Dr. Suyehiro is the President and CEO of Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Management International, Inc. Chairman of POGO from 2009 to 2010. He led and participated in many marine seismological research works studying crustal and lithospheric structures in relation to plate subduction seismicity and island arc evolution in the western Pacific area. Dr. Suyehiro attended the exploratory meeting in October 2010 that initiated the development of NANO.