Faculty of Science

Takashiro Akitsu Title: Associate Professor Department: Chemistry  Faculty: Science Field: Inorganic chemistry,metal complexes,pigment,hybrid material,optical polymer thin film Comment: Understanding and designing structures and functions of chiral metal complexes for useful organic/inorganic hybrid materials.

Kazuhiro Ohkawa Title: Professor Department: Applied Physics  Faculty: Science Field: Optical semiconductor, Crystal growth, Physical control, CFD calculations, light-emitting device, Photocatalytic Comment: The results of our research will contribute to crystal growth apparatus designing, semiconductor property evaluation, device fabrication, and other application areas.

Shinichi Komaba Title: Associate Professor Department: Applied Chemistry  Faculty: Science Field: Electrochemical, Inorganic industrial material, Electroanalytical Chemistry, Bioelectrochemistry Comment: We have been working on a series of studies related to lithium ion batteries, specifically, the synthesis and electrode performance of manganese-based and ion-based cathode active materials, and a range of research topics on anodes, electrolytic solutions, and electrode interfaces.

Akihiko Kudo Title: Professor Department: Applied Chemistry  Faculty: Science Field: Photocatalytic, Inorganic photochemistry, Electrocatalysis Comment: We have been developing various types of novel photocatalysts, including those which exhibit high activity for water splitting or hydrogen evolution under visible light irradiation.

Kenso Soai Title: Professor Department: Applied Chemistry  Faculty: Science Field: Asymmetric synthesis, Asymmetric autocatalysis, The origin of asymmetric, Asymmetric catalysis, Self-replication Comment: We developed an asymmetric autocatalysis, in which the reaction product serves as a catalyst for the production of itself. It is a highly efficient symmetric synthesis.

Takashi Nakajima Title: Assistant Professor Department: Applied Physics  Faculty: Science Field: Polymer/fibrous material Comment: We propose a new energy harvesting system using piezoelectric polymer, which is eco-friendly, low cost, robust and highly efficient.

Naoaki Yabuuchi Title: Assistant Professor Department: Applied Chemistry  Faculty: Science Field: Electrochemical, Inorganic industrial material, Electroanalytical Chemistry, Bioelectrochemistry Comment: We have been working on a series of studies related to lithium ion batteries, specifically, the synthesis and electrode performance of manganese-based and ion-based cathode active materials, and a range of research topics on anodes, electrolytic solutions, and electrode interfaces.

Faculty of Engineering

Hironori Arakawa Title: Professor Department: Industrial Chemistry  Faculty: Engineering Field: Dye-sensitized solar cells, Photocatalytic hydrogen production, Environmental chemistry Comment: We have been working on the development of unique technologies using solar energy, including commercialization of color-sensitized solar cells, hydrogen production via solar photocatalysis, and photocatalysts for decomposing environmental pollutants.

Shizutoshi Ando Title: Professor Department: Electrical Engineering  Faculty: Engineering Field: Electron/electric material engineering Comment: Development of Si-free thin film solar cells by preparation techniques for the mass production with low cost.

Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology

Tsutomu Iida Title: Associate Professor Department: Materials Science and Technology  Faculty: Industrial Science and Technology Field: Low environmental burden energy conversion semiconductor material, Power engineering, Electrical engineering Comment: Our research interests focus on the development of hydrogen production devices that use the photodecomposition of water using iron oxide (Fe2O3) semiconductor photocatalysts, and development of high efficiency solar cells (conversion rates of not more than 30%) using silicon germanium (SiGe).

Kohei Soga Title: Associate Professor Department: Materials Science and Technology  Faculty: Industrial Science and Technology Field: Biomedical engineering/biological material studies, Inorganic material/physical properties Comment: We are researching the upconversion luminescence by rare-earth element, nanoparticle synthesis and decentralized stabilization. We are developing the projection technology of 3D scenography based on new principle for Near Infrared (NIR) Biophotonics.

Fumio Tashiro Title: Professor Department: Biological Science and Technology  Faculty: Industrial Science and Technology Field: Cell biology, tumor molecular biology, Neuroembryology, Biochemistry Comment: We are able to analyze anti-cancer drugs from the individual level to the molecular level using transplanted cancer cells.

Jun Taniguchi Title: Associate Professor Department: Applied Electronics  Faculty: Industrial Science and Technology Field: Nanoimprint technology, Three-dimensional nanostructure fabrication, Electron beam lithography, Micro - Nanodevices Comment: We have been studying nano-mold fabrication technology and nanoimprint technology in which the nano mold is pressed to transfer the pattern and the applications of these technologies.

Joe Chiba Title: Professor Department: Biological Science and Technology  Faculty: Industrial Science and Technology Field: Immunology and immune engineering, Functional Proteomics, Virology Comment: The genetic immunization method established by our laboratory has been constantly evolving. It is a world-class technology capable of promptly producing antibodies for drug targets including GPCR, which had previously been difficult to achieve.

Keishi Nishio Title: Associate Professor Department: Materials Science and Technology  Faculty: Industrial Science and Technology Field: Functional ceramics, Thin films, Sol-gel method, Spark plasma sintering Comment: We have been studying electric functional and optical functional ceramic powder and thin film using the sol-gel method. We have started the development of devices using nano-sized metal catalysts, and have been examining potential applications in various areas.

Yasufumi Murakami Title: Professor Department: Biological Science and Technology  Faculty: Industrial Science and Technology Field: Antibody microarray sistem, gene expression control sistem, Genomic drug discovery Comment: Our research interests focus on the identification of new cancer diagnostic markers, development of antibody microarray systems, and analysis of new DNA microarrays with the DNA encoding technology.

Faculty of Science and Technology

Masahiko Ikekita Title: Professor Department: Applied Biological Science  Faculty: Science and Technology Field: Structural biochemistry Comment: By performing High-throughput screening (HTS), we identified a series of synthesized agents inducing apoptosis activities.

Takeshi Kondo Title: Assistant Professor Department: Pure and Applied Chemistry  Faculty: Science and Technology Field: Functional material chemistry Comment: Diamond electrode is a new functional electrode material for applying clean and efficient electrolysis and enabling highly sensitive and stable electrochemical analysis.We are challenging the additional functionalization for these applications by technology of qualification and surface modification.

Kengo Sakaguchi Title: Professor Department: Applied Biological Science  Faculty: Science and Technology Field: Biological molecular science Comment: We have identified interesting group of compounds from the extracts of marine products which have anti-tumor activity and are effective with concomitant radiotherapy.

Isao Shitanda Title: Assistant Professor Department: Pure and Applied Chemistry  Faculty: Science and Technology Field: Physical chemistry,Environmental chemistry,Chemistry related to living body,Analytical chemistry Comment: Our screen-printing algal biosensor is faster in reaction to the toxic compounds than conventional sensors. This technology may serve as compact and disposable sensors.

Mutsumi Sugiyama Title: Associate Professor Department: Electrical Engineering  Faculty: Science and Technology Field: Solar cells, Transparent conductive film, Chalcopyrite, Oxide semiconductor, Electronics - Electrical Materials Engineering Comment: We have been studying materials for solar cells and transparent conductive films, especially focusing on commercialization of next generation technologies (those developed within the next 2 to 10 years).

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Fumio Fukai Title: Professor Department: Medicinal and Life Science  Faculty: Pharmaceutical Sciences Field: Cell adhesion molecule, Extracellular matrix, Cancer and metastasis, Inflammatory diseases Comment: We have been developing medicinal science useful for medical practice with the aim of "Creating New Drugs of Tokyo University of Science (TUS) Origin", such as research into a method to enhance therapeutic antibodies for cancer or infectious diseases to 100 times stronger existing performance.

Yoshikazu Higami Title: Professor Department: Medicinal and Life Science  Faculty: Pharmaceutical Sciences Field: Environmental physiology (includes sports medicine/nutritional physiology) Comment: We are researching animals of calorie restriction, such as to mimic the phenotype of long-lived animal adipose tissue. That aims to develop the novel drug for metabolic improvement. This study is expected to be possible for extension of Healthy Life.

Yasuhiko Masuho Title: Professor Department: Medicinal and Life Science  Faculty: Pharmaceutical Sciences Field: Engineered antibody, Antibody drug discovery, New membrane proteins and signaling, Biological pharmacy Comment: We have been developing medicinal science useful for medical practice with the aim of creating new drugs of TUS origin, such as research into a method to enhance therapeutic antibodies for cancer or infectious diseases to 100 times stronger existing performance.

Infrared Free Electron Laser Research Center

Koichi Tsukiyama Title: Director Faculty: Infrared Free Electron Laser Research Center Field: Infrared Free Electron Laser (FEL-TUS), Non-destructive optical measurement Comment: Our non-destructive optical measurement method, which uses a free electron laser (FEL-TUS) as a light source, is capable of identifying trace amounts of samples, including bio-related samples, and analyzing their molecular structures.

Research Institute for Science and Technology

Kazuhisa Nakao Title: Assistant Professor Project: Social Relation Liaison Projects Field: Organ regeneration,Glycobiotechnology,Cytoskeleton/ Cell motility Comment: Our technology is a three-dimensional cell processing method to reconstitute a bioengineered organ germ in vitro. Our technology emphasizes the potential for bioengineered organ replacement in future regenerative therapy.

Masami Ando Title: Professor Field: X-ray optics, New X-ray image development, Medical applications, Visualization cancer Comment: We have been developing a new system to visualize breast cancer with ultra-high contrast and high spatial resolution.

Research Institute for Biological Science

Hidehiro Kishimoto Title: Associate Professor Division: Immunobiology Field: Immunology Comment: By technology of genetic modification, we synthesize ligands, chimeric molecules, and molecular probes. And we are researching to establish experimental model with mice.

Faculty of System Engineering (Suwa)

Youichi Hirata Title: Associate Professor Faculty: System Engineering (Suwa) Field: Solar power systems (energy conversion) Comment: We are studying solar power systems in which the components (e.g., solar cells and power conditioners) can increase the conversion rate for the entire system by taking into account the phenomena which have been identified when the system is operated as a whole.

Faculty of Science and Technology (Yamaguchi)

Koichi Suzuki Title: Professor Department: Mechanical Engineering  Faculty: Science and Technology (Yamaguchi) Field: Heat transfer, Mass transfer, Phase transition, Boiling, Multi-phase flow, Cooling, Thermal engineering Comment: Microbubble emission moiling, which is capable of heat removal at levels much higher than the normal levels of critical heat flux, is a promising technology which can be applied to the cooling of ultra-high critical heat flux for electric vehicles and for the power conversion system in fuel cell power plants in the near future.