Susumu Kitagawa
Susumu Kitagawa ( Japanese 北 川 進 , Kitagawa Susumu ; born July 4, 1951 ) is a Japanese chemist. He is considered a leading international expert in metal-organic frameworks (MOF).
Kitagawa received his PhD from Kyoto University in 1979 . He was then assistant professor, from 1983 lecturer and 1988 associate professor at Kinki University . In 1992 he became Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Tokyo Metropolitan University and in 1998 Professor of Inorganic Functional Chemistry at Kyoto University. Since 2007 he has been Deputy Director of the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences there.
His specialty is complex chemistry , especially polymer complex structures and MOFs. He describes his research area as chemistry in the coordination room .
In 1986/87 he was visiting scholar at Texas A&M University (FA Cotton Laboratory) and in 1996 visiting professor at City University of New York .
In 2008 he received the Humboldt Research Prize (and was thus at the Ruhr University Bochum ), in 2009 the Chemical Society of Japan Award and in 2003 the Prize of the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) for creative work. In 2010 he was a member of the Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates . In 2011, he received the Purple Ribbon Medal and became a member of the Science Council of Japan.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press release from the Ruhr University Bochum on a lecture by Kitagawa, September 29, 2008
- ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Susumu Kitagawa at academictree.org, accessed on February 24 2018th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kitagawa, Susumu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 北 川 進 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1951 |