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School of Materials Science Dean

Hideki Matsumura	Professor
Research Area : Physics	Thin film deposition, Semiconductor device engineering, Electronic material engineering

School of Materials Science Faculty

Hideo Iwasaki	Associate Professor
Research Area : Physics	Low-temperature solid properties, Superconductive properties, Thermoelectric material properties
Yoshiaki Ukita	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Bio	Microfabrication, Microfluidics, Bio-device
Kohki Ebitani	Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Design of catalyst surface, Nano-structured catalyst, Fine structure of active species
Nobuo Otsuka	Professor
Research Area : Physics	Thin film growth of semiconductors, Semiconductor physics
Keisuke Ohdaira	Associate Professor
Research Area : Physics	Solar cell, Silicon
Tatsuo Kaneko	Associate Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Eco-materials, Natural molecules, Liquid crystals, Nano-composites, Optical materials
Daisaku Kaneko	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Polymer surface science, Rheology
Masaru Kawakami	Associate Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Structural organic chemistry, Supramolecular chemistry
Mikio Koyano	Associate Professor
Research Area : Physics	Solid state physics, Thermoelectric conversion, Nano-composites, Low-dimensional conductor physics
Takashi Sakamoto	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Bio	Biochemistry, Nucleic acid chemistry, Genome chemistry
Akira Sasahara	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Physics	Surface chemistry, Metal oxides, Physics of nanostructures, Scanning probe microscopy
Ken-ichi Shinohara	Associate Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Polymer chemistry, Functional polymers, Molecular devices
Tatsuya Shimoda	Professor
Research Area : Physics	Magnetic materials, Electronic devices, Micro-liquid processes
Koichiro Suekuni	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Physics	Solid state physics, Thermoelectrics, Crystal growth
Shu Taira	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Bio	Nanobio-engineering, Analytical chemistry, Synthesis of nanomaterial
Masahiro Takagi	Professor
Research Area : Bio	Biophysics, Cell physiology, Developmental biology
Yuzuru Takamura	Professor
Research Area : Bio	Micro fluidic devices, Biochips, Nano-fabrication, Plasma
Yukiko-Yamada Takamura	Associate Professor
Research Area : Physics	Thin film growth, Surface interface engineering
Toshiaki Taniike	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Computational science, Catalysis, Surface science
Minoru Terano	Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Polymer chemistry, Catalyst chemistry
Masahiko Tomitori	Professor
Research Area : Physics	Surface science, Nano-probe technology, Nano mechanics
Yuki Nagao	Associate Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Fuel Cell, Protonics, Polymer, Coordination Compound, Metal Oxide
Go Nakamoto	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Physics	Crystal growth of solids, Solid state physics, Thermoelectoric materials
Jun-ichi Niitsuma	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Physics	Photophysics, Liquid crystal, Solid state physics
Shun Nishimura	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Catalyst chemistry, Synthesis of Nano-structured catalyst
Shogo Nobukawa	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Rheology, Dielectric property, Glass transition
Tsutomu Hamada	Associate Professor
Research Area : Bio	Soft matter physics, Biological physics
Yuichi Hiratsuka	Associate Professor
Research Area : Bio	MEMS, Nanobiotechnology, Biophysics, Biochemistry
Kenzo Fujimoto	Professor
Research Area : Bio	Bioorganic chemistry, Nucleic acids chemistry, Chemical biology
Rainer Friedlein	Associate Professor
Research Area : Physics	Supramolecular science, Interface physics and chemistry, Photoelectron spectroscopy
Takahiro Hohsaka	Professor
Research Area : Bio	Genetic engineering, Biomolecular engineering, Chemical biology
Susumu Horita	Associate Professor
Research Area : Physics	Electron devices, Electron solid state physics, Crystal growth of thin film
Shinya Maenosono	Associate Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Colloid chemistry, Materials chemistry, Solid state chemistry, Chemical engineering
Toshinori Matsushima	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Physics	Organic (opto)electronic devices，Organic light-emitting diodes，Organic thin-film transistors，Operation mechanisms of organic thin-film devices
Noriyoshi Matsumi	Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Solid polymer electrolyte, Ionic liquid, Conjugated polymer, Bio-based polymer
Kazuaki Matsumura	Associate Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Polymer Chemistry、Biomaterial、Tissue Engineering
Hideki Matsumura	Professor
Research Area : Physics	Thin film deposition, Semiconductor device engineering, Electronic material engineering
Taku Mizukami	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Bio	Biophysics, Photobiology
Hiroshi Mizuta	Professor
Research Area : Physics	Nanoelectronics, NEMS, Quantum information technology, Atom-scale devices
Goro Mizutani	Professor
Research Area : Physics	Properties of surfaces and interfaces, Optical properties of solids, Microscopy
Mikio Miyake	Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Metal nanoparticle materials
Yoshihiro Miyauchi	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Physics	Solid surface/interface, Nonlinear optics, Development of nonlinear optical microscopy
Keiko Miyabayashi	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Characterization of nanomaterials, Energy and environmental chemistry
Hideyuki Murata	Professor
Research Area : Physics	Organic electronic devices, Molecular electronics, Vapor-phase growth of conjugated organic thin films
Derrick Michael Mott	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Nanoparticle materials, Thermoelectric, Sensor, Diagnostic, Synthesis
Mohd Ambri Bin Mohamed	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Physics	Nanocarbon materials, Nanodevices fabrication and characterization, Spintronics
Masayuki Yamaguchi	Professor
Research Area : Chemistry	Rheology, Polymer physics, Polymer processing
Jaedong Lee	Associate Professor
Research Area : Physics	Condensed matter theory, Dynamics, Spectroscopy, Ultrafast phenomena

Center for Nano Materials and Technology Dean

Syoji Yamada	Professor
Research Area : Physics	Semiconductor physics, Quantum electron transport, Spintronics, Micro-machine

Center for Nano Materials and Technology Faculty

Masashi Akabori	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Physics	Epitaxial growth of III-V compound semiconductors, Formation and characterization of III-V based nanostructures
Yoshitaka Umetsu	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Bio	Structural biology, NMR, Bioactive peptides
Shin-ya Ohki	Professor
Research Area : Bio	Protein NMR, Structural biology, Biophysics
Hideto Shimahara	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Bio	Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Structural biology
Toshi-kazu Suzuki	Associate Professor
Research Area : Physics	Compound semiconductor electronics, Crystal growth
Hitoshi Suzuki	Assistant Professor
Research Area : Bio	Studies of alternative splicing regulation
Toshifumi Tsukahara	Professor
Research Area : Bio	Molecular biology, Biotechnology
Syoji Yamada	Professor
Research Area : Physics	Semiconductor physics, Quantum electron transport, Spintronics, Micro-machine

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