
Vice President, Japan Association of Private Universities and Colleges
April 2021–present
Committee Member, Promotion of the High-Performance Computing Infrastructure Project, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
October 2020–present
Council Member, Science Council of Japan
April 2018–present
Program Director, Quantum Information Technology, Quantum Leap Flagship Program, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
April 2016–March 2022
Research Supervisor, Quantum State Control and Functionalization, Embryonic Science and Technology Program, Japan Science and Technology Agency
October 2024–present
Vice Chair, United States-Japan Foundation
March 2025–present
Member of the Central Council for Education
Fields of Specialization
- Solid-state physics
- Quantum computers
- Electronic materials
- Nanotechnology
- Semiconductor isotope engineering
Awards
- 2021 American Physical Society Fellow (APS)
- 2015 Japan Society of Applied Physics Fellow
- 2009 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Technology Prize (JSPS Prize)
- 2006 Japan IBM Prize for Electronics
Major Publications
Please visit the following links for detailed lists of President Itoh's publications:
- https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=24558798900