Bio - Dr. Eiichi Takada Dr. Eiichi Takada has been head of the accelerator operation office at HIMAC since 1995, and has worked on its design and commissioning since 1990. He is in charge of daily operation of the HIMAC accelerator complex, insuring that beams be delivered to medical people in timely and satisfying manner. He also coordinates beam time allocation for experiments. Prior to HIMAC, he received a Ph.D. from Kyoto University, and has worked at Texas A&M University cyclotron, and at KEK, as an Nuclear physics experimenter.