Naoki Shinohara received the B.E. degree in electronic engineering, the M.E. and Ph.D (Eng.) degrees in electrical engineering from Kyoto University, Japan, in 1991, 1993 and 1996, respectively. He was a research associate in Kyoto University from 1996. From 2010, he has been a professor in Kyoto University. He has been engaged in research on Solar Power Station/Satellite and Microwave Power Transmission system. He was IEEE MTT-S Distinguish Microwave Lecturer (2016-18), and is IEEE MTT-S AdCom member (2022-2024), IEEE MTT-S Technical Committee 25 (Wireless Power Transfer and Conversion) former chair and member, IEEE WPT Initiative Member, IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference founder and Steering committee member, URSI commission D chair, the first chair and technical committee member on IEICE Wireless Power Transfer, Space Solar Power Systems Society chair, and Wireless Power Transfer Consortium for Practical Applications (WiPoT) chair.