Dr. Nobuo Tanaka is a designated professor of Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) of Nagoya University and an adjunct senior researcher of Japan Fine Ceramic Center (JFCC) and Nagoya Industrial Science Research Institute (NISRI). He received a Ph.D. degree from Applied Physics Department of Nagoya University in 1978 and became an assistant professor of the department. He stayed Arizona State University as a visiting scholar to study with the late Prof. J. Cowley from 1983 to 1985. He was appointed a full professor of Applied Physics of Nagoya University in 1999 through an associate professor. In 2001, he moved to Center of Integrated Research for Science and Engineering (CIRSE) of Nagoya University, which was renamed EcoTopia Science Institute (ESI) in 2004 and IMaSS in 2015. He was the director of the institute from 2012 to 2015. He was also the president of Japanese Microscopy Society (JSM) from 2015 to 2017.