Former Vice president for International Affairs, Science Council of Japan
President, Sudanese National Academy of Sciences
UNESCO NECTAR Director and Science Unit Chief, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Sciences in the Arab State
Associate Professor - Chemical Biology, Hunter College, CUNY and American Museum of Natural History
CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
President, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Director, European Commission
President, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience
Chair HLG, SAM, European Commission
, Philosophy Professor and Serial Entrepreneur