FURUYA Teruo
Date of appointment: April 1, 2022

Brief biography
April 1979: RIKEN General Affairs Department, Facilities Division, Machinery Section

January 1982: RIKEN General Affairs Department, Facilities Division, Construction Section

April 1983: RIKEN Temporary Facilities Construction Office

September 1985: RIKEN Planning Office (concurrent)

April 1986: Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Promotion Bureau, Research Promotion Division

April 1988: RIKEN Planning Office and Large Synchrotron Radiation Facility Preparation Office, Planning and Administration Group Section Chief

April 1990: RIKEN Large Synchrotron Radiation Facility Planning Promotion Office, Development Group Section Chief

July 1991: Seconded to the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Planning Department, Deep Sea Environment Program Promotion Section Section Chief

July 1992: Deputy Section Chief, Planning and Management Section, Frontier Research Promotion Department, RIKEN

Heisei October 1996: Researcher, Frontier Research Promotion Department, RIKEN (Special Public Corporation)

October 1997: Researcher, Brain Science Research Promotion Office, RIKEN (Special Public Corporation)

July 1998: Personnel Section Chief, General Affairs Department, RIKEN (Special Public Corporation)

October 2003: Planning Section Chief, Corporate Planning Department, and President's Office, RIKEN (Independent Administrative Institution)

April 2004: Researcher, Corporate Planning Department, RIKEN (Independent Administrative Institution)

July 2004: Deputy Director, Corporate Planning Department, RIKEN (Independent Administrative Institution)

February 2006: Director, Yokohama Research Institute, RIKEN (Independent Administrative Institution)

July 2008: Director, General Affairs Department, RIKEN (Independent Administrative Institution)

April 2009: Director, RIKEN (Independent Administrative Institution) (until March 2015)

April 2013: Concurrent Director, Wako Site, RIKEN (Independent Administrative Institution) (until October 2014)

April 2015: Director of the Office of the President, RIKEN, National Research and Development Agency

April 2018: Special Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of the President, RIKEN, National Research and Development Agency

April 2022: Director, National Institutes of Natural Sciences (to present)