is a professor and research associate with Kyoto University. Previously he was an IEEE MTT-S Distinguish Microwave Lecturer and an IEEE MTT-S Technical Committee 25 (Wireless Power Transfer and Conversion) Former Chair. Shinohara is also an IEEE MTT-S Kansai Chapter TPC member, the IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference founder, and an Advisory Committee Member, the URSI Commission D Vice Chair, the International Journal of Wireless Power Transfer (Cambridge Press) an Executive Editor, the First Chair, and a Technical Committee Member on IEICE Wireless Power Transfer, the Japan Society of Electromagnetic Wave Energy Applications Adviser, the Space Solar Power Systems Society Vice Chair, the Wireless Power Transfer Consortium for Practical Applications (WiPoT) Chair, and the Wireless Power Management Consortium (WPMc) Chair. He received his B.E. degree in electronic engineering, and the M.E. and Ph.D. (Eng.) degrees in electrical engineering from Kyoto University, Japan.