Norihisa Kobayashi received his PhD in 1988 from Waseda University, Japan. He worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Image Science, Chiba University (1987-1995). He was also a Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology, USA (1992-1993). He was an Associate Professor in the Department of Image Science, Chiba University (1995-2004). Since 2004, he has held a position as a professor at Chiba University. He works in the Group of Advanced Imaging and Systems (G-AIMS) from the Graduate School of Engineering in Chiba University (Japan). His work focuses on the development of electrochromic and/or electroflurochromic display devices, as well as blue electrochemiluminescent devices and plasmonic substrates whose colour is switched according to the size of the nanoparticles.