Ryoji Chubachi
        "Electronics-Inspired Strategies for Basic and Applied Research"
      
      Position
President
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Japan
Biography
- March 1977:
 - Completed the doctoral course, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University and received Doctor of Engineering
 - April 1977:
 - Joined Sony Corporation (Sony)
 - June 1999:
 - Corporate Vice President, Sony
 - June 2002:
 - Corporate Senior Vice President, Sony
 - June 2003:
 - Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, Sony
 - June 2004:
 - Executive Deputy President, Corporate Executive Officer and Chief Operation Officer, Sony
 - April 2005:
 - Electronics Chief Executive Officer, Sony
 - June 2005:
 - President and Electronics Chief Executive Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Sony
 - April 2009:
 - Member of the Board, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, Sony
 - April 2013:
 - Appointed as President of AIST
 





