Dr. Keiichi YANO

JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of  Tokyo

yano＠macro.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow


Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering,

University of Michiagan

ykeiichi@umich.edu

Keiichi Yano was born in 1991 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.  He received his B.S. in 2014, M.Eng. in 2016, and D.Eng. in 2019, respectively, from the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo under the supervision of Prof. Takuzo Aida.  Through his Ph.D. course, he was also supervised by Prof. Eiichi Nakamura in the Department of Chemistry, School of Science, the University of Tokyo as a co-adviser.  He is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Takuzo Aida at the University of Tokyo, Japan, and also a visiting postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Prof. Nicholas A. Kotov at the University of Michigan, USA.  His research interests include supramolecular polymers, liquid crystals, colloidal particles, and (chiro-)optical materials.  Currently, he is working on the development of supramolecular colloidal particles for chiro-optical applications.

Education

D.Eng.: School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (2019)

(Thesis: Supramolecular Polymerization in Liquid Crystalline Media)

M.Eng.:  School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (2016)

B.Sc.:  School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (2014)

Antecedents:

2019.04 – Present:  Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kotov Group, University of Michigan, USA


2019.04 – Present:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Aida Group, The University of Tokyo, Japan


2014.04 – 2019.03:  Graduate Student, Aida Group, The University of Tokyo, Japan


Scholarchips

2019.04 – 2020.03:  Overseas Research Program, Yoshida Foundation for Science and Technology

2019.04 – 2020.03:  JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD)

2018.04 – 2019.03:  JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2)

2014.10 – 2019.03:  Materials Education program for the future leaders in Research, Industry, and Technology (MERIT), Program for Leading Graduate Schools (MEXT)

Awards

2019.12:  Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists, Inoue Foundation for Science

2019.03:  Dean’s Award, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

2018.07:  ILCC-Kyoto Poster Award, 27th International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC2018)

2017.11:  Poster Award, 7th TOYOTA RIKEN International Workshop

2017.03:  CSJ Student Presentation Award 2017, The 97th CSJ Annual Meeting

2016.12:  Young Scientist Poster Award, International Polymer Conference 2016

2014.12:  Young Scientist Poster Award, International Polymer Conference 2014

Publications

Polymerization in Liquid Crystalline Media: Toward Modular Synthesis of Multifunctional Core-Shell Columnar Liquid Crystals

Keiichi Yano,† Takahiro Hanebuchi,† Xu-Jie Zhang, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Yoshiaki Uchida, Takuro Sato, Keisuke Matsuura, Fumitaka Kagawa, Fumito Araoka, and Takuzo Aida

(† Equal Contribution)

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10033–10038. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03961]

Selected as a Supplementary Cover


Nematic-to-Columnar Mesophase Transition by In situ Supramolecular Polymerization

Keiichi Yano, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Fumito Araoka, Go Watanabe, Takaaki Hikima, and Takuzo Aida

Science 2019, 363, 161–165. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aan1019]

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