Tetsuya Osaka is Senior Research Professor and Emeritus Director of the Institute for Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, and Professor Emeritus of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Advisor to the Office of the President, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. He is past President of the Electrochemical Society (ECS), also was serving as President of the Magnetics Society of Japan, President of the Electrochemical Society of Japan, President of Japan Institute of Electronic Packaging, Vice-President of the Surface Finishing Society of Japan, Vice President of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE).
The recent works focus on a newly “electrochemical nanotechnology”. His technical contributions have been recognized by many awards including Medal with Purple Ribbon bestowed from the Decoration Bureau of the Cabinet Office, Japan, in 2010, Prizes for Science and Technology in Development Category of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2008, and so on.