Hikari SakaebeĀ recieved her BSc from Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University in 1989 M. Sc. in 1991 and Dr. Eng. in 1996 from Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Joining Osaka National Research Institute (present AIST) as a researcher in 1991 Chief Senior Research Scientist in 2013 Group leader in R&D Initiative for Scientific Innovation of New Generation Battery (RISING) up to the end of March 2016 and is still working as a group leader in RISING2