Chiharu Tokoro was born in Kobe, Japan in 1975. She received a B.E. in resources engineering from Waseda University in 1998, her M.E. in geosystem engineering from the University of Tokyo in 2000, and her Ph.D. in geosystems engineering from The University of Tokyo, in 2003. From 2004 to 2007, she was an assistant professor with the Resources and Environmental Engineering Department of Waseda University. She was a lecturer until 2007, an associate professor until 2009, and a professor until 2015 with the Resource and Environmental Engineering Department, Waseda University. From 2016 to 2021, she was a project professor with the Institute of Industrial Science, and a professor since 2021 with the Systems Innovation, the University of Tokyo. She is the author of 10 books, over 105 articles, and more than 16 inventions. Her research interests are mineral processing, chemical engineering, and powder processing for waste treatment and recycling.