Ryo Wakabayashi is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15.
Ryuichiro Takeshita is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, Takeshita worked as a news reporter for The Asahi Shimbun, the national leading newspaper in Japan. He covered economic policy and business news, and interviewed hundreds of people from government officials to entrepreneurs. He also led the Billiomedia project in Japan during the 2012 general election, which was the first time for mainstream media in Japan to analyze public opinion using social media.
Risa J. Toha is a Visiting Scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC). She is a Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School, and starting from Fall 2014, she will be a Visiting Professor at Wheaton College, IL.
Her research encompasses questions about democracy, development, ethnicity, and violence, with an area focus on Southeast Asia. At Shorenstein APARC, she will complete a few manuscripts on democratic transition, political inclusion, and riots in Indonesia, as well as participate actively in various interdisciplinary forums at the Center.
Toha holds a Ph.D. and an MA in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an AB in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from Princeton University.
Rajeev Prasad is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15. Rajeev has thirteen years of experience in handling pharmaceuticals Quality Management Systems and has been with Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., India since 2008. Currently, Rajeev is Senior Manager in Quality Assurance group and he is accountable for entire gamut of Quality Assurance function including Laboratory Controls, Change Control, Deviation/OOS handling, Process Validation, Inspections, Internal and External Audits, Vendor and Contract Testing Laboratory Audits, Annual Product Quality Reviews, Stability Programs, Batch Release, Technology Transfer, Investigations, Documentation Control and supporting regulatory filing. Prior to joining Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., he has previously worked for six years with Panacea Biotec Limited at New Delhi. Rajeev received his post graduate degree in Microbiology from Nagpur University, India in 2002.
Yeon-Cheon Oh, former president of Seoul National University (SNU), joined the the Korea Program at the Shorentein Asia-Pacific Research Center as the 2014–15 Koret Fellow.
Oh will focus on analyzing the significant changes in the history of East Asia since the late 19th century, and in the process, identify forces endemic to East Asian politics, economy and culture as well as their limitations, thereby attempting to create a model for “Asian Values.” He aims to create a new paradigm for higher education that will actively foster leaders who can contribute to the peace and prosperity of humanity, and also propose new alternative policies.
Oh has an extensive career as a university administrator, professor and in leadership positions in South Korea’s civil service. He was the 25th president of SNU (2010–2014) and chairman of the Board of Trustees. Before then, he taught at SNU’s Graduate School of Public Administration from 1983 to 2010, and also served as the dean of that school from 2000 to 2004. His main areas of research include applied public economy and financial management.
Outside academia, Oh served as the chairman of the Committee of Industry Development Deliberation, Ministry of Knowledge Economics, from 2007 to 2009; board member of ITEP, Ministry of Commerce, from 2005 to 2009; and chief of ICT, Policy Review Committee, Ministry of Information and Communication, from 2003 to 2007.
Oh received his bachelor’s degree in political science from SNU, and his master’s degree and doctorate in public administration from New York University.
Ryuichi Ohta is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15.
Shingo Nakano is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he served as deputy director for policy making at the Government of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI), where he was in charge of trade policy related to APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), electricity infrastructure policy, nuclear and industry safety policy, and trade control policy. Nakano received a bachelor's degree of law from Tokyo University in 2004.
Tatsuru Nakajima is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15. Nakajima has over eight years of experience in the information technology business field at Sumitomo Corporation, one of the major trading and investment conglomerates in Japan, and its subsidiaries. His experience in the IT industry includes establishing and managing EV charging infrastructure company, business development and marketing & sales strategy planning. While at Stanford, Nakajima is researching the difference in the profitability and structure of IT businesses between the United States and Japan. Nakajima is interested in applying his knowledge gained here to his work and overall helping to grow the economy in Asia. Nakajima graduated from the Graduate School of Precision Engineering at The University of Tokyo with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Yasunori Matsui is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15. He started his career in 1991 as a software engineer for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. Matsui has been engaged in designing and consulting ERP systems for several Japanese manufacturing industry companies, as well as managing software development teams. His product system is structured to perform integrated management of all company duties. Matsui graduated from Kinki University with a B.S. in mathematical and physical sciences.
Feng Lin is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15. Lin is the founder and chairman of ACON Biotechnology Group, which built the first GMP IVD facility and the first US FDA IVD facility registered in China. Lin has also invested in the leading clinical laboratories in China and a leading life sciences and drug discoveries company in the U.S. While at Stanford, Lin is researching the innovations in China Primary Healthcare Reform. He holds a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University.
