Research Subject

• Artificial Photosynthesis
• Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds
• Photocatalysts for CO₂ Reduction

Academic Career

2006-Present	Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science of Engineering, Professor
2002-2006	Tokyo Institute of Technology, Associate Professor
1995-2002	Saitama University, Associate Professor
1993-1994	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Visiting Researcher
1991-1995	AIST, Senior Researcher
1988-1991	AIST, Researcher
1987-1988	Hahn-Meitner Institute, Visiting Researcher

Academic Membership

• The Chemical Society of Japan
• Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
• The Japanese Photochemistry Association
• Catalysis Society of Japan
• American Chemical Society
• Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

Professional Activities

2020-	President of The Japanese Photochemical Association
2020-	Chemical Society Reviews: the Editorial Board Member
2018-2020	Vice President of The Chemical Society of Japan
2018-	Fellow of Canadian-based global charitable organization (CIFAR)
2018-2019	Vice President of The Japanese Photochemical Association
2016-	Regional Editor (Asia), Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
2014-2018	International organizing committee member of International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (ICCDU)
2014-	International organizing committee member of International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (IPS)
2014-2016	Vice president, Japanese Society of Coordination Chemistry
2016	Editorial Board Member of Sustainable Energy & Fuels
2015	Editorial Board Member of Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews
2012-2015	Director of The Chemical Society of Japan
2012-2015	Associate Editor of Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
2012-2013	Executive Director of the Japanese Photochemistry Association
2011-2012	Director of Japanese Society of Coordination Chemistry
2009	Chair of the 18th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds (18th ISPPCC)
2009-	International organizing committee member of International Symposium on Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds (ISPPCC)
2003-2006	President of Photofunctional Complexes Research Association

Honor

2021	Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2021	JSCC (Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry) award
2017	Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2015	Distinguished Scholar of the Hong Kong Baptist University
2013	Seiichi Tejima Research Award
2007	The Japanese Photochemistry Association Award for 2007
2001	President Award (Japan Air Cleaning Association)
1997	Iiya Award (The Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology)

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