1993年東京大学大学院工学系研究科博士課程修了・博士（工学）、同生産技術研究所や理化学研究所での勤務を経て、2007年東京大学生産技術研究所教授、2015年同所長。2018年東京大学大学執行役・副学長、2019年同理事・副学長（財務、社会連携・産学官協創担当）を務め、2021年より同総長に就任（現在に至る）。
その他、2005年から2007年まで文部科学省参与、2007年から2014年まで日仏国際共同研究ラボ（LIMMS）の共同ディレクター、2017年から2019年までCBMS（Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society）会長、2021年から2024年まで総合科学技術・イノベーション会議議員（非常勤）、2025年6月より国立大学協会会長。
バングラデシュ・アジア女性大学より名誉博士号授与。
専門分野は応用マイクロ流体システム、海中工学。

Andreas Schwarz is the Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva (Startsups, Research and Innovation) since December 2024. He was previously Deputy Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) for almost two years.
Dr Schwarz has been serving the EU for over two decades. Between 2018 and 2022, he was Director for Revenue and Multiannual financial framework in the Directorate-General for Budget, where he formerly worked as Head of Unit for MFF and economic and budgetary analysis for almost three years.
He has a broad experience in various Cabinets of the European Commission. Between 2014 and 2016, he was Deputy Head of Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva (Budget, OLAF and Human Resources). He assumed the same role in the Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski (Budget and Financial Programming), from 2010 to 2014, in the team in charge of the negotiations for the multi-annual financial framework. Between 2007 and 2010, he was Member of the Cabinet of Vice-President Günter Verheugen (Enterprise and Industry), where he was responsible for the Lisbon Strategy, International Trade, European Raw Material Policy, regulatory co-operation with Asia as well as ICT.
He started his career in the European Commission as Team coordinator in DG Trade, from 2005 to 2007, and Policy Officer in DG Development from 2003 to 2005.
Before joining the Commission in 2003, he worked as an economist for the German Association for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), being responsible for economic policy in South-East Europe for two years.
A German national, he holds a degree in information and communication technologies from the Union College of Schenectady (USA) and in economics with specialisation in international economics from the University of Bamberg (Germany). He received his doctorate in Economics at the University of Potsdam.

貿易・投資促進分野で約30年の経験を有する。JETROではニューヨーク事務所での勤務や、外国企業による対日直接投資を促進する取り組みを主導。現在は理事として米州地域の事業を統括するとともに、イノベーション分野（対日直接投資促進・協業・連携促進、スタートアップ海外展開）を統括しています。