Outline

Name	The Society of Nano Science and Technology
History	1997: The Ultra Fine Particles and Clusters Forum was established. President: Hiroshi Fujita 2001: President: Yuichiro Nishina 2003: Reorganized as The Society of Nano Science and Technology. First President: Yuichiro Nishina 2004: Second President: Koji Kaya 2008: Third President: Yoshiyuki Kawazoe 2012: Fourth President: Junichi Sone 2016: Fifth President: Tatsuya Tsukuda 2021: Sixth President: Tohru Terazaki 2025: Seventh President: Toshiharu Teranishi
Business Activities	1. Organization of conferences, symposia, and other events 2. Publication of newsletters and joint publications The Bulletin of the Nano Science and Technology (Japanese, twice a year) Materials Transactions (English, 12 issues per year) 3. Communication and collaboration with academic organizations both domestically and internationally 4. Research on the Nanoscale 5. Awards for Outstanding Performance 6. Other activities necessary for achieving the Association’s objectives
President	Toshiharu Teranishi (Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University)
Number of members	474 people (as of May 2025) Individuals: 261, Students: 203, Sponsors: 8 companies (15 shares), Advisors: 2
Secretariat	Academic Square CO., LTD. Ryogae-machi 2-348-302, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8082 Japan Tel : (81)75-468-877 / Fax : (81)75-468-8773 E-mail: snst[at]ac-square.co.jp ※Please replace [at] with @.

Greeting

I am Toshiharu Teranishi, and I have been appointed President of The Society of Nano Science and Technology. I will devote myself sincerely to this role, and I ask for your continued support and cooperation.

In the new executive team, Professor Yuko Ichiyanagi of Yokohama National University will serve as Vice President for finance, Professor Katsuaki Konishi of Hokkaido University as Vice President for planning, and Professor Kosuke Gonda of Tohoku University as Vice President for awards. Together with the directors and auditors, we will advance the activities of the Society.

The Society was founded in 2003 through the development and reorganization of the Ultra Fine Particles and Clusters Forum, established in 1997. It covers nanoscience and nanotechnology broadly, from materials science to life science, and promotes advanced scholarship across these fields.

The annual meeting is at the core of the Society's activities, providing opportunities for presentation, discussion, company exhibitions, information exchange, and networking. The Society also recognizes young researchers through awards for oral and poster presentations, and its subcommittees host specialized symposia across nanostructures and physical properties, nanofunctions and applications, and nanobiomedicine.

The Society brings together researchers through the shared keyword "nano." Its strength lies in interdisciplinary exchange across physics, chemistry, life science, science, engineering, medicine, academia, and industry. We hope members and colleagues from related communities will use the Society as a place to build networks beyond existing disciplinary boundaries.

With the transition in presidency, the executive team and committees have been renewed, and participation by women researchers and industry members has expanded. With interdisciplinarity and diversity as our driving force, we will continue working for the further development of the Society.

June 2025
Toshiharu Teranishi, President

Rules

Please see the PDF here for the bylaws.

Organization

Members

• Individual members
• Student members
• Sustaining members
• Honorary members
• Advisors

Subcommittees

• Nanostructures and Physical Properties Subcommittee
• Nanofunctions and Applications Subcommittee
• Nanobiomedicine Subcommittee
• Young Researchers Subcommittee

Please see the subcommittee page for details.

Officers

President	Toshiharu Teranishi (Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University)
Vice Presidents	Yuko Ichiyanagi (Graduate School of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University)
	Katsuaki Konishi (Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University)
	Kosuke Gonda (Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University)
Directors	Tatsuhiro Ishida (Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University)
	Sayaka Uchida (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
	Koichi Kato (Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University)
	Ryoji Sahara (Research Center for Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science)
	Tomohiro Shimizu (Faculty of Engineering Science, Kansai University)
	Keigo Suzuki (Advanced Technology Research and Development Department, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.)
	Kentaro Tanaka (Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University)
	Hirofumi Tanaka (Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology)
	Tatsuya Tsukuda (Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
	Tohru Terazaki (Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University)
	Shuhei Nagaoka (Johnson Matthey Japan G.K.)
	Hirofumi Nakagawa (Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.)
	Noriyasu Nakamura (Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University)
	Ayae Narutaki (Institute of Science Tokyo)
	Yasuro Niidome (Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University)
	Yuichi Negishi (Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University)
	Yasushi Hamanaka (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
	Atsushi Muramatsu (Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
	Seiji Yamazoe (Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
	Tetsu Yonezawa (Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University)
	Tomonari Wakabayashi (Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University)
Auditor	Miho Yamauchi (Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University)

Committees

• Editorial Committee
• Materials Transactions
• 23rd Annual Meeting Organizing Committee (2025)

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