Jiro Kasahara is a professor of Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Japan from 2019. He received PhD from the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University at 1997. From 1997 to 1999, he was a JSPS fellow (PD) at Nagoya University. From 1999 to 2003, he was a research associate of Muroran Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Japan. From 2003 to 2007, he was a lecturer of University of Tsukuba, Department of Engineering Mechanics and Energy, Japan, and from 2007 to 2013, an associate professor of University of Tsukuba. From 2013 to 2019, He was a professor of Nagoya University, Department of Aerospace Engineering, before taking his current position. He specializes in detonation basics, and detonation engine system for aerospace propulsion.