Life, Environment and Applied Chemistry Life, Environment and Applied Chemistry
Be specialists in the fields of Environment/Energy, Materials Chemistry, Bio and Foods
Educational Features
The graduate program in this department consists of four research fields; 1. Environment/Energy, 2. Materials Chemistry, 3. Bio and 4. Foods. Specifically, the field 1 includes the novel analytical methods, solar cells, water treatment and recycling technologies of metals. The field 2 includes the structures and functions of new inorganic and organic materials. The field 3 includes effective methods for using biological resources and safer methods for maintaining environment for sustainable society. The field 4 includes food chemistry and food analysis. Students should study one of the specified topics under the supervisor in this department, and write a master thesis.
Curriculum
- Environmental Material Science
- Functional Material Chemistry
- Advanced Environmental Science
- Instrumental Analysis I
- Instrumental Analysis II
- Advanced Solid-State Materials Engineering I
- Advanced Solid-State Materials Engineering II
- Advanced Bioorganic Chemistry
- Advanced Applied Microbiology
- Special Lecture of Chemistry on Life and Environmental Sciences
- Advanced Environmental Bioscience I
- Advanced Environmental Bioscience II
- Advanced Molecular Biology
- Seminar in Environmental Bioscience
- Advanced Applied Chemistry
- Advanced Environmental Chemistry
- Advanced Applied Biology
- Advanced Food Chemistry
- Advanced Nutritional Chemistry
- Advanced Chemical Physics
The Teaching Staff and Research Topics
LIFE, ENVIRONMENT AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY
| Prof. Dr. T. Akagi | Investigation of mechanisms for the self-renewal ability of pluripotent stem cells. |
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| Prof. Dr. T. Kamachi | In silico exploration for catalysis and biochemical reactions |
| Prof. Dr. M. Kitayama | Synthesis and physical properties of inorganic functional materials |
| Prof. Dr. J. Kuwahara | Studies on synthesis and colloidal property in biologically relevant molecules |
| Prof. Dr. X.- Z. Wu | Development of novel analytical methods for environmental and biological samples with use of light and electrophoresis |
| Prof. Dr. J. Nagata | Study on the physiological functions of the food and natural components |
| Prof. Dr. H. Mita | Study of relation between life and environmental change through organic analysis of environmental samples and its application for environmental engineering |
| Prof. Dr. K. Watanabe | Development of a new analysis method for microorganism groups in foods and environments, and development of a method to use them effectively |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. K. Amada | Enzyme production and bioremediation by microbes |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. H. Kubo | Separation and recovery of valuable resources from wastes and evaluation of material cycle systems |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Hase | Studies on the functional food and processing |
| Assoc. Prof. K. Matsuyama | Development of micro – and nanoscale materials using supercritical fluids |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. N. Miyamoto | Synthesis and functions of advanced inorganic / organic nano-composite materials : 2D materials, liquid crystals, energy devices, molecular robotics, and environmentally benign materials. |