Profile
Education:
1997: B.Sc Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University
1999: M.Sc Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
2002: Ph.D Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Research Experiences:
1999-2002: JSPS Research Fellow (DC1); Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
2002-2008: Assistant Professor; School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2005-2008: Researcher; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
2008-Present: Associate Professor; Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University
2017: Vice President of The Kinki Branch of the Chemical Society of Japan
2017-Present: Visiting Associate Professor; Department of Chemistry, Shiga University of Medical Science
2018-2023: Visiting Professor; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inner Mongolia Medical University
Part-time Lecturer
2013: Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
2014-2015: Kobe City College of Technology
2015: Osaka City University
2016: Osaka University
2017: Shinshu University
Awards:
2007: The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists for 2007
2011: BCSJ Award Article
2013: The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: The Young Scientists’ Prize
2013: The Maruyama Memorial Research Award
2013: Kobe University President Award
2020: Kobe University President Award (Financial Contribution)
2021: Kobe University President Award (Financial Contribution)
2022: SPSJ Mitsubishi Chemical Award
2022: Kobe University President Award
Research Interests:
Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Material Chemistry, and Photochemistry
Address:
Department of Chemistry,
Graduate School of Science, Kobe University,1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
Dr. Akihiko TSUDA was born in Osaka, Japan.
He received his BS degree in Organic Chemistry from Shinshu University in 1997, and then received MS degree in Supramolecular Chemistry from Osaka University in 1999. He obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry under the direction of Professor Atsuhiro Osuka from Kyoto University in 2002.
He then began an academic career at Aida Laboratory in the University of Tokyo as an assistant professor. In 2008, he was promoted to an independent Associate Professor of Kobe University.
He has also been a visiting associate professor in Shiga University of Medical Science since 2017 and a visiting professor in Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inner Mongolia Medical University in China since 2018.
His research interests include (1) Organic Chemistry, (2) Polymer Chemistry, (3) Halogen Chemistry, and (3) Photochemistry.
Affiliated Academic Society:
(1) The Chemical Society of Japan
(2) American Chemical Society (USA)
(3) Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
(4) The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
(5) The Japanese Photochemistry Association