Prof. Dr. Akira Otsuki

Akira Otsuki is a faculty member of Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (CL), and a guest professor in non-destructive characterization and selective material recovery at Luleå University of Technology (SE), and has been a visiting researcher in Neutron Beam Technology Team at RIKEN and Hokkaido University (JP) and a visiting professor at The University of Tokyo (JP). He received his PhD in 2007 in Geosystem Engineering from The University of Tokyo (JP). He is a member of several academic societies, including Electrokinetic Society of Japan. He has been acting as a journal editor and has also organized journal Special Issues relevant to non-destructive characterization/testing and selective material recovery. Dr. Otsuki’s research is specialized in the area of characterization and processing of complex materials which include waste materials, natural ores, nanomaterials, colloids. He has participated in extensive exchange programs with different research/academic institutions and industries around the world and is performing world-class collaborative research in characterization and processing (akira.otsuki@uai.cl).