Yukihiro Kusano is a Professor at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan, and a Senior Specialist at Teknologisk Institut, Denmark. He was awarded a PhD at King's College, Cambridge, UK in 2000, and received his Dr. Technices at the Technical University of Denmark in 2019. He has worked in industry and academia in Japan, U.K., and Denmark.  He has a strong background in plasma physics, surface science, and adhesion.