Directors・Emeritus Professor
Directors
| 1 | Riko MAJIMA | November 30, 1939 - February 26, 1943 |
| 2 | Ichitaro NAMARI | February 27, 1943 - March 5, 1946 |
| 3 | Takeo AO | March 6, 1946 - November 29, 1949 |
| 4 | Masuo MURAKAMI | November 30, 1949 - November 29, 1951 |
| 5 | Kinjiro OKABE | November 30, 1951 - November 29, 1955 |
| 6 | Kohei KOJIMA | November 30, 1955 - November 29, 1959 |
| 7 | Masuo MURAKAMI | November 30, 1959 - November 29, 1961 |
| 8 | Tsunesaburo ASADA | November 30, 1961 - November 29, 1963 |
| 9 | Jiro NIKUNI | November 30, 1963 - November 29, 1967 |
| 10 | Yasuhide YUKAWA | November 30, 1967 - July 31, 1969 |
| 11 | Nobue HAGIHARA | August 1, 1969 - July 31, 1973 |
| 12 | Yasuhide YUKAWA | August 1, 1973 - July 31, 1975 |
| 13 | Hiroshi SAKURAI | August 1, 1975 - July 31, 1979 |
| 14 | Mitsue KOIZUMI | August 1, 1979 - July 31, 1983 |
| 15 | Taira OKAMOTO | August 1, 1983 - July 31, 1987 |
| 16 | Soichi MISUMI | August 1, 1987 - July 31, 1989 |
| 17 | Toshio FUKUI | August 1, 1989 - July 31, 1993 |
| 18 | Fumikazu KANAMARU | August 1, 1993 - July 31, 1995 |
| 19 | Toichi OKADA | August 1, 1995 - July 31, 1997 |
| 20 | Shun-ichi GONDA | August 1, 1997 - July 31, 1999 |
| 21 | Yoshiteru SAKATA | August 1, 1999 - July 31, 2001 |
| 22 | Masamitsu FUTAI | August 1, 2001 - March 31, 2004 |
| 23 | Tomoji KAWAI | April 1, 2004 - March 31, 2008 |
| 24 | Akihito YAMAGUCHI | April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2012 |
| 25 | Yasushi YAGI | April 1, 2012 - August 25, 2015 |
| 26 | Kazuhiko NAKATANI | August 26, 2015 - March 31, 2018 |
| 27 | Katsuaki SUGANUMA | April 1, 2018 - March 31, 2020 |
| 28 | Tohru SEKINO | April 1, 2020 – March 31, 2024 |
| 29 | Shun'ichi Kuroda | April 1, 2024 – Incumbent |
Emeritus Professor
| Dr. Shogo NAKAMURA | Surface physics, 1988 |
| Dr. Osamu KAKUSHO | Information science, 1989 |
| Dr. Soichi MISUMI | Organic chemistry, 1990 |
| Dr. Terukiyo HANAHUSA | Organic chemistry, 1991 |
| Dr. Ken-ichi SHIMIZU | Metal physics, 1992 |
| Dr. Toshio FUKUI | Biochemistry, 1995 |
| Dr. Toichi OKADA | Organic materials, 1996 |
| Dr. Shun-ichi GONDA | Electronic materials, 2000 |
| Dr. Hisao NAKASHIMA | Semiconductor physics, 2002 |
| Dr. Yoshiteru SAKATA | Organic chemistry, 2002 |
| Dr. Tadahiro KITAHASHI | Information science and engineering, 2002 |
| Dr. Jun-ichi TOYODA | Information science and engineering, 2002 |
| Dr. Ikuo UEDA | Organic fine chemicals, 2003 |
| Dr. Masamitsu FUTAI | Molecular and cellular bioenergetics, 2004 |
| Dr. Shigetoshi TAKAHASHI | Organometallic chemistry, 2004 |
| Dr. Koichi NIIHARA | Nanocomposite Technology, 2005 |
| Dr. Hiroshi MOTODA | Artificial Intelligence, 2006 |
| Dr. Hiroshi IWASAKI | Surface Science, 2008 |
| Dr. Yoshihiko HIROTSU | Electron Microscope Analysis of Materials, 2008 |
| Dr. Seiichi TAGAWA | Radiation Chemistry and Beam Technology, 2009 |
| Dr. Tomoji KAWAI | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2010 |
| Dr. Hajime ASAHI | Electronic Materials, 2012 |
| Dr. Hideo NAKAJIMA | Metallic Materials Process, 2012 |
| Dr. Riichiro MIZOGUCHI | Artificial Intelligence, 2012 |
| Dr. Akihito YAMAGUCHI | Membrane Structural Biology, 2013 |
| Dr. Katsuyuki TANIZAWA | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2013 |
| Dr. Katsumi TANIMURA | Solid State Physics, 2015 |
| Dr. Goro ISOYAMA | Accelerator and Beam Science and Technology, 2016 |
| Dr. Nobuo KATO | Bioorganic Chemistry, 2017 |
| Dr. Yoshio ASO | Organic Chemistry, 2018 |
| Dr. Tetsuro MAJIMA | Beam Chemistry, 2018 |
| Dr. Kazuhiko MATSUMOTO | Solid State Devices and Bio Sensing, 2018 |
| Dr. Seiji TAKEDA | Nanocharacterization for Nanostructures and Functions, 2019 |
| Dr. Katsuaki SUGANUMA | Advanced Electronics Packaging, 2020 |
| Dr. Hikaru KOBAYASHI | Semiconductor materials, 2021 |
| Dr. Tamio OGUCHI | Condensed Matter Theory, 2021 |
| Dr. Hiroaki SASAI | Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 2022 |
| Dr. Yoichi YOSHIDA | Advanced Nanofabrication, 2023 |
| Dr. Masayuki NUMAO | Architecture for Intelligence, 2024 |
| Dr. Takashi WASHIO | Reasoning for Intelligence, 2024 |