Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering

Staff list

Sugimoto campus

Title Name Research Fields
Professor TSUJI Kouichi Development of X-ray trace elemental analysis and XRF elemental imaging methods, and their applications to characterization of materials and environmental analysis
Professor YAMADA Yusuke Heterogeneous catalysts utilizing metal complexes and nanoparticles for energy and environmental issues
Associate Professor ARIYOSHI Kingo Lithium-ion battery, Electrode materials for advanced batteries, Solid-state electrochemistry for insertion materials
Professor KOBATAKE Seiya Design of photofunctional organic crystal materials and control of their solid physical properties, synthesis of photofunctional polymer materials and evaluation of their physical properties, development of molecular functional devices
Associate Professor KITAGAWA Daichi
Professor SATO Eriko Development of controlled polymer synthesis, precise control of polymer reactions, biomass utilization, design and development of stimuli-responsive-, functional adhesive-, and interfacial functional-materials
Professor HORIBE Hideo Compatibility and crystal structure analysis of multi-component polymers, conductivity of filler-dispersed polymers, resist development with high resolution and sensitivity, chemical reaction analysis of active species with organic compounds
Professor KOMETANI Noritsugu Reaction analysis in subcritical and supercritical fluids and its engineering application, physicochemical study of biomass in extreme environments, application of photocatalysts to environmental chemistry
Associate Professor YUBA Eiji Nanomedicine, Drug delivery, Functional polymer chemistry, Biomaterial, Vaccine, Immunotherapy, Autoimmune diseases
Associate Professor IGARASHI Koichi Advanced crystallization for organic compounds such as pharmaceutical, functional foods, production of useful substances from biomass
Professor AZUMA Masayuki Discovery of new functions of cells and construction of new functional cells by synthetic biotechnology, development to the fields of medicine, environment, energy, and food from engineering applications of these useful cells. [Keywords: microorganisms and cell surface]
Associate Professor OJIMA Yoshihiro
Professor KITAMURA Masaya Structure-function relationship of redox proteins, Industrial application of enzymes
Associate Professor NAKANISHI Takeshi Design of artificial antibodies for development of biologics and their production using genetic engineering techniques
Professor TACHIBANA Akira Development of biological medicine using RNA interference, RNA editing, genome editing and synthetic biology methods, syntheses of novel anti-cancer agents and protein crosslinkers based on various natural products
Lecturer AZUMA Hideki
Professor TACHIBANA Taro Biotechnology-based drug discovery and the development of methods for generating highly functional monoclonal antibodies and biopharmaceuticals
Associate Professor YOKOYAMA Chikako
Professor ISHIDA Tamao Design of novel nanostructured heterogeneous catalysts, catalysis by metal nanoparticles and clusters, and development of environmentally benign chemical processes over heterogeneous metal catalysts
Associate Professor ASADA Ryoko Microbial Control, Sterilization Engineering, Food Hygiene, Infection Control, Radiation Biology, Hyperthermia (Cancer Thermotherapy)