Dr. Koji Nakano is a professor at the Division of Applied Chemistry, Institute of Engineering, at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan. He received a Doctor of Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan, under the guidance of Professor Tamejiro Hiyama in 2005. He started his academic career at the University of Tokyo (Professor Nozaki's group), Japan, in 2002 as a research associate and an assistant professor. In 2012, he moved to TUAT as a senior assistant professor and was promoted to an associate professor in 2015 and a full professor in 2024. He has been awarded the 62nd Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists (2013). He has published 59 original papers in various journals, and his interests include synthetic organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, organometallic chemistry, catalysts, and organic functional materials.
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Dr. Koji Nakano is a professor at the Division of Applied Chemistry, Institute of Engineering, at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan. He received a Doctor of Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan, under the guidance of Professor Tamejiro Hiyama in 2005. He started his academic career at the University of Tokyo (Professor Nozaki's group), Japan, in 2002 as a research associate and an assistant professor. In 2012, he moved to TUAT as a senior assistant professor and was promoted to an associate professor in 2015 and a full professor in 2024. He has been awarded the 62nd Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists (2013). He has published 59 original papers in various journals, and his interests include synthetic organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, organometallic chemistry, catalysts, and organic functional materials.