Curriculum VitaeMarch, 2024
NAME: Kenji YAMAJIDATE and PLACE of BIRTH : February25, 1950; Kagawa, Japan
CURRENT POSITION:President, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)EDUCATION and DEGREES:
1972: B. Eng. (Nuclear Engineering), The University of Tokyo
1974: M. Eng. (Nuclear Engineering), The University of Tokyo
1977: Doctor of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
1977-83: Research Engineer, Techno-Economics Department, Economic Research Center, Central
Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)
1981-82: Visiting Researcher, Energy Analysis and Environment Division, Electric Power ResearchInstitute (EPRI), USA
1983-87: Senior Research Engineer, Energy Systems Section, Economic Research Center, CRIEPI
1987-91: Manager, Energy Systems Section, Economic Research Center, CRIEPI
1991-93: Visiting Associate Professor, Global Environmental Engineering Laboratory, TheUniversity of Tokyo
1991-94: Research Fellow, Socioeconomic Research Center, CRIEPI
1992-95: Director, Technical Program Committee, WEC Tokyo Congress Organizing Committee
1994-99: Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, The Universityof Tokyo
1999-2005: Professor, Department of Advanced Energy, School of Frontier Sciences, TheUniversity of Tokyo
1999-2001: Head, Department of Advanced Energy, School of Frontier Sciences, The University ofTokyo
1999-2011: Council Member and Vice Chair, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis(IIASA), Austria; 2011-present: IIASA Honorary Scholar
1999-2008: Chairman, Green Power Certification Council, Japan
2005-2008 Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, The Universityof Tokyo
2005-2007: Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University ofTokyo
2005-2014: Council Member, Science Council of Japan

2008-2010: Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, School ofEngineering, The University of Tokyo
2008-2010: Chairman, Green Energy Certification Center, Japan
2009-2017: Research Supervisor, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)2010-2019: Director-General, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
2010-present: Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
2013-2015: Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University
2016-2021: President, Geological Carbon Dioxide Storage Technology Research Association
2018-present: Chairman, J-Credit Scheme Steering Committee
2019-2021: Senior Vice President and Director-General, Research Institute of Innovative
Technology for the Earth (RITE)
2020-persent: Program Director, Moonshot Goal 4, Moonshot Research and Development Program2021-present: President, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Atomic Energy Society of Japan,
Japan Society of Energy and Resources (Honorary Member, Former President)
Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
Japan Institute of Energy (Honorary Member, Former President)
ACADEMIC FIELD:
Energy Systems Engineering
SELECTED PAPERS/BOOKS:K. Yamaji: Energy-Environment-Economic Systems Theory, Iwanami Shoten (2006) (in Japanese)
H.Yamamoto, J. Fujino and K. Yamaji: Evaluation of bioenergy potential with a multi-regional
global-land-use-and-energy model, Biomass and Bioenergy, Vol.21,pp.185-203 (2001)
K. Yamaji, J. Fujino, and K. Osada: Global energy system to maintain atmospheric CO2
concentration at 550ppm, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Vo.3, No.2, pp.159-171(2000)
K. Yamaji, R. Matsuhashi, Y. Nagata, Y. Kaya: A Study on Economic Measures for CO2 Reductionin Japan", Energy Policy, 21, 2, pp.123-132, February (1993)
OTHER INFORMATION on PUBLICATIONS:- more than 100 peer reviewed academic papers- more than 100 papers in international conferences- more than 90 books including ten single authored books- Lead Author for 3rd and 4th assessment reports of IPCC