Principle Investigator

Koki SANO

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry and Materials,
Faculty of Textile Science and Technology,
Shinshu University, Japan

E-mail: koki_sano[at]shinshu-u.ac.jp

Education

Mar 2014
Mar 2016
Mar 2019

B.S. (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
M.S. (Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Ph.D. (Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
(PI: Prof. Takuzo Aida

Research Career

Apr 2016 – Mar 2019
Aug 2016 – Oct 2016
Jun 2018 – Jan 2019
 
Apr 2019 – Oct 2021
 
Dec 2020 –
 
Nov 2021 –
Nov 2021 –
Apr 2024 –

Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1), JSPS, Japan
Research Intern, BASF Innovation Campus Shanghai, China
Visiting Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
(PI: Prof. Robert J. Macfarlane)
Special Postdoctoral Researchers (SPDR), RIKEN, Japan
(PI: Dr. Yasuhiro Ishida)
PRESTO Researcher, JST, Japan
(Program Officer: Prof. Hiroshi Nishihara)
LEADER Researcher, MEXT, Japan
Assistant Professor (PI), Shinshu University, Japan
FOREST Researcher, JST, Japan
(Program Officer: Prof. Hiroshi Kitagawa)

Awards

Apr 2024
Mar 2024
Feb 2024
Nov 2023
Apr 2022
Mar 2022
Feb 2022
Jan 2020
Feb 2018
Oct 2017
Jul 2017
Mar 2016

The Young Scientists’ Award (The MEXT Minister, Japan)
Nanoscale 2024 Emerging Investigators (Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry)
The 18th PCCP Prize (Royal Society of Chemistry and Chemical Society of Japan)
Early Career Award on the Chemical Society of Japan, Tokai Branch(CSJ, Tokai Branch)
The 9th CEMS Award (RIKEN CEMS)
The 13th Research Incentive Award (RIKEN)
The 38th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (Inoue Foundation for Science)
The Prime Minister’s Prize (The 8th Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Award)
The Selection Committee Special Award (The Takeda Young Entrepreneurship Award 2017)
Finalists (The 8th Reaxys PhD Prize)
The MEXT Minister’s Prize (The 31st Advanced Technology Award)
Dean’s Award (The University of Tokyo)