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Professor, Department of Chemistry, Division of Natural Sciences, International Christian University
Dr. Yoshino graduated from the Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Science, Saitama University, and obtained a master’s and Ph.D. in chemistry from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. His expertise is glycochemistry. He has been giving a lecture called “The Relationship Between Human Beings and Water” for many years in his liberal arts class.

Associate Professor, Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga University
Dr. Ikegami has been devoting his career to the study of ocean energy at Saga University. His research and study activities at the Institute include the OTEC system, a wave-power generation system, desalination, the recovery of lithium from the ocean, deep-ocean water utilization and hydrogen energy.
Professor, Energy System Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University
Dr. Sako taught high school after earning a master's from the Nagoya Institute of Technology. In 1977, he began work as a researcher at the National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (the current National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology). In 1985, Dr. Sako started basic and applied research in the field of supercritical fluids. His expertise is chemical engineering, including supercritical fluid engineering, separation chemistry and reaction engineering, and he devotes much of his time to studying practical applications of supercritical water technologies. He has been a professor at Shizuoka University since 2000.