Koichiro Aotani is a deputy general manager of Advanced materials and processing laboratory, Nissan Research Center with 20 years of experience working for electrochemical devises such as Fuel cell and lithium-ion secondary battery for automotive use. Koichiro Aotani specializes in material chemistry and battery modeling technology and now in charge of system and safety design of All-Solid State Battery (ASSB) for automotive use since 2019.