Keynote Speakers

MNC 2025 Keynote Speakers List Key Note Lectures are only available on-demand from Nov. 17 with longer lecture time on important topics.
1-3: Patterning Materials
Mr. Toru Fujimori, Hitachi High-Tech, Japan PAPER TITLE Short Biography
Dr. Douglas J. Guerrero,　Brewer Sci., USA Paper Title Short Biography Douglas Guerrero received a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Oklahoma and completed Post-doctoral work at the University of Texas-Dallas in the field of conducting polymers. He joined Brewer Science in 1995 and has served in several positions within the R&D organization where he led the development and commercialization of several Anti-reflecting coating products. Since 2008, he is a Brewer Science assignee to imec in Leuven, Belgium and currently responsible for Brewer Technology Strategy and Management reporting to the CTO office. Dr. Guerrero is a SPIE Fellow and has published over 80 papers related to materials for lithography.
2-1: Nanodevices
Dr. Gaurav Thareja, Applied Materials, USA PAPER TITLE Short Biography
2-4: Inorganic Nanomaterials
Prof. Kenichi Uchida, National Institute for Materials Science and UTokyo, Japan PAPER TITLE Spin Caloritronics Short Biography Ken-ichi Uchida received his doctoral degree from Tohoku University, Japan, in 2012. After working as an Assistant/Associate Professor (2012-2016) at Tohoku University and as a Group Leader at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) (2016-2023), he has been a Distinguished Group Leader of Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials, NIMS, since 2023 and Professor of Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo, since 2024. He has been leading JST ERATO project and working mainly on spintronics and thermoelectrics.
4: BioMEMS, Lab on a Chip, and Nanobiotechnolog
Prof. Koji Sumitomo, University of Hyogo, Japan PAPER TITLE Short Biography
5: Microsystem Technology and MEMS
Prof. Shuji Tanaka, Tohoku Univ., Japan PAPER TITLE The Latest MEMS: Expanding Applications from Smartphones to Lithography Tools Short Biography Shuji Tanaka received his B.E., M.E., and Dr.E. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Tokyo in 1994, 1996, and 1999, respectively. He joined Tohoku University as a Research Associate in Department of Mechatronics and Precision Engineering in 1999, became an Assistant Professor in 2001, and an Associate Professor in Department of Nanomechanics in 2003. Since 2013, he has been a Professor in Department of Robotics and Microsystem Integration Center. Prof. Tanaka is a Fellow of both IEEE and JSME.
6: Atomic Layer Processing (ALP)
Prof. Kenji Ishikawa, Nagoya Univ., Japan PAPER TITLE Science-based, data-driven developments in atomically scale controls of plasma processing technologies Short Biography Kenji Ishikawa is a Professor of Center for low temperature plasma science (clps), Nagoya University, Japan. His scientific research interests involve plasma-surface interactions in semiconductor processes and cover plasma effects on living organisms. He joined the plasma nanotechnology research center (PLANT) the Nagoya University in 2009. From 2019 to 2020, he was an adjunct professor of the center of plasma nano-interface engineering (CPNE), Kyushu University. Since 2021, he is currently working on semiconductor plasma processing science and technology and graduating phD and MS students. He awarded for work related to the in situ real time analysis of electron spin resonance (ESR) allowing to detection of free radicals on materials and living organisms. He is now engaged also in plasma agriculture studies. He has published more than 300 papers in referred international journals and his works cited over 3000 times with h-index of 34. He has also given more than 60 invited talks and holds more than 50 patents.