Laboratory

Materials Chemistry for the Conversion of Energy Laboratory (Organic Functional Chemistry Field)

Michihisa MURATA, Associate Professor

EDUCATION

1997-2001 Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
Undergraduate research with Professor Koichi Komatsu
2001-2006 Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
Graduate research with Professor Koichi Komatsu
2006 Dr. Eng. (Kyoto University)
“Organic Synthesis of Endohedral Fullerenes Encapsulating Molecular Hydrogen”

PROFESSIONAL

2003-2006 JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
2006 Frontier Materials Development Laboratories, Kaneka Corporation, Japan
2006-2017 Assistant Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan
2016-2020 JST PRESTO Researcher
Research Area “Scientific Innovation for Energy Harvesting Technology”
2017- Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan
2024- Visiting Associate Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan

Research Interests

  1. Chemistry on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  2. Chemistry on energy conversion materials
  3. Chemistry on metal complexes with pi-conjugated ligands

Academic Societies

The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ)
The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
The Society of Physical Organic Chemistry, Japan (JPOC)
The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (SSOCJ)
The Kinki Chemical Society, Japan

AWARDS

2005 The ICR Award for Young Scientists
PACIFICHEM 2005 Student Poster Award
2006 Kyoto University President Award
2008 Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists
2015 ICR Award for Young Scientists
2017 TOSOH Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

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