Hiroyuki Kishimoto Manager of Material Department III, Materials Research & Development HQ, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, ltd. Address : 1-1, 2-chome, Tsutsui-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan E-mail : h-kishimoto.az@srigroup.co.jp URL : http://www.srigroup.co.jp

Expertise : Hiroyuki Kishimoto joined Sumitomo Rubber Industries in 1998, where he belonged to the Chemical Analysis Center, R&D HQ. Starting in 2001, he began utilizing various kinds of synchrotron X-ray techniques at SPring-8, such as XAFS, SAXS, and X-ray imaging in order to clarify the origins of mechanical properties of rubber composites. He started the material research of tire rubber at the Material & Process Technology Research Department. In 2010, he joined the Material R&D HQ. Since 2010, he has taken charge of both the computer simulation group and the structural analysis group with synchrotron radiation and neutrons. He completed his PhD at the University of Tokyo with research of the hierarchical spatio-temporal structures of rubber composites using synchrotron radiation and neutrons.