Takashi Suemasu obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in 1991, Master of Engineering in 1993, and PhD degree in 1996 from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He was then a research associate and Associate Professor at University of Tsukuba, before becoming a full Professor in 2010. He was also previously a Senior Scientific Research Specialist of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and is currently a Program officer at JSPS Research Centre for Science Systems. Professor Suemasu has published more than 480 research articles and has an h-index of 45 (Web of Science).