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Biomimetic Chemistry

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Makoto Komiyama - F1000 Faculty Member (since 29 June 2001)

Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor, Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo

EDUCATION:
• 1970 Graduated from University of Tokyo
• 1975 PhD from the University of Tokyo
• 1975-1979 Postdoctoral fellow (Northwestern University; Prof Myron L Bender)
• 1979 Assistant professor at the University of Tokyo
• 1987 Associate professor at University of Tsukuba
• 1991 Professor at University of Tokyo
• 2000 Professor at RCAST, University of Tokyo

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS:
• Awards for Young Scientist from the Chemical Society of Japan (1982)
• Japan IBM Science Award (1990)
• Award from the Rare Earth Society of Japan (1996)
• Inoue Prize for Science (1997)
• The Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (2000)
• Award from Cyclodextrin Society of Japan (2003)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
(1) Bioorganic and bioinorganic chemistry (artificial enzymes)
(2) Host-guest chemistry (cyclodextrin)

EVALUATIONS