Ilhyong Ryu (Project Professor, Organization for Research Promotion, Osaka Metropolitan University/ Chair Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

　Currently, mainstream approaches to chemosynthesis and chemical production use thermal energy. The proactive use of other forms of energy is an important step to creating and establishing new synthetic and production methods. In this research area, our objectives are to make proactive use of energy forms other than electricity, light, and conventional thermal energy and, thus, to create innovative reaction technologies. In other words, we will exploit electrochemical, photochemical, catalytic, synthetic, and materials-science theories, calculations, and measurements to search for routes to the active, advanced control of electrons and ions in chemical reactions, creating innovative reaction technologies to contribute to materials synthesis and production.
　Specifically, we will cover research and development in fields including the following: the elucidation of reaction mechanisms by combining theory and calculations with measurements, and designing innovative reactions based on these results; the creation of new materials to enable innovative reactions; the construction of innovative reaction processes using new materials, new technologies, and electricity, light, and other forms of energy; and the rational design and construction of innovative reaction processes combining two or more forms of energy. We aim to develop proactive methods for controlling electrons and ions, elucidate reaction principles, promote the development of new synthesis reactions that use electricity and light, and to foster researchers who will further develop the research field.