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Research Director

Susumu Kitagawa

(Director/Distinguished Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University)

1979　Kyoto University, Graduate School, Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Ph.D. degree
1979　Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kinki University
1983　Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Kinki University
1986　Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University F. A. Cotton Laboratory
1988　Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kinki University
1992　Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan University
1998-2017　Professor, Department of Synthetic Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, Kyoto University
2007-2012　Deputy Director, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University
2013-present　Director, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University
2017-present　Distinguished Professor of Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study

Program Manager

Takaiku Yamamoto

(ACCEL Program Manager, Japan Science and Technology Agency)

2004　Ph.D. Tohoku University
2007　Professor, Osaka University
2014　ACCEL Program Manager, JST
2015　Professor, Kyoto University

R&D Term

2013 Dec - 2018 Mar

Outline of R&D Project

Porous Coordination Polymers (PCPs), which were developed in the ERATO KITAGAWA project, show high selectivity and capacity to adsorb/desorb certain gasses with rigid and flexible frameworks.
In ACCEL, we will work on the project to maximize potential uses of PCPs and realize the effective gas separation/storage technologies for energy and space saving, taking into account both cost-effectiveness and device downsizing.