Yuqian Chen's doctoral thesis presentation was held.

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【Conference】Kentaro Sone, Yuka Azuma, Kyomaru Kikuchi, Keisuke Suzaki, Shizuku Yamazaki, and Mirei Sawa gave oral and poster presentations at At the 2026 International Conference on Polyimides (Guangzhou, China). Kentaro Sone, Yuka Azuma, and Keisuke Suzaki received the Best Oral Presentation Award, while Kyomaru Kikuchi, Shizuku Yamazaki, and Mirei Sawa received the Best Poster Award. Congratulations to all of the award winners!

【Conference】Ryota Uehara, Kentaro Sone, and Yuka Azuma gave oral presentations at ICPST-43 in Himeji. Ryota Uehara and Natsuko Sashi received the Best Paper Award. Congratulations!

【Conference】Kentaro Sone, Yuka Azuma, Koki Matsuo, Tatsuya Kurokawa, and Yuki Chiba gave oral presentations at the 74th SPSJ Annual Meeting (online). Tatsuya Kurokawa and Yuki Chiba received the SPSJ Annual Meeting On-Demand Presentation Award. Congratulations!

Chun-hao Ko, Ryugo Ishii, Yota Minami, Zhiyuan Zhuo, Shih-Ting Kao, Shota Uchiki, Nano Sugizaki, Yuta Hamamoto, and Makoto Yoshida have joined our laboratory. We look forward to working with them.

Rika Marui graduated from the Ph.D. program. Shoya Igarashi, Moe Onoda, Youngwon Kong, Haruka Samizo, Kentaro Sone, Taisei Sakurai, and Natsuko Sashi graduated from the Master's program. Misaki Kita, Tatsuya Kurokawa, Mirei Sawa, and Yuki Chiba graduated from the Bachelor's program. Congratulations!

Misaki Kita, Tatsuya Kurokawa, Mirei Sawa, and Yuki Chiba presented their graduation theses.

Kentaro Sone and Natsuko Sashi received the Best Master's Thesis Presentation Award, and Youngwon Kong received the Excellent Master's Thesis Presentation Award. Congratulations!

Shoya Igarashi, Moe Onoda, Youngwon Kong, Haruka Samizo, Kentaro Sone, Taisei Sakurai, and Natsuko Sashi presented their master's theses.

Rika Marui's doctoral thesis presentation was held.

We held a welcome party for Dr. Takahashi and Mr. Jin. Welcome to our laboratory! Photos

【Conference】Dr. Riku Takahashi, Rika Marui, and Ryota Uehara presented posters at the 35th MRS-J Annual Meeting in Fukuoka. Photos

【Conference】Jiawei Hu, Takeki Sasaki, Keisuke Suzaki, and Mirei Sawa presented posters at the 16th New Electrode Catalyst Symposium in Mishima. Mirei Sawa received the Poster Award. Congratulations! Photos

【Conference】Dr. Riku Takahashi and Rika Marui presented posters at the 33rd Japan Polyimide and Aromatic Polymer Conference in Chiba.

【Conference】Ryota Uehara and Natsuko Sashi presented posters at the 15th CSJ Chemistry Festa in Funabori.

【Conference】Youngwon Kong gave an oral presentation, and Keisuke Suzaki presented a poster at the 7th ISPM at Science Tokyo. Photos

【Conference】Yuqian Chen, Jiawei Hu, and Youngwon Kong gave oral presentations, and Naoki Shinyoshi and Yushan Tao presented posters at the 248th ECS Meeting in Chicago. Photos

Zefeng Jin has joined our laboratory. We look forward to working with him. Members

Dr. Riku Takahashi has been appointed as an assistant professor in our laboratory. Welcome! Members

Riku Takahashi graduated from the Ph.D. program. Yushan Tao and Hsi-Chih Wang graduated from the Master's program. Haku Saito graduated from the Bachelor's program. Congratulations!

【Conference】Jiawei Hu, Yushan Tao, Shoya Igarashi, Youngwon Kong, Takeki Sasaki, and Keisuke Suzaki gave oral presentations at the Catalysis Society of Japan Meeting in Sendai. Photos

【Conference】Riku Takahashi, Rika Marui, Hsi-Chih Wang, Natsuko Sashi, Haruka Samizo, and Kentaro Sone gave oral presentations, and Moe Onoda, Taisei Sakurai, and Haku Saito presented posters at the 74th Symposium on Macromolecules in Osaka. Photos

We held a farewell party for Dr. Takahashi. Thank you very much for everything! Photos

We went on a laboratory trip! We had a wonderful time. Photos

【Conference】Natsuko Sashi, Haruka Samizo, and Yuka Azuma presented posters at TJBPS 2025 in Taiwan. Natsuko Sashi received the Gold Prize, and Yuka Azuma received the Honorable Prize. Congratulations! Photos

Haku Saito presented his graduation thesis.

Yushan Tao and Hsi-Chih Wang presented their master's theses.

Riku Takahashi's doctoral thesis presentation was held.

【Conference】Moe Onoda, Yuka Azuma, Kyomaru Kikuchi, and Keisuke Suzaki gave oral and poster presentations at the 2025 International Polyimide Conference in Shanghai, China. Yuka Azuma received an Oral Presentation Award, and Moe Onoda, Yuka Azuma, and Keisuke Suzaki received Poster Awards. Congratulations! Photos

【Conference】Riku Takahashi, Rika Marui, Yuqian Chen, Ryota Uehara, Youngwon Kong, Natsuko Sashi, and Kentaro Sone gave oral presentations, and Shoya Igarashi presented a poster at the 19th PPC in Kitakyushu. Photos

【Conference】Yuqian Chen, Ryota Uehara, Hsi-Chih Wang, Natsuko Sashi, Kentaro Sone, Yuka Azuma, Takahisa Hiramatsu, and Koki Matsuo gave oral presentations at ICPST-42 in Himeji.

【Conference】Yushan Tao and Takeki Sasaki presented posters at the 32nd Fuel Cell Symposium in Funabori. Takeki Sasaki received the Poster Award. Congratulations! Photos

【Conference】Jiawei Hu gave an oral presentation at 20JKSC in Yonago.

【Conference】Riku Takahashi, Rika Marui, Yuqian Chen, Ryota Uehara, Hsi-Chih Wang, Natsuko Sashi, Kentaro Sone, Yuka Azuma, Takahisa Hiramatsu, and Koki Matsuo gave oral presentations at the 73rd SPSJ Annual Meeting held online.

Dr. Hatakeyama's paper was selected for the Best Paper Award 2024. Congratulations! Publications

Kento Aoshima, Misaki Kita, Tatsuya Kurokawa, Mirei Sawa, Naoki Shinyoshi, Yuki Chiba, Toru Miyata, and Shizuku Yamazaki have joined our laboratory. We look forward to working with them. Members

Kodai Nagashima, Shinsuke Maekawa, and Hayato Maeda graduated from the Ph.D. program. Ryota Uehara, Kawai Kawai, Yuya Kubota, and Riku Mizusaki graduated from the Master's program. Yuka Azuma, Kyomaru Kikuchi, Takeki Sasaki, Keisuke Suzaki, Takehisa Hiramatsu, and Koki Matsuo graduated from the Bachelor's program. Congratulations!

Yuka Azuma, Kyomaru Kikuchi, Takeki Sasaki, Keisuke Suzaki, Takahisa Hiramatsu, and Koki Matsuo presented their graduation theses.

Yuka Azuma received the Excellent Bachelor's Thesis Presentation Award. Congratulations!

Ryota Uehara received the Best Master's Thesis Presentation Award, and Riku Mizusaki received the Excellent Master's Thesis Presentation Award. Congratulations!

Ryota Uehara, Kawai Kawai, Yuya Kubota, and Riku Mizusaki presented their master's theses.

Hayato Maeda's doctoral thesis presentation was held.

Shinsuke Maekawa's doctoral thesis presentation was held.

Kodai Nagashima's doctoral thesis presentation was held.

【Conference】Shoya Igarashi, Moe Onoda, Youngwon Kong, Haruka Samizo, Kentaro Sone, and Natsuko Sashi presented posters at the 32nd Japan Polyimide and Aromatic Polymer Conference in Akita. Kentaro Sone received the Poster Award. Congratulations!

【Conference】Natsuko Sashi and Yuka Azuma gave oral presentations at the 43rd Inorganic Polymer Symposium in Kagurazaka.

【Conference】Hayato Maeda gave an oral presentation at the 45th Japan Symposium on Thermophysical Properties in Nagaoka. We sincerely thank the members of the Morikawa Laboratory for their support.

【Conference】Ryota Uehara and Natsuko Sashi presented posters at the 14th CSJ Chemistry Festa in Funabori.

【Conference】Shinsuke Maekawa presented a poster at the 2024 DSA Symposium in France.

【Conference】Jiawei Hu and Youngwon Kong presented posters at PRiME 2024 in Hawaii.

Haku Saito has joined our laboratory.

Zhengdan Lin and Yuta Miyamori graduated Ph.D. course.Jiawei Hu and Hiroki Ishikawa graduated Master course. Congratulations!

Jiawei Hu and Hiroki Ishikawa presented their master's theses.

Zhengdan Lin and Yuta Miyamori's doctoral theses presentation was held.

Moe Onoda, Taisei Sakurai, Yuka Azuma, Kyomaru Kikuchi, Takeki Sasaki, Keisuke Suzaki, Takehisa Hiramatsu and Koki Matsuo have joined our group!

Satoshi Kuretani graduated Ph.D. course. Rintaro Kuramochi, Erina Yoshida, Mikio Okano and Fuya Nakada graduated Master course. Haruka Samizo, Kentaro Sone, Natsuko Sashi, Shoya Igarashi and Youngwon Kong graduated Bachelor course. Congratulations!

Haruka Samizo, Kentaro Sone, Natsuko Sashi, Shoya Igarashi and Youngwon Kong presented their graduation theses. Kentaro Sone got the excellence award and Natsuko Sashi got the best award at Bachelor's thesis presentation!

Rintaro Kuramochi, Erina Yoshida, Mikio Okano and Fuya Nakada presented their master's theses. Erina Yoshida got the excellence award at master's thesis presentation!

Satoshi Kuretani's doctoral thesis presentation was held.

Dr. Michele Perego at National Research Council at Italy will be staying in our laboratory. Thank you for your support and cooperation!

Ai-Chun Chang from Prof. Wen-Chang Chen's research group at National Taiwan University will be staying in our laboratory. Thank you for your support and cooperation!

Wataru Higashiguchi, Kayu Kawai, Yuya Kubota, Shoya Igarashi, Youngwon Kong, Haruka Samizo and Kentaro Sone have joined our group!

Dr. Kan Hatakeyama has been appointed as an assistant professor in our laboratory.

Yoshihiro Agata graduated Ph.D. course. Rino Arai, Hina Sasaki, and Rika Marui graduated Master course. Ryota Uehara and Riku Mizusaki graduated Bachelor course. Congratulations!

Ryota Uehara and Riku Mizusaki presented their graduation theses. Ryota Uehara got the great presentaion prize at Bachelor's thesis presentation!

Rino Arai, Hina Sasaki, and Ms. Rika Marui presented their master's theses.

Yoshihiro Angata's doctoral thesis presentation was held.

Koda Nagashima and Shinsuke Maekawa presented posters at the 2022 DSA Symposium. Shinsuke Maekawa won the Poster Award. Congratulations!

Rika Marui, Rino Arai, Erina Yoshida, and Mikio Okano presented posters at the 12th CSJ Chemistry Festival.

Natsuko Sashi has joined our laboratory.

Riku Takahashi and Jiawei Hu joined our laboratory as new members. We look forward to working with them.

Hiroki Ishikawa graduated from the Bachelor's program. Congratulations!

Mikio Okano presented a poster at the 130th CATSJ Meetings.

Hayato Maeda, Rika Marui, and Erina Yoshida presented posters at POLYCONDENSATION 2022. Rika Marui won the poster award. Congratulations!

Satoshi Kuretani, Zhengdan Lin, Hayato Maeda, Shinsuke Maekawa, Rika Marui, and Erina Yoshida presented oral presentations and Rino Arai presented a poster at the 71st Symposium on Macromolecules.

Hiroki Ishikawa presented his graduation thesis.

Yoshihiro Agata, Satoshi Kuretani, and Erina Yoshida presented oral presentations at the ICPST-39.

Kodai Nagashima, Shinsuke Maekawa, and Rika Marui presented oral presentations at the 72nd SPSJ Annual Meeting.

Rintaro Kuramochi, Ryota Uehara and Riku Mizusaki have joined our group!

Dr. Yuta Nabae has been appointed as an associate professor in our group!!!

Yuta Miyamori, Liang Yucheng, Chen Yuqian and Hiroki Ishikawa joined in our group!

Erina Yoshida graduated Bachelor course. Lin Zhengdang graduated Master course. Congratulations!

【Conference】Lin Zhengdang, Kodai Nagashima, Hitomi Kawahara and Rika Marui presented their research at "70th Symposium on Macromolecules"

【Conference】Liang Tong, Hitomi Kawahara, Shinsuke Maekawa, and Rika Marui presented their research at "70th Symposium on Macromolecules"

Satoshi Kuretani, Rino Arai, Haruna Sasaki, Mikio Okano,and Fuya Nakada joind in our group! 

Rika Marui graduated Bachelor course. Kazushige Hori graduated Master course. Takahiro Komamura graduated Ph.D. course. Congratuations! 

Rika Marui got the great presentaion prize at Bachelor's thesis presentation!

Chisae Kambe had retired. Thank you for enormous contributions for a long time!

Mai Mieno joined in our group!

Erina Yoshida joined in our group!

Alvin Chandra and Lei Dong graduated Ph.D. course. Congratulations!

【Conference】Prof. Yuta Nabae, Lei Dong, Kodai Nagashima, and Hayato Maeda presented their research at "69th Symposium on Macromolecules"

【Conference】Although "69th SPSJ Annual Meeting" was canceled due to COVID-19, research results of Kodai Nagashima and Hayato Maeda were published.

Hitomi Kawahara, Shinsuke Maekawa, and Rika Marui joined in our group! 

Kodai Nagashima and Hayato Maeda graduated Bachelor course. Yoshihiro Agata graduated Master course. Kevin Wiley graduaterd Ph.D. course. Congratulations! 

Yoshihiro Agata got the great presetation prize at Master's thesis presentation! Congratulations!

Allison Koopman completed the duration of visiting student. Thank you for the great job!

ZhengDang Lin joined in our group. 

【News】Our website was renewed!!

Allison Koopman joined in our group as a visiting student.

【Conference】Prof. Teruaki Hayakawa and Takumi Uchiyama were presented thier research at "68th SPSJ Annual Meeting".

Kodai Nagashima, Hayato Maeda, and Liang Tong have joined in our group!