Biography:
Professor Okamoto received a Ph.D. in 1994 from Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is recipient of the "Thomson Scientific Research Front Award" (current Clarivate Frontier Research Award) in 2004 for Biopolymer-based Nanocomposites. He has received "Advanced Materials Research & Innovation Award" in 2025 for notable and outstanding research contribution in the field of Advanced Materials Sci & Tech from International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), Sweden. He has been admitted as a Lifetime-Fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM), August 2025. He is an editor-in-chief of e-J Soft Materials and Vice-president of the Society of Rubber Science and Technology, Japan.
