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Yasuhiro Iwasawa received his BSc (1968), MSc (1970), and PhD (1973) from Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science at The University of Tokyo. He moved to Yokohama National University in 1972 as Assistant Professor and became Lecturer in 1977, then Associate Professor in 1981. He returned to Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo in 1984 as Associate Professor and became Professor in 1986. He was Dean of School of Science in the University of Tokyo in 2005-2007. He was also Director of Center for Spectroscopic Chemistry at the School of Science in 2007-2009. He moved to the University of Electro-Communications due to retirement at the University of Tokyo in April 2009. He was the former President of Catalysis Society of Japan and also the former President of the Surface Science Society of Japan. He has now become President of the Chemical Society of Japan in March 2010. He has also been Head of Section III (Science and Technology) of Science Council of Japan in Oct. 2008 – Sept. 2011. He acts as editorial boards and editorial advisory boards of many international journals. His main research interests come under the general term "Catalytic Chemistry" and "Surface Chemistry", but more specifically, Catalyst surface design, New catalytic materials, Fuel cells, Reaction mechanism, In situ characterization, Oxide surfaces by SPM, Time-resolved XAFS, etc. His honors include the Progress Award for Young Chemists in The Chemical Society of Japan (1979), The Japan IBM Science Award (1990), Inoue Prize for Science (1996), Catalysis Society of Japan Award (1999), The Surface Science Society of Japan Award (2000), National Medal with Purple Ribbon from Emperor and Prime Minister (2003), The Chemical Society of Japan Award (2004), and Mukai Award (2009).
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