The Expo '90 Commemorative International Cosmos Prize Committee
as of February, 2009
| Position | Name | Specialty | Official Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairperson | Dr. Akito Arima | Nuclear physics | Chairperson, Japan Science Foundation |
| Vice- Chairperson |
Dr. Tadamitu Kishimoto | Immunology | Professor,Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences,Osaka University |
| Member | Dr. Toshitaka Hidaka | Ethology | Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University Director, Kyoto Municipal Science Center for Youth |
| Member | Dr. Kunio Iwatsuki | Systematic Botany | Director, Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo |
| Member | Dr. Masahiro Kato | Systematic Botany | Head,Department of Botany, National Science Museum |
| Member | Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa | Medical Science | Former President, the Science Council of Japan |
| Member | Dr. Yoichiro Murakami | History of science | Professor, Graduate School, Tokyo University of Science |
| Member | Dr.Chie Nakane | Social Anthropology | Chairperson of Section I, the Japan Academy |
| Member | Dr.Keiko Nakamura | Biohistory | Director General, Biohistory Research Hall |
| Member | Dr. Gunnar Öquist | Botany | Secretary General, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| Member | Ambassador Ole Philipson | International Politics |
President of honor,Bureau International des Expositions,Paris(BIE) |
| Member | Sir Ghillean Prance | Forest Botany | Science Director, the Eden Project |
| Member | Dr. Akinori Suzuki | Agricultural Chemistry |
Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo Professor Emeritus, Akita Prefectural University |
| Member | Dr. Tadao Umesao | Ethnology | Advisor, National Museum of Ethnology |
| Member | Dr. A. H. Zakri | Genetics, Plant breeding |
Former Director, the United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies |
The Expo '90 Commemorative
International Cosmos Prize Screening Committee of Experts
as of February, 2009
| Position | Name | Specialty | Official Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairperson | Dr. Masahiro Kato | Systematic Botany | Head, Department of Botany, National Science Museum |
| Vice- Chairperson |
Dr. Heita Kawakatsu | Comparative Economics |
President, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture |
| Member | Dr. P. Dee. Boersma | Conservation Biology | Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington |
| Member | Mr. Akio Etori | Scientific Review | Advisor, Public Relations National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
| Member | Mr. Han Qunli | Ecology and Environmental Preservation |
Representative and Director, UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office |
| Member | Dr. Mariko Hasegawa | Behavioral Ecology | Professor, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies |
| Member | Dr. Michio Imafuku | Ethology | Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University |
| Member | Dr. Shuzo Koyama | Anthropology | Director, Suita City Museum |
| Member | Mr. Kazuo Matsushita | Environmental Policy | Professor, Graduate School of Global Environment Studies, Kyoto University |
| Member | Dr. Kazuhiko Takeuchi | Landscape and Environmental Science | Professor, Graduate School of Global Environment Studies, Kyoto University |