Ryoji KANNO, He graduated from Graduate School of Science, Osaka University in March 1980, and earned Doctor of Science in 1983, He worked in Mie University (1980 -1989) as Assistant Professor and in Kobe University (1989-2000) as Associate Professor. He moved to Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2000 as Professor. He was awarded Society award from The Electrochemical Society of Japan in 2021. His research interests are solid-state electrochemisty and battery.