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 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] Hiroshi TAKATSU [Associate Professor] Tong ZHU [Associate Professor] Suguru YOSHIDA [Associate Professor] Daichi KATO [Assistant Professor]
Energy Chemistry
Applied Electrochemistry	Takeshi ABE [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] Hitoshi IZU [Assistant Professor]
Isotope Chemistry
Collaborating Research Group	Aiko FUKAZAWA [Professor]

Department of Molecular Engineering

Chair/Laboratory	Academic Staff
Biomolecular Function Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry	Hirofumi SATO [Professor] Thanh-Phuc NGUYEN [Junior Associate Professor] Daichi MORIMOTO [Assistant 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] Takayuki TANAKA [Associate Professor] Yusuke TSUTSUI [Assistant Professor] Wookjin CHOI [Assistant Professor]
Molecular Materials Science
Quantum Materials Science	Norikazu MIZUOCHI [Professor] Naoya MORIOKA [Associate Professor] Izuru OHKI [Associate Professor] Ei SHIGEMATSU [Associate Professor] Tetsuri NISHIKAWA [Assistant Professor] David Ernst HERBSCHLEB [Assistant Professor]
Molecular Rheology
Organic Materials Science	Hironori KAJI [Professor] Katsuaki SUZUKI [Associate Professor] Katsuyuki SHIZU [Assistant Professor] Heekyoung CHOI [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] Hideki NAKAMURA [Associate Professor] Tomonori TAMURA [Junior Associate Professor]
Molecular Biology	Nobuaki TAKAHASHI [Associate Professor]
Biorecognition Chemistry	Hiroaki MIKI [Professor] Yosuke FUNATO [Associate Professor] Osamu HASHIZUME [Assistant Professor]
Biochemical Engineering	Haruyuki ATOMI [Professor] Takaaki SATO [Associate Professor]
Reaction Biological Chemistry
Molecular Assembly Chemistry	Shuhei FURUKAWA [Professor] Tomoko INOSE [Associate 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]