Naoki Shinohara is a professor at the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University, Japan. He has been performing key research about wireless power transfer technologies for 30 years, including solar power satellites and microwave power transmission. He has published several books. He also served as IEEE Distinguished Microwave Lecturer, as IEEE MTT-S Technical Committee 25 Chair, and serves as IEEE WPT Conference Steering Committee Member and Wireless Power Transfer Consortium for Practical Applications Chair.