Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology Program | School of Engineering

Staff and Research Projects

（As of June. 1, 2025）

Research Area	Position	Name	Research Theme
Solid State Chemistry	Professor	KISHIMOTO Akira	Total design of inorganic materials compatible of structural and electrical functions
Solid State Chemistry	Associate Professor	TERANISHI Takashi	Development of functional electroceramics for dielectric and rechargeable devices
Inorganic Materials	Professor	FUJII Tatsuo	Development of new iron oxide composite materials based on mixed valence state of iron　ions and application to electronic device materials for the next-generation.
Inorganic Materials	Associate Professor	KANO Jun	Development of sustainable and high-throughput catalysts and sensors using the unique electronic structure of dielectric materials
Environmental Inorganic Materials Science(Inorganic Functional Material Chemistry)	Professor	KAMESHIMA Yoshikazu	Development of eco-friendly inorganic materials
	Associate Professor	NISHIMOTO Shunsuke	Development of functional inorganic materials for environmental protection and energy conversion
Environmental Amorphous Materials Science (Ceramic Materials)	Professor	NANBA Tokuro	Development of ceramic materials for reducing environmental burden
	Associate Professor	BENINO Yasuhiko	Morphology control of functional glass and glass-ceramic materials
Biomaterials Engineering	Professor	HAYAKAWA Satoshi	Design and Development of Ceramic Biomaterals for Biomedial Application
	Associate Professor	YOSHIOKA Tomohiko	Development of biomaterials via electrochemical techniques
	Assistant Professor	KATAOKA　Takuya	Functionalization of ceramic biomaterials using organic/inorganic interfacial interaction
Bioprocess Engineering	Professor	IMAMURA Koreyoshi	Physical chemistry and application of amorphous sugar matrix,Protein adsorption and desorption on/from solid surface : Analysis and application
Bioprocess Engineering	Assistant Professor	IMANAKA Hiroyuki	Design and Development of Functional Proteinaceous Molecular Recognition Elements
Interface Process Engineering	Professor	ONO Tsutomu	Microfluidics, Microencapsulation, nanofibers, Ionic liquid
	Associate Professor	WATANABE Takaichi	Microfluidics, Polymer gel, Microencapsulation, Complex fluids
	Assistant Professor	IIDA Yuya	Modeling and simulation of phase separation and crystallization processes
Fluid and particle process engineering	Professor	GOTOH Kuniaki	Developments of powder handling processes and evaluation of powder characteristics
Fluid and particle process engineering	Associate Professor	NAKASO Koichi	Evalulation and control of combined heat and mass transfer processes
Environmental Process Engineering	Professor	KIMURA Yukitaka	Design for environmental process using subcritical water
Environmental Process Engineering	Associate Professor	SHIMANOUCHI Toshinori	Design and Development of Novel Separation Process, Associating with Formation of Heterogeneous Phase at Interface with Dynamic Ordered-Structure
Environmental Polymer Chemistry	Professor	SUZUKI Daisuke	Environmental friendly materials, closed-loop materials recycle, polymer particles, polymer gels
	Associate Professor	YAMAZAKI Shinichi	Design of high-peformance environmental polymeric materials based on high-order structual control
	Assistant Professor	ATARASHI Hironori	Development of catalysts for the recycling of energy and resources
Polymer Materials Science	Professor	UCHIDA Tetsuya	Development of novel functional materials by understanding and controlling structures and properties of polymeric materials
	Senior Assistant Professor	OKIHARA Takumi	Properties of functional polymers based on polysaccharides and Polymeric materials under severe environment
	Assistant Professor	KIMURA Naotaka
Synthetic Organic Chemistry	Professor	EMA Tadashi	Creation of Functional Organic Molecules with Cooperative Effect
	Associate Professor	TAKAISHI Kazuto	Development of Functional Chiral Dyes
	Assistant Professor	NITTA Natsumi	Development of Functional Catalyst, Organic Chemistry, Green Chemistry
Heteroatom Chemistry	Associate Professor	KUROBOSHI Manabu	Synthetic organic chemistry, electroorganic chemistry
Industrial Catalysis	Senior Assistant Professor	OSHIKI Toshiyuki	New homogeneous catalyst for polymerization of dicyclopentadiene
Synthetic Process Chemistry	Professor	SUGA Seiji	Electroorganic Synthesis, Flow and Microreactor Synthesis, Asymmetric Catalysis
	Associate Professor	MITSUDO Koichi	Electroorganic Synthesis, Organometallic Chemistry, Material Science
	Assistant Professor	SATO Eisuke	Electroorganic Synthesis, Natural Product Chemistry, Organic Synthesis
Bioorganic Chemistry	Professor	SAKAKURA Akira	Design of Asymmetric Catalysts, Development of Stereoselective C–C Bond Formation Reaction
Bioorganic Chemistry	Associate Professor	MIZOGUCHI Haruki	Development of Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions for the Synthesis of Complex Organoboron Compounds and Natural Product Scaffolds
Advanced Organic Materials	Associate Professor	TAJIMA Tomoyuki	Development of organic molecular devices containing main group elements
Functional Molecule Enginering	Associate Professor	NISHINA Yuta
Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory	Professor	OHTSUKI Takashi	Biomolecular engineering related to RNA drug delivery, diagnostic probes, etc.
Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory	Associate Professor	WATANABE Kazunori	Elucidation of stress response mechanisms induced by environmental stress
Single Molecule Biology	Professor	IDE Toru	Single molecule measurements of ion channel proteins Development of single molecule bio-sensors
	Associate Professor	HIRANO　Minako	Development of drug discovery tools using ion channel proteins and photoactivated proteins
	Assistant Professor	HAYAKAWA Tohru	Development of novel mosquito-control system using soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis toxins
Design of Biofunctional Molecules	Professor	SERA Takashi	Design and application of artificial DNA/RNA-binding proteins
	Assistant Professor	MORI Koichi	Studies on reaction of coenzyme B12-dependent enzymes
	Senior Assistant Professor	MORI　Tomoaki	Protein Engineering, Genetic Engineering
Applied Cell Biology	Professor	TOKUMITSU Hiroshi	Protein kinase biochemistry, intracellular Ca²⁺-signaling and drug development
	Associate Professor	KANAYAMA Naoki	Development of novel antibody generation technologies based on understanding mechanisms of antibody affinity maturation
	Assistant Professor	MAGARI Masaki	Regulation of germinal center response by follicular dendritic cell
	Assistant Professor	OTSUKA　Satomi	Ptotein kinase biochemistry, protein kinase inhibitor
Organelle Systems Biotechnology	Professor	SATOH Ayano	Organelle biotechnology, Membrane trafficking, Chemical biology, Alternatives to animal testing
Medical Protein Engineering	Professor	FUTAMI Junichiro	Protein Engineering, immuno-oncology, Biotechnology
Organometallic Chemistry	Professor	MIURA　Tomoya	Development of synthetic methods, in particular transition-metal-catalyzed reactions
Organometallic Chemistry	Assistant Professor	YAMAZAKI　Ken	Development of novel organic and organometallic reactions
Environmental Reaction Engineering	Professor	FUKUDA Nobuko	Design of plasmon-assisted functional materials and development of in-situ observation methods for surface reactions
Environmental Reaction Engineering	Professor	UDDIN Md. Azhar	Development of catalysts for the recycling of energy and resources
Nanobiotechnology, Microbiology, Wastewater treatment	Assistant Professor	Nozomi Nakahara	The influence of nanomaterials on microorganisms in the soil and water environments