MEMBER_CATEGORIES: ENERGY

Sugiyama Masahiro

Masahiro Sugiyama is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Future Initiatives(IFI), the University of Tokyo. He holds a Ph.D. in climate science and a master’s degree in technology and policy, both from MIT. Prior to joining PARI, he was a researcher at the Socio-Economic Research Center, the Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry. He joined PARI in April, 2014. An expert on global warming, he has worked on various topics related with climate change, ranging from energy efficiency in global scenarios to citizens’ views on climate geoengineering. His works have been published in various academic journals, including Nature(http://doi.org/10.1038/531029a).

Baba Jumpei

He received a Ph.D in electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo in　2001.
He joined Tokyo Univesity of Science as an assistant in 2001, and joined the University of Tokyo as an assistant in 2003.
He was appointed as a lecturer in 2005, and has been an associate professor from 2006.
He is a member of IEEE, IEEJ, IEIEJ and CSSJ.
His main interest is power electronics, power systems, energy storage systems and renewable energy sources.

Komiyama Ryoichi

Ryoichi Komiyama obtained a Ph.D. degree of electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo in 2003. He served as senior researcher in Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), research associate in the University of Tokyo and present position since 2022. His fields of research are energy system modeling and analysis.