About AT

Atsuro TAKAI, Ph.D

Senior Researcher
Molecular Design and Function Group
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
E-mail: TAKAI.Atsuro (@nims.go.jp)

Link to Japanese Page: 日本語は こちら



..:: About ::..

  He was educated at Osaka University, Japan. He received his Ph.D. (2011) from Osaka University under the direction of professor Shunichi Fukuzumi. During his Ph.D. studies, he collaborated with professors Roger Guilard, Jean-Michel Barbe, and Claude P. Gros at Université de Bourgogne, France.

  He later became a JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) postdoctoral researcher at the Organic Materials Group, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, working with professor Masayuki Takeuchi. From March 2013 to August 2014, he worked for professors Antonio Facchetti and Tobin J. Marks at Northwestern University, USA. After spending a few years as a tenure-track researcher at the International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS) in NIMS, he was appointed as a tenured researcher.


..:: Academic Career ::..

2017.1 – current: Tenured Researcher at NIMS
2014.9 – 2016.12: ICYS Researcher at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
2014.4 – 2014.8: Research Fellow at Northwestern University
2011.4 – 2014.3: JSPS Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD)
2008.4 – 2011.3: JSPS Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1)
2008.4 – 2011.3: G-COE Program Fellowship at Osaka University (Rank-A)



..:: Honors, Awards ::..

  Competitive Grant for Research    (as a Principal Investigator)

  • KAKENHI: Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)
    "Materials Science of Meso-Hierarchy", 2024.4–2026.3 (MEXT)
  • Inamori Foundation, 2024.4–2025.3 (Private Foundation)
  • Izumi Science and Technology Foundation, 2023.10–2024.9 (Private Foundation)
  • Curiosity-Driven Research Support Grant-in-Aid, 2023.7–2025.3 (NIMS)
  • KAKENHI: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2023.4–2026.3 (JSPS)
  • Tokyo Kasei Chemical Promotion Foundation, 2022.4–2023.3 (Private Foundation)
  • Murata Science Foundation, 2021.7–2022.6 (Private Foundation)
  • Curiosity-Driven Research Support Grant-in-Aid, 2021.6–2022.3 (NIMS)
  • Curiosity-Driven Research Support Grant-in-Aid, 2019.6–2021.3 (NIMS)
  • Iketani Science and Technology Foundation, 2019.4–2020.3 (Private Foundation)
  • KAKENHI: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2019.4–2022.3 (JSPS)
  • Future-Generation Research Support Grant-in-Aid, 2017.7–2018.3 (NIMS)
  • KAKENHI: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), 2015.4–2017.3 (JSPS) 
  • Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (PD), 2011.4–2014.3 (JSPS)
  • Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC1), 2008.4–2011.3 (JSPS)

  Grant for Overseas and Others    

  • ICYS Research Grant, 2014.9–2016.12 (NIMS)
  • 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, 2013.6 (JSPS and the Council for the Meetings)
  • University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany), 2010.4 (Funmols)
  • Université de Bourgogne (France), 2009.1–2009.3 (MEXT)
  • University of Washington (USA), 2007.8–2007.9 (JSPS)

  Invited Lecture   

  • Catalysis and Sensing 2024 (Tsukuba, Japan), 2024.4
  • 33rd Symposium on Nonlinear Reactions and Cooperative Phenomena (Tokyo, Japan), 2023.12
  • 2nd Young Scientists Forum, Hybrid Center for Materials and Sensing, IMRAM, Tohoku Univ. (Sendai, Japan), 2022.11
  • 71st Symposium on Macromolecules (Sapporo, Japan), 2022.9
  • 9th Keio Organic Chemistry Symposium for Young Researchers (Online), 2022.5
  • SSOCJ; Seminar for Young Researchers 2019 (Tokyo, Japan), 2019.8
  • ICYS Workshop 2019 (Urabandai, Japan), 2019.7
  • 99th CSJ Meeting (Kobe, Japan), 2019.3
  • A3 Joint Seminar 2019 (Atami, Japan), 2019.1
  • RIKEN Seminar (Wako, Japan), 2018.11
  • JNCASR Seminar (Bangalore, India), 2018.3
  • The 19th Northeastern Asian Symposium on Emerging Materials Innovation (Seoul, Korea), 2017.10
  • 1st Electron-Transfer Forum (Tokyo, Japan), 2017.7
  • Yamagata Univ. (iFront) Career Design Seminar (Yamagata, Japan), 2017.6
  • 96th CSJ Meeting (Kyoto, Japan), 2016.3
  • Pacifichem (Hawaii, USA), 2015.12
  • CSJ Tohoku Meeting (Aomori, Japan), 2015.9
  • SPARCA 2015 (Taipei, Taiwan) , 2015.2
  • ICMUB Conferences (Dijon, France), 2013.6
  • 42nd Seminar for Young Coordination Chemists (Kyoto, Japan), 2010.5

  Award  

  • 102nd CSJ (The Chemical Society of Japan) Young Scholar Lecture, 2022.3
  • 95th CSJ (The Chemical Society of Japan) Presentation Award, 2015.3
  • 90th CSJ (The Chemical Society of Japan) Student Presentation Award, 2010.3

  Outreach and Education Activity  

  • Representative Member -- CSJ (The Chemical Society of Japan), 2023.3–2025.2
  • Committee Member -- CSJ (The Chemical Society of Japan) Kanto Branch, 2022.3–2024.2
  • Adjunct Lecturer -- Graduate School, Tsukuba University, 2021; 2022
  • Adjunct Lecturer -- Graduate School, The University of Electro-Communications, 2020
  • Delegate -- CSJ (The Chemical Society of Japan), 2019.11–2021.10, 2022.11–2024.10
  • Co-Founder -- Organizer of "Spatiotemporal Dynamics" Seminars in Tsukuba, 2017.6–
  • Person in Charge NIMS Open House, 2017.4; 2018.4
  • Organizer Young Committee, Ibaraki-Branch, The Society of Polymer Science, 2015.5–2019.3
  • Co-Founder -- Japanese Researchers Crossing in Chicago (JRCC), 2013.11–2014.7
  • Leader -- Young Committee of the Photofunctional Complexes Research Association, 2010.2–2011.8

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