Michito Yoshizawa

Materials/Devices

Michito Yoshizawa

Professor

Supramolecular Chemistry

Biography

In 2008, Michito Yoshizawa joined Chemical Resources of Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology as an Associate Professor (from 2016, Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science) . In 2020, he was promoted to a full Professor at Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research in the same University. His research interests focus on chemical properties and reactions in “aromatic nanospaces”.

Expectations for WRHI

Creation of novel supramolecules and their functions through collaboration researches at WRHI

2020-

Professor, Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2016-2020

Associate Professor, Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2008-2016

Associate Professor, Chemical Resources of Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2003-2008

Research Associate, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

2020

Teshima Memorial Research Award

2012

3rd Thomson Reuters Research Front Award

2010

The Young Scientists’ Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

2019
L. Catti, N. Kishida, T. Kai, M. Akita, M. Yoshizawa 
Polyaromatic Nanocapsules as Photoresponsive Hosts in Water 
Nature Commun., 2019, 10, 1948.
2019
M. Yamashina, T. Tsutsui, Y. Sei, M. Akita, M. Yoshizawa 
A Polyaromatic Receptor with High Androgen Affinity 
Science Adv., 2019, 5, eaav3179.
2017
S. Matsuno, M. Yamashina, Y. Sei, M. Akita, A. Kuzume, K. Yamamoto, M. Yoshizawa 
Exact Mass Analysis of Sulfur Clusters upon Encapsulation by a Polyaromatic Capsular Matrix 
Nature Commun., 2017, 8, 749.
2017
M. Yamashina, M. Akita, T. Hasegawa, S. Hayashi, M. Yoshizawa 
A Polyaromatic Nanocapsule as a Sucrose Receptor in Water 
Science Adv., 2017, 3, e1701126.