Yutaka Matsuo is a Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Osaka University in 2001. In the same year, he joined School of Science, The University of Tokyo, as an Assistant Professor. In 2005, he became a Group Leader of the JST-ERATO Nakamura Functional Carbon Cluster Project, and in 2009, he was appointed Project Professor at School of Science, The University of Tokyo, before joining Nagoya University. His research focuses on nanocarbon materials, including fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, and their applications in energy conversion materials and devices, particularly solar cells, fuel cells, and hydrogen energy technologies.