Faculty Members: Academic Areas and Research Topics
Graduate School of Science and Engineering Major in Applied Chemistry
Takaya Akashi
Professor
Inorganic materials chemistry, solid state electrochemistry
Improving the durability of high-temperature structural materials, separating and recovering rare metals from urban ores
Takamasa Ishigaki
Professor
Inorganic synthetic chemistry
Synthesizing ceramic and metallic nanoparticles using plasma, ultrasound, and other chemical processes; dispersing nanoparticles to manufacture materials with optical, electronic, and magnetic properties
Shoichi Okochi
Professor
Environmental chemistry, water science
Development of body water production methods, development of artificial hot spring device
Hironori Ogata
Professor
Physical chemistry, mechanical properties chemistry
Development of highly functional nanomaterials with low environmental loads and related device applications; elucidating the properties of functional materials using various kinds of spectroscopy
Atsushi Kawachi
Professor
Typical organic element chemistry; organic metal chemistry
Synthesis of new compounds of typical organic elements, mainly of groups 1, 2, 13 and 14; development of reactions; onset of functions and utilization in synthetic organic chemistry
Kenji Sugiyama
Professor
Synthetic polymer chemistry, organic synthetic chemistry
Developing environmentally-responsive intelligent materials, and precise synthesis of new functionalized polymers with living polymerization
Kentaro Murano
Professor
Atmospheric environmental chemistry, acid rain
Elucidating air pollution mechanisms through chemical analyses of acid rain, and how materials circulate by measuring gases and particulates in the atmosphere
Akihiro Yamashita
Professor
Biochemical engineering
Design, production and evaluation of various artificial organs based on mass-transport phenomena; development of new drug delivery systems based on the membrane permeability theory
Kazuyuki Takai
Associate Professor
Condensed matter physic-chemistry
Development of environments and energy materials using interface interactions between π-conjugated materials and heteroelements, creation of next-generation magnetic substances and catalysts using light elements to control spatial gaps
Takamasa Mori
Associate Professor
Chemical engineering, powder technology
Control and evaluation of dispersed and cohesive states of nanoparticles in liquid; development of chemical-free technology for particle cohesion, separation and recovery