Hiromichi Kamitsubo moves on

Professor Hiromichi Kamitsubo, who led the SPring-8 project from the ground-breaking, resigned as the Vice President of JASRI and Director General of Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory. He became the Vice Chairman of JASRI after the late Professor Minoru Oda. He is expected to continue to develop the international collaboration. Professor Akira Kira has undertaken the post of Director General of JASRI from 1 August 2001.

Figure 1 Professor Hiromichi Kamitsubo and Professor Akira Kira.