Assoc Prof Dr. Kouki Oka, Time Management , Best Researcher Award

🎓 Education:

Ph.D (Engineering), Waseda University (Mar, 2021)

🔍 Research Interests:

• Functional organic materials
• Polymer chemistry
• Supramolecular chemistry
• Electrochemistry
• Energy conversion

🔬 Research Areas:

• Nanotechnology/Materials (Organic functional materials, Polymer materials, Energy chemistry)

👨‍💼 Committee Memberships:

• Secretary, Society of Polymer Science Kansai Young Researchers Association
• Committee member (Ranger), Society of Polymer Science, Polymer Future Academy
• Secretary, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Ikushikai (Ikushi Award Recipients Association)

🏆 Major Awards:

• 12th Joint Research Division Joint Use and Collaboration Research Young Researchers Best Award, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University (May, 2024)
• 12th New Chemical Technology Research Encouragement Award, New Chemical Technology Promotion Association (May, 2023)
• Funai Research Encouragement Award, Funai Information Science Promotion Foundation (Mar, 2023)
• Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (Dec, 2022)
• Research Encouragement Award, Takayanagi Kenjiro Foundation (Dec, 2022)
• 16th Wakashachi Encouragement Award, Excellence Award, Aichi Prefecture (Dec, 2021)
• Ono Azusa Memorial Academic Award (Mar, 2021)

📚 Professional History:

• Special Researcher, Carbon Recycling Energy Research Center, Ibaraki University (May, 2024 – Present)
• Member, Deuterium Science Research Center, Center for Interdisciplinary Education Promotion, Kyoto University (Apr, 2024 – Present)
• Lecturer, Graduate School of Science, Department of Chemistry, Tohoku University (Apr, 2024 – Present)
• Lecturer, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University (Dec, 2023 – Present)
• Visiting Lecturer, Waseda University, Waseda Senior High School (Dec, 2021 – Present)