Hiroshi Matsumoto (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.S. and M.S. degrees and the Ph.D. degree in engineering from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, in 1965, 1967, and 1973, respectively. He was appointed President of Kyoto University, in 2008, prior to which he served as the university's Executive Vice-President for research and finance. Following the completion of his Ph.D., he was employed as an Associate Professor in Kyoto University's Faculty of Engineering before being appointed as a Professor (1987–2000) and Director (1992–1998) of the university's Radio Atmospheric Science Center. He then went on to serve as a Professor (2000–2002) and Director (2002–2004) of the university's Radio Science Center for Space and Atmosphere. In 2005, he was appointed Executive Vice-President for research, finance, and information infrastructure, and in 2006, Executive Vice-President for research and finance, a position which he held until his current appointment as President. He has published 302 scientific papers in English in international journals and 134 scientific papers in Japanese, and has authored and contributed to several books in the fields of space plasma waves, computer simulations, satellite observations, laboratory plasma experiments, and microwave energy transmission for solar power satellite and terrestrial applications, among other subjects. Dr. Matsumoto has received several awards and distinctions including the NASA Group Achievement Award (1998), the Russian Federation of Cosmonautics Gagarin Medal (2006), the URSI Gold Booker Medal (2008), Medal with Purple Ribbon of Japanese Government (2007), and the Hasegawa Nagata Award, SGEPSS of Japan (2008).