Laboratories and Academic Staff

The Fundamental Chemistry Course 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, Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University International Innovation Center, and Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry.

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] Yoji KOBAYASHI [Junior Associate Professor] Hiroshi TAKATSU [Junior Associate Professor]
Energy Chemistry
Applied Electrochemistry	Takeshi ABE [Professor] Kohei MIYAZAKI [Associate Professor] Yuto MIYAHARA [Assistant Professor]
Functional Materials	Tetsuo SAKKA [Professor] Naoya NISHI [Associate Professor]
Hydrocarbon Chemistry
Hydrocarbon Chemistry Fundamentals	Kouichi OHE [Professor] Koji MIKI [Associate Professor] Kazuhiro OKAMOTO [Assistant Professor]
Excited-State Hydrocarbon Chemistry
Advanced Biomedical Engineering	Teruyuki KONDO [Professor] Yu KIMURA [Associate Professor]
Catalyst Science
Catalyst Materials	Ryu ABE [Professor] Osamu TOMITA [Assistant Professor]
Catalytic Organic Chemistry	Tetsuaki FUJIHARA [Assistant Professor]
Catalyst Design Engineering	Koichi EGUCHI [Professor] Toshiaki MATSUI [Associate Professor] Hiroki MUROYAMA [Assistant Professor]
Material Transform Science
Synthetic Reaction Design	Masaharu NAKAMURA [Professor] Hikaru TAKAYA [Associate Professor] Katsuhiro ISOZAKI [Assistant Professor] Takahiro IWAMOTO [Assistant Professor]
Structural Organic Chemistry	Yasujiro MURATA [Professor] Takashi HIROSE [Associate Professor] Yoshifumi HASHIKAWA [Assistant Professor]
Organotransition Metal Chemistry	Masayuki WAKIOKA [Assistant Professor]
Isotope Chemistry	Tsutomu OHTSUKI [Professor] Yuichi OKI [Associate Professor] Koichi TAKAMIYA [Associate Professor] Shun SEKIMOTO [Assistant Professor]
Collaborating Research Group	Aiko FUKAZAWA [Professor]

Department of Molecular Engineering

Chair/Laboratory	Academic Staff
Biomolecular Function Chemistry	Masahiro SHIRAKAWA [Professor] Kenji SUGASE [Associate Professor] Daichi MORIMOTO [Assistant Professor]
Theoretical Chemistry	Hirofumi SATO [Professor] Masahiro HIGASHI [Associate Professor] Ryouichi FUKUDA[Associate Professor] Hiroshi NAKANO [Assistant Professor]
Quantum Function Chemistry	Akihiro ITO [Associate Professor] Jaehong PARK [Junior Associate Professor] Hiroyuki FUENO [Assistant Professor]
Applied Reaction Chemistry
Catalysis Chemistry	Tsunehiro TANAKA [Professor] Kentaro TERAMURA [Associate Professor] Saburo HOSOKAWA [Associate Professor] Hiroyuki ASAKURA [Junior Associate Professor]
Photoorganic Chemistry	Hiroshi IMAHORI [Professor] Tomokazu UMEYAMA [Associate Professor] Tomohiro HIGASHINO [Assistant Professor]
Condensed Matter Physical Chemistry	Shuhei SEKI [Professor] Tsuneaki SAKURAI [Assistant Professor] Yusuke TSUTSUI [Assistant Professor]
Molecular Materials Science
Quantum Materials Science	Norikazu MIZUOCHI [Professor] Hiroki MORISHITA [Assistant Professor] Masanori FUJIWARA [Assistant Professor]
Molecular Rheology	Hiroshi WATANABE [Professor] Yumi MATSUMIYA [Associate Professor]
Organic Materials Science	Hironori KAJI [Professor] Katsuaki SUZUKI [Assistant Professor] Katsuyuki SHIZU [Assistant Professor]
Quantum Molecular Science	Toru SATO [Professor]
Porous Physical Chemistry	Easan SIVANIAH [Professor] Daisuke YAMAGUCHI[Associate Professor] Ghalei BEHNAM [Assistant Professor]

Department of Synthetic and Biological Chemistry

Chair/Laboratory	Academic Staff
Organic System Design
Organic System Design	Michinori SUGINOME [Professor] Toshimichi OHMURA [Associate Professor] Lintuluoto, Juha Mikael [Associate Professor] Yuuya NAGATA [Assistant Professor] Takeshi YAMAMOTO [Assistant Professor]
Synthetic Chemistry
Synthetic Organic Chemistry	Aiichiro NAGAKI [Associate Professor]
Functional Coordination Chemistry	Tomoki OGOSHI [Professor]
Physical Organic Chemistry	Kenji MATSUDA [Professor] Kenji HIGASHIGUCHI [Junior Associate Professor] Daiki SHIMIZU [Assistant Professor]
Organometallic Chemistry	Masahiro MURAKAMI [Professor] Tomoya MIURA [Associate Professor] Naoki ISHIDA [Junior Associate Professor] Yusuke MASUDA [Assistant Professor]
Biological Chemistry
Bioorganic Chemistry	Itaru HAMACHI [Professor] Tomonori TAMURA [Assistant Professor] Ryou KUBOTA [Assistant Professor] Seiji SAKAMOTO [Assistant Professor]
Molecular Biology	Yasuo MORI [Professor] Nobuaki TAKAHASHI [Associate Professor] Akito NAKAO [Assistant Professor] Reiko SAKAGUCHI [Assistant Professor]
Biorecognition Chemistry	Masato UMEDA [Professor] Yuji HARA [Associate Professor] Kohjiro NAGAO [Assistant Professor]
Biochemical Engineering	Haruyuki ATOMI [Professor] Tamotsu KANAI [Junior Associate Professor] Takaaki SATO [Assistant Professor]
Reaction Biological Chemistry
Molecular Assembly Chemistry	Satoshi HORIKE [Associate Professor] Shuhei FURUKAWA [Associate Professor]

Graduate School of Energy Science

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