Onishi took the helm from Mike Wood at the end of last month and his initial tenure will run until the end of May 2030. He is currently a Research Manager at the EMC Laboratory of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Tokyo, Japan, having previously held positions with telecoms companies, including Nippon Ericsson and NTT DOCOMO.
A PHD holder, Onishi has lectured as a visiting professor at Tohoku University and Nagoya Institute of Technology. He has considerable experience in research of EM frequency exposure assessment and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) with medical devices. According to IEC, as a leading expert in these fields, Onishi has published over 40 reviewed papers and has given several presentations at international events.
The standards agency said Onishi has been involved in national and international standardization activities for over 20 years, dealing with exposure assessment for mobile phones and wireless power transfer. He has notably led standardization efforts in the TC 106 on various publications, including IEC PAS 63083, IEC TR 62905, IEC PAS 63184, IEC/IEEE 63195-1 and IEC TR 63377. Onishi has been a Convener of one of TC 106 working groups since 2015. The IEC rewarded him with the 1906 Award in 2017.
IEC noted Onishi is also an expert in the International Telecommunications Union standardization sector (ITU-T) and has been chairing several groups inside the Department of Information and Communications Technology at the Information and Technology Council.