Laboratories and Academic Staff

The Advanced Chemistry Undergraduate Course Program offers a variety of choices for graduation research. The faculty members in this Course are from various laboratories in the Departments of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Molecular Engineering, and Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry. In addition, there are faculty members from the Division of Energy Reactions in the Graduate School of Energy Science, and other cooperating institutions: the Institute for Chemical Research, Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Institute for Liberal Arts and Science, Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, and Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences .

Therefore, these faculty members conduct the newest research that covers diverse areas in chemistry. Students will have a choice from over 30 research laboratories for their graduation research.

Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry

Chair/Laboratory	Academic Staff
Energy Conversion Chemistry	Hiroshi KAGEYAMA [Professor] Cedric TASSEL [Associate Professor] Hiroshi TAKATSU [Associate Professor] Daichi KATO [Assistant Professor] Tong ZHU [Assistant Professor]
Energy Chemistry
Applied Electrochemistry	Takeshi ABE [Professor] Kohei MIYAZAKI [Associate Professor] Yuto MIYAHARA [Assistant Professor] Shota TSUJIMOTO [Assistant Professor]
Functional Materials	Tetsuo SAKKA [Professor] Naoya NISHI [Associate Professor] Yuko YOKOYAMA [Assistant Professor]
Hydrocarbon Chemistry
Hydrocarbon Chemistry Fundamentals	Kouichi OHE [Professor] Koji MIKI [Associate Professor] Huiying MU [Assistant Professor]
Excited-State Hydrocarbon Chemistry
Advanced Biomedical Engineering	Teruyuki KONDO [Professor] Yu KIMURA [Associate Professor] Risako MIURA [Assistant Professor]
Catalyst Science
Catalyst Materials	Ryu ABE [Professor] Akinobu NAKADA [Junior Associate Professor] Osamu TOMITA [Assistant Professor] Hajime SUZUKI [Assistant Professor]
Catalytic Organic Chemistry	Tetsuaki FUJIHARA [Professor] Kazuhiko SEMBA [Junior Associate Professor]
Catalyst Design Engineering	Toshiaki MATSUI [Associate Professor] Shiji NARUSE [Assistant Professor]
Material Transform Science
Synthetic Organotransformation	Masaharu NAKAMURA [Professor] Katsuhiro ISOZAKI [Associate Professor] Francesca PINCELLA [Junior Associate Professor] Takahiro DOBA [Assistant Professor] Yuka NAKAGAWA [Assistant Professor] Keito MINEO [Assistant Professor]
Structural Organic Chemistry	Yasujiro MURATA [Professor] Takashi HIROSE [Associate Professor] Yoshifumi HASHIKAWA [Assistant Professor]
Organometallic Chemistry	Yasuhiro OHKI [Professor] Kazuki TANIFUJI [Assistant Professor] Tatsuya HIGAKI [Assistant Professor] Hitoshi IZU [Assistant Professor]
Isotope Chemistry	Koichi TAKAMIYA [Professor]
Collaborating Research Group	Aiko FUKAZAWA [Professor]

Department of Molecular Engineering

Chair/Laboratory	Academic Staff
Biomolecular Function Chemistry	Daichi MORIMOTO [Assistant Professor]
Theoretical Chemistry	Hirofumi SATO [Professor] Thanh-Phuc NGUYEN [Junior Associate Professor] Kanami SUGIYAMA [Assistant Professor] Koki URATANI [Assistant Professor]
Quantum Function Chemistry	Masahiro SHIRAKAWA [Professor] Hiroyuki FUENO [Assistant Professor]
Applied Reaction Chemistry
Catalysis Chemistry	Kentaro TERAMURA [Professor] Shoji IGUCHI [Associate Professor] Shinpei NANIWA [Assistant Professor]
Photoorganic Chemistry	Hiroshi IMAHORI [Professor] Tomohiro HIGASHINO [Associate Professor] Midori AKIYAMA [Assistant Professor]
Condensed Matter Physical Chemistry	Shuhei SEKI [Professor] Masayuki SUDA [Associate Professor] Takayuki TANAKA [Associate Professor] Yusuke TSUTSUI [Assistant Professor] Wookjin CHOI [Assistant Professor] Yuta TAKEMASA [Assistant Professor]
Molecular Materials Science
Quantum Materials Science	Norikazu MIZUOCHI [Professor] Naoya MORIOKA [Associate Professor] Ei SHIGEMATSU [Assistant Professor] David Ernst HERBSCHLEB [Assistant Professor]
Molecular Rheology	Yumi MATSUMIYA [Associate Professor]
Organic Materials Science	Hironori KAJI [Professor] Hiroyuki TANAKA [Associate Professor] Katsuaki SUZUKI [Assistant Professor] Katsuyuki SHIZU [Assistant Professor]
Quantum Molecular Science	Toru SATO [Professor] Naoki HARUTA [Associate Professor] Wataru OHTA [Assistant Professor]
Porous Physical Chemistry	Easan SIVANIAH [Professor] Ganesh Pandian NAMASIVAYAM [Junior Associate Professor] Daisuke YAMAGUCHI [Junior Associate Professor] Binod Babu SHRESTHA [Assistant Professor] Detao QIN [Assistant Professor] Masateru ITOH [Assistant Professor]

Department of Synthetic and Biological Chemistry

Chair/Laboratory	Academic Staff
Organic System Design
Organic System Design	Michinori SUGINOME [Professor] Juha LINTULUOTO [Associate Professor] Takeshi YAMAMOTO [Junior　Associate Professor] Yukako YOSHINAGA [Assistant Professor]
Synthetic Chemistry
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Functional Coordination Chemistry	Tomoki OGOSHI [Professor] Kenichi KATO [Assistant Professor] Shunsuke OHTANI [Assistant Professor]
Physical Organic Chemistry	Kenji MATSUDA [Professor] Kenji HIGASHIGUCHI [Junior Associate Professor] Daiki SHIMIZU [Assistant Professor]
Organometallic Chemistry	Naoki ISHIDA [Professor] Shintaro OKUMURA [Assistant Professor]
Biological Chemistry
Bioorganic Chemistry	Itaru HAMACHI [Professor] Hiroshi NONAKA [Associate Professor] Hideki NAKAMURA [Associate Professor] Seiji SAKAMOTO [Associate Professor] Tomonori TAMURA [Junior Associate Professor] Ryou KUBOTA [Junior Associate Professor] Hao ZHU [Assistant Professor]
Molecular Biology	Yasuo MORI [Professor] Nobuaki TAKAHASHI [Associate Professor] Akito NAKAO [Assistant Professor]
Biorecognition Chemistry	Hiroaki MIKI [Professor] Yosuke FUNATO [Associate Professor] Osamu HASHIZUME [Assistant Professor]
Biochemical Engineering	Haruyuki ATOMI [Professor] Takaaki SATO [Associate Professor] Naomichi TAKEMATA [Assistant Professor]
Reaction Biological Chemistry
Molecular Assembly Chemistry	Shuhei FURUKAWA [Professor] Tomoko INOSE [Associate Professor] Yuta SUZUKI [Assistant Professor]

Graduate School of Energy Science

Chair/Laboratory	Academic Staff
Energy Reactions
Functional and Solid State Chemistry	Shigeomi TAKAI [Associate Professor] Takeshi YABUTSUKA [Junior Associate Professor]
Energy Materials Science
Interfacial Energy Processes	Toshiyuki NOHIRA [Professor] Kenji KAWAGUCHI [Associate Professor] Takayuki YAMAMOTO [Assistant Professor] Yutaro NORIKAWA [Assistant Professor]