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Appointment of Ms. Rika Hagiwara as Academic Advisor

As of May 1 of this year, we have welcomed Ms. Rika Hagiwara, former Professor at the Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, as our “Academic Advisor.”

1. Appointment of Academic Advisor

Ms. Hagiwara is a researcher with outstanding scientific insight and an extensive network among domestic and international science, technology, and academic communities. She will provide guidance and advice in our research and development field and collaborative areas with our clients, as well as support our information dissemination and network development at academic conferences and international meetings.
Furthermore, Ms. Hagiwara succeeded the laboratory of our company founder Yasuhiko Ito at Kyoto University Graduate School (Ito Lab) and developed it into the Hagiwara Laboratory. As a colleague sharing the same vision, we look forward to her dedicated efforts in solving the academic challenges of the “Molten Salt Electrochemical Process” that our company pursues.

2. Profile of Ms. Rika Hagiwara

Born in 1958. Doctor of Engineering (Kyoto University). Former Professor, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University.

Career

• 1986   Completed Doctoral Program (Industrial Chemistry), Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

• 1986   Doctor of Engineering

• 1987   Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

• 1991   Research Associate, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University

• 1994   Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University

• 2005   Professor, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University

• 2024   Retired from Kyoto University
               Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University