Kyoko Nozaki

Biosketch

Dr. Kyoko Nozaki is Professor at Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. She graduated from Kyoto University and received Dr. Degree from the same university in 1991. During her PhD study, she spent one year as an exchange student at UC Berkeley as an exchange student. She started her academic career at Kyoto University in 1991 and moved to The University of Tokyo in 2002. She was promoted to Professor in 2003. Currently, she serves as Researcher at Research Center for Science Systems (JSPS), Scientist at Research Promotion Bureau (MEXT), and Member of Emergent Management Committee, Emergent Research Support Program (JST). She is a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Foreign Member of The Royal Society, and NAS. Her achievements have been recognized as The Medal with Purple Ribbon, IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards, etc.

Research Interests

Dr. Kyoko Nozaki, is involved in development of homogeneous catalysis in the fields including polymerization catalysis, activation of carbon dioxide and organic transformations. Her work is characterized by a deep understanding and insight into mechanism and her careful approach has consistently delivered the most active, stereo-controlled, selective and well-characterized catalyst systems across multiple fields. Recently, she expanded her interest to heterogeneous catalysts is challenging polymer degradation toward closed-loop circle of carbon resources.