Hisao Yamashige Assistant Manager at Toyota Motor Corporation Address: 1 Toyota-cho, Toyota, Aichi, Japan E-mail: hisao_yamashige@mail.toyota.co.jp URL: http://toyota.jp/

Expertise : Hisao Yamashige completed his PhD at Fukuoka University in 2004 with studies of the electronic states of transition metal complexes using X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). He joined Saga Light Source as a research assistant in 2005. In 2006, he joined the MIEV Development Department of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation where he worked on Li-ion Battery (LIB) development for EV. In 2008, he joined the Materials Analysis Department of Toyota Motor Corporation where he has been working on LIB analysis using mainly synchrotron radiation techniques.