Akihiro Odagawa received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Hiroshima University, Japan, in 1989, 1991, and 1999, respectively. In 1991, he joined Panasonic Corporation and was engaged in oxide electronic material research like superconductor and magnetic material. From 1992 to 1995, he was a resercher for superconducting devaices with International Superconductivuity Technology Center (ISTEC), Tokyo, Japan. From 2001 to 2003, he was a senior researcher for ReRAM memory technology research with National Insutitute of Advance Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan. From 2011 to 2014, he awas a on-site manager for collaboration research with Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (imec), Leuven, Belgium. Since 2015, he manages a research group working on development of image sensing systems and quantum electronic devices.