Excitingpotentialapplicationsmadepossiblebyexaminationatthemolecularlevelincludedevelopmentofmedicationsthatlearnfromnaturalsubstances,developmentofmedicinaltreatmentsforpreviouslyuntreatablediseases,treatmentsforcropdiseases,captureofharmfulorganismsusingpheromones,andcontrolofvaluableorganosmsthroughtheuseofpheromones.Mostgraduatesareemployedbypharmaceuticalandchemicalmanufacturers.Theyareactiveinawiderangeofresearchdomainsthroughoutsociety.Mylabhasbeensuccessfulinsynthesizingseveralnaturalsubstanceswithantiviralandanti‐HIVpropertiesaswellasbloodplateletcoagulation‐inhibitingproperties.OOOMeOMeOOOOOMeOMeOOMeOUtilizing organic chemistry to solve biological phenomena: Searching for biologically active substances and developing new reactions and medicines34Department of Chemistry and MaterialsDepartment of Chemistry and MaterialsOutlook for students after graduationOutlookforresearchIuseorganicchemistryasasurgeon'sknifetodelveintolifeandbiologicalphenomena.Forinstance,mylabsuccessfullysynthesizedanaturalsubstancewithantiviralandbloodplateletcoagulation‐inhibitingproperties(thatis,wesynthesizedasubstancethatisidenticaltoanaturalsubstanceinaflask).Wehavealsosynthesizedbiologicallyactivesubstancessuchasantibacterialandbactericidalsubstancesandpheromones.ProfessorYoshinoriNishiiProfessorNishiitookhiscurrentpositionin2018afterservingasadoctoralresearcherattheUniversityofPittsburghandparticipatingintheSpecialPostdoctorateResearchProgramatRIKENandworkingasanassistantprofessorandasanassociateprofessoratShinshuUniversity.Hisprincipalareasofresearchincludeorganicchemistryfornaturalsubstances,organicsyntheticchemistry,andorganicreactions.WeareconductingR&Dworktocreateabactericidalsubstancetohelpfarmersdealwithadiseasethataffectsthetrunksofpearandappletrees.Wearealsoinvolvedinresearchtouncoverfishpheromonesandexplaintheirmolecularstructureandtherelationshipbetweenstructureandactivity.IamresearchingtechnologiesforseparatingandcollectingCO2fromtheatmosphereoreffluentgases.Specifically,byapplyinganabsorbingliquidthatreactswithCO2totheinsideofacylindricalhollowfibermembrane,IhopetoabsorbonlytheCO2fromtheeffluentgasontheoutside.Ifthistechnologycanbedeveloped,IexpectittolowerthecostofCO2separationandcollection.InadditiontoCO2separationandcollectiontechnology,myresearchhasramificationsfortree‐plantingindryareasaswellasefficientconversionofwoodbiomasstosolidfuelandusefuladsorbents.IwouldliketocontributetosolvingenvironmentalandenergyproblemswithwellutilizingCO2,whichisavaluablecarbonsourceandwehumanbeingsrelyon,inthecarboncirculationsystem.Graduatespursuediversepathstoemploymentatnotonlychemicalplantmanufacturersandenvironmentalengineeringcompaniesbutalsochemicalsandfoodmanufacturersandsoon.ItisimportanttodesignthetotalsystemwheretheindividualtechnologiescanbecombinedsuccessfullyforefficientCO2utilizationandpreventionofglobalwarming.Membranecontactorusing finehollowfiberswith nano‐scaleporesFiber as the key to preventing global warming: CO2sequestrationfromtheatmosphereandefficientutilizationofCO2Solidfuelfrombiomass withhighenergydensityCompositeadsorbentfromcoffeewasteDepartment of Chemistry and MaterialsOutlookforresearchOutlook for students after graduationProfessorNobuhideTakahashiAfterobtaininghisdoctorateattheUniversityofTokyo,ProfessorTakahashiworkedasanassistantprofessorandassociateprofessorintheFacultyofTextileScienceandTechnologyatShinshuUniversitybeforetakinghiscurrentpositionin2014.Hisareasofspecializationarechemicalengineeringandenvironmentalengineering,andhebaseshisresearchontheconceptthatCO2+water+soil+sunlight+knowledge+technologyleadtosustainablesociety.
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