| Honorific Prefix: | Professor |
| Makoto Gonokami | |
| Birth Place: | Komae City, Tokyo |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Education: | University of Tokyo |
| Alma Mater: | University of Tokyo |
| Occupation: | Researcher, teacher |
| President of University of Tokyo | |
| Term: | April 2015 - March 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Junichi Hamada |
| Successor: | Teruo Fujii |
is a professor of science and engineering in University of Tokyo (UTokyo), mostly in the field of physics. He served as the 30th president of UTokyo, after succeeding Junichi Hamada who retired in 2015, and until March 2021.[1] [2] [3] After his presidency at UTokyo, he has served as the president of Riken since 2022.[4] He works in the graduate school of science, school of engineering in the institution before being dean in graduate school of science and vice president of the university.[5] [6]
He holds a PhD in optical physics at University of Tokyo and most of his research based on Quantum physics and participate in Center for Quantum Materials.[7] [8]
He served as the chair of IARU for two years (2018-2020).[9]