Jun Ohta received the B.E., M.E., and Dr. Eng. degrees in applied physics, all from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 1981, 1983, and 1992, respectively. In 1983, he joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Hyogo, Japan. From 1992 to 1993, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Optoelectronics Computing Systems Center, the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 1998, he joined the Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Nara, Japan, as an associate professor. He was appointed a professor in 2004 and retired from his professorship in 2024. He continues to be appointed as a research professor. He also works as the Executive Director and Vice President of NAIST from 2021 to the present. His current research interests include smart CMOS image sensors for biomedical applications and retinal prosthetic devices. Dr. Ohta received several awards, among them the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon, Japan, Tateishi Prize, Niwa-Takayanagi Distinguished Achievement Award, and Ichimura Prize. He serves as a member of several technical program committees, including ISSCC and VLSI Symposium, and as an Editorial Board member of J. Eng., IET, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., and Sensors and Materials. He also served as the General Co-Chair of the 2019 IEEE BioCAS, Nara, Japan, a Distinguished Lecturer for SSCS, and an IEEE Fellow Society/Technical Council Evaluator (EMBS). He is a Fellow of IEEE, JSAP, and ITE.