Yasuko Kasai

Dr. Yasuko Kasai (Doctor of Science) is a Professor at the School of Environment and Society, Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo. She serves as Research Executive Director of the Terahertz Technology Research Center at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), and as Senior Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan. She is also a Guest Professor in the Doctoral and Master's Programs in Physics at the Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
Professor Kasai is a pioneering researcher in atmospheric remote sensing using terahertz technology, leading multiple international space missions and contributing significantly to climate science and planetary exploration.

International Memberships

• Associate Editor, Space Research Today (SRT), COSPAR
• Member of COSPAR Scientific Commission Associates
• Commissioner of the International Radiation Commission (IRC)
• Expert, Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission

Domestic Memberships

• Member, Environment Research and Technology Development Strategy Committee, Central Environment Council, Ministry of the Environment
• Member, Environment Research Planning Committee
• Expert Committee Member, Information and Communications Council, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
• Program Officer, Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion Programme
• Member, IGAC Subcommittee, Joint IGBP/WCRP/DIVERSITAS Committee, Science Council of Japan
• Member, SPARC Subcommittee, Science Council of Japan
• Member, COSPAR Subcommittee, Science Council of Japan
• Councilor, Spectroscopical Society of Japan
• Chair, Satellite Committee for Atmospheric Environment, Japan Society for Atmospheric Chemistry
• Public Relations Committee Member, Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU)

Selected Interviews

• JUICE Mission Interview
• Nikkei Career Interview
• Nikkei Technology Article
• Nikkei 2022 Interview

• TSUKIMI - Lunar Terahertz Surveyor for Kilometer-scale Mapping
• JUICE - Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
• TEREX - Micro THz Explorer for Mars
• CII - Clean Air Index
• GOSAT-GW - Global Observing Satellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle
• GOSAT - Greenhouse gas monitoring
• SMILES - Earth's Atmosphere Observation from ISS
• APOLLO - Air Pollution Observation

• Terahertz atmospheric remote sensing and space-based observation systems
• Greenhouse gas monitoring and climate change research
• Planetary atmosphere exploration (Moon, Mars, Jupiter's moons)
• Submillimeter spectroscopy and molecular detection
• Satellite mission development and data analysis