Members

Intellectual Property Members

Director of Intellectual Property Division

Nishimura, Naofumi

Position：Director of Intellectual Property Division, Specially Appointed Professor
Field of Expertize：Physics, Architecture/Civil Engineering

Assistant Director of Head Office of Enterprise partnership

Kato, Toshio

Position：Assistant Director of Head Office of Enterprise partnership, Specially Appointed Professor
Field of Expertize：Contract/Legal

Kamiyama, Shigeki

Position：Assistant Director of Head Office of Enterprise partnership, Specially Appointed Professor
Field of Expertize：Machinery

Legal Counselor

Bekki, Kazuo

Position：Professor of Graduate School of Law
Field of Expertize：Intellectual Property Law, Electric/Electronic

IP Consultant

Asai, Akira, Ph.D., MBA

Position：IP Strategy Designer, Specially Appointed Professor
Field of Expertize：Mainly the Engineering field, as well as Biotechnology, Agriculture, Medical Engineering, Business Models

Startup Advisor

Nishiyama, Kazunari

Position：Head Office of Enterprise partnership, Visiting Professor, Startup Advisor
Field of Expertize：Glycoscience, Cellulose fibers, Wet spinning, Medical devices, Diagnostics. Experince in research and development, plant operations, and business operations in glycoscience related businesses.

Intellectual Property Division

Iino, Yurie

Position：Assistant Director, Specially Appointed Professor, Ph.D. in Engineering, Head of IP Division Administrations/Systemsr
Field of Expertize：Majored in Organic Chemistry. Being exposed to and learning various technologies in current position at Tohoku University.