After graduating from the Kyoto University Undergraduate School of Industrial Chemistry in 1983 Akihiko Kondo received a doctorate from the university’s Department of Chemical Engineering in 1988. Beginning in 2003 he joined Kobe University’s Faculty of Engineering where he later worked as a professor. From 2016 to present Akihiko has served as the head of the Kobe University Graduate School of Science Technology and Innovation. From 2020, Akihiko has served as the deputy directer of Center of Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN. Akihiko has also served as Vise President of Kobe University since April 2021. Akihiko founded Synplogen Co. Ltd. in February 2017 and currently serves as a company director.
Academic profile: http://www2.kobe-u.ac.jp/~akondo/kondo.html