Center for Environmental Safety Research, The University of Tokyo
Professor, Center for Environmental Safety Research, The University of Tokyo / Chairman, Committee on Carbon Neutrality Promotion for Regional Cooperation, The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan / Doctor of Engineering / Graduated from the Department of Industrial Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 1990. After working for Toshiba Corporation and the California Institute of Technology, he is currently affiliated with the University of Tokyo. He is engaged in research on functional materials that make effective use of resources for a sustainable society, as well as the creation of environmental safety studies and the development of environmental safety education methods in the field of research and education where technology and people are closely and intricately interrelated. He has been appointed as the chairman of the Carbon Neutrality Promotion Committee of the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan since 2021. He has announced his vision of carbon independence and is actively involved in promoting industry-academia collaboration to realize a biomass chemical industry that utilizes domestic forest resources and other resources.The Society of Chemical Engineers of Japan, Committee for Promotion of Carbon Neutrality in Regional Cooperation
7.10Thu 2025
Realization of carbon neutrality and development of the chemical industry through regional and inter-industry cooperation
With the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to virtually zero by 2050, a multifaceted approach of technology, policy, and regional cooperation around the world [...].
