Dr. Munetaka UENO
Research Director and Engineering Manager, Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center
JAXA

Dr. Ueno is the Research Director and Engineering Manager, Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center (TansaX), JAXA and a Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University.

He obtained his Ph.D in physics from Kyoto University, Japan in 1992 joineingthe Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, Univ. of Tokyo, and moved to the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), JAXA in 2009. His former occupations were the Head of Mission Instrument Technology Group, Director of ISAS Program office, and Chief Engineer of JAXA. Ueno-sensei moved to the Center for Planetary Science, Kobe University in 2016, and moved back to JAXA in 2019.

He has also has served as the Director of Astronomical Society of Japan, and also serves as the Chair of Standing Space Agency Subcommittee, International Project/Programme Management Committee, also vice-chair of Standing Space Agency Subcommittee, Knowledge Management Technical Committee, and a member of space science advisory committee of ISAS, JAXA.