Masahiko Morinaga is a fellow with the Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute, as well as an Emeritus Professor with Nagoya University where prior to his retirement he served as the department head of the material science and engineering department of Nagoya University. Before coming to Nagoya University, Professor Morinaga was a professor with the Toyohashi (Japan) University of Technology. From 2004-2010 Dr. Morinaga was chairman of the 176th Committee on Process Created Materials Function for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo. He is a member of the Japan Institute Metals, an organization where he has held a number of roles including a journal editorial member since 1995; vice president 2005-2006, and president from 2008-2009. Dr. Morinaga was also president from 2004 - 2010 of the Discrete Variational-Xalpha Society Japan. Dr. Morinaga is the co-author of the publications Quantum Chemistry of Metallic Materials and Quantum Alloy Design and Hydrogen Storage Alloys, as well as numerous journal articles.