Cell Biology
Munetaka Akita
Professor
Organometallic chemistry, Organic chemistry, Photochemistry
Biography
Munetaka Akita, born in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1957, is a professor of Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science (CLS) at Tokyo Institute of Technology. He received Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Kyoto University (with Prof. Makoto Kumada) and Osaka University (with Prof. Akira Nakamura), respectively. In 1984 he moved to CLS as a research associate and during 1989-1990 worked with Professor J. Shapley (UIUC) as a postdoc. He was appointed as a professor in 2002 and had been director of CLS for 2012-2018. His research interests involve photoredox catalysis, carbon-rich organometallic molecular devices, and supramolecular systems based on aromatics.
Expectations for WRHI
I would like to develop a new world of organic synthesis through international collaboration, in particular, with India.
Research Projects
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Organometallic molecular device
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Photoredox catalysis
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Supramolecular chemistry based on polyaromatics
| 2002-2018 | Director, Chemistry and Life Science (CLS), Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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| 2016- | Professor, Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science (CLS), Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2002-2016 | Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 1995-2002 | Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 1984-1995 | Research Associate, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2019 | N. Noto, T. Koike, M. Akita |
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| 2018 | Y. Tanaka, Y. Kato, T. Tada, S. Fujii, M. Kiguchi, M. Akita
“Doping” of Polyyne with An Organometallic Fragment Leads to Highly Conductive Metallapolyyne Molecular Wire J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 10080-10084 (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b04484). |
| 2016 | T. Koike, M. Akita |
| 2012 | Y. Yasu, T. Koike, M. Akita |