Masayoshi Watanabe

Short Bio:

Masayoshi Watanabe is a Professor of Yokohama National University. He received his B.S. (1978), M.S. (1980), and Ph.D. (1983) degrees from Waseda University. After a visiting scientist with Professor Royce W. Murray at University of North Carolina (1988–1990), he joined Yokohama National University in 1992 and was promoted to a full Professor in 1998. He received the Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ) in 2006, Distinguished Research Award of Yokohama National University in 2012, the Award of the Electrochemical Society of Japan (ECSJ, Takei Award) in 2016, The Electrochemical Society (ECS) Max Bredig Award in 2016, and The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of the MEXT of Japan, Prizes for Science and Technology in 2017. He served as President of Ionic Liquid Research Association, Japan (2006-2010), as Vice President of SPSJ (2014-2016), and as President of ECSJ (2018-2019). He has published more than 400 original research papers and 200 books and reviews in the fields of ionic liquids and ionic materials. Number of Citations: ca. 25,000, h-index = 84.