Takafumi Hanada earned a master's degree in engineering from Kyushu University in 2020. His academic achievement led to an expedited completion of his Ph.D. at the same institution in 2022. Throughout his doctoral studies at Kyushu University, Hanada concurrently participated as a scholar in the National Leading Program in Entrepreneurship, aligning his endeavors with his doctoral thesis research. Additionally, during his doctoral course, he was selected as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellow DC1 with a research grant for young scientists (JP20J20464). Post-Ph.D., he spent six months conducting research at Kyushu University as a JSPS Research Fellow PD. Hanada's academic pursuits have been consistently directed towards advancing highly efficient separation techniques for rare metals, a focus that originated during his undergraduate studies at the National Institute of Technology, Miyakonojo College. His doctoral thesis notably developed an innovative rare metal separation process employing environmentally friendly solvents. In April 2023, Hanada secured a position as an assistant professor at Tokushima University. He also embarked on a visiting postdoc opportunity at the University of Aveiro in October, representing the JSPS Overseas Research Fellow. He actively contributes as a co-researcher on a national project addressing rare metal separation (Environmental Research Fund No. 3-2302) and serves as the research representative for a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research project (23K19186). Hanada has a prolific publication record, with 17 papers to his credit, including 6 as the first author. His expertise and contributions in the field have garnered him over 15 awards for conference presentations.