Prof. Dr. Akinori Kuzuya

E-mail	kuzuya(at)kansai-u.ac.jp
Affiliation	Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Kansai University
Position	Professor
Address	3-3-35 Yamate, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan
Office	Research Wing 1F, Building 2, Campus 4
Labs	Research Wing B1F, Building 2, Campus 4
Rooms B05 and B06, the Center for Innovation and Creativity
TEL & FAX	+81-6-6368-0829
Ext.	5921
	Doctor of Engineering (The University of Tokyo) Certified Hazardous Material Handling Supervisor, Certified Radiation Protection Supervisor, National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter (English)

Accademic History

3/1997	Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo
3/1999	Master of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo
3/2002	Doctor of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo
4/2002	Post-doctoral research fellow in Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo
4/2004	Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, The Univ. of Tokyo
7/2005	Visiting Scholar, New York University（Additional, till 2/2007）
4/2007	Assistant Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The Univ. of Tokyo
6/2007	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo
4/2011	Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Kansai University
10/2012	PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency（Additional, till 3/2016）
5/2017	Visiting Scholar, ETH Zürich（Additional, till 3/2018）
4/2018	Professor, Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Kansai University
9/2020	Research Team Leader, Molecular Robots Research Institute, LLC（Additional, till 3/2025)
4/2025	Guest Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University (Additional)

Awards

2003	Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science (SPSJ)
2008	CSJ Presentation Award 2008 (CSJ)
2009	Lecture Award, Division of Biofunctional Chemistry (CSJ)
2011	Outstanding Oral Presentation Award for Young Scientist in 2011（ISNAC2011）
2012	Young Scientist Lecture Award (SPSJ)
2016	The 2nd Shitagau Noguchi Award (Noguchi Institute)

Memberships

The Chemical Society of Japan (Division of Biofunctional Chemistry)

The Society of Polymer Science, Japan (Forum on Biopolymers Science, Research Group on Polymer Gels, Research Group on Biomimetics)

Japan Society of Nucleic Acids Chemistry

Nucleic Acids Therapeutics Society of Japan

The Materials Research Society of Japan

Japanese Society for Biomaterials

The Chem-Bio Informatics Society (Molecular Robotics Research Group)

American Chemical Society

International Society For Nanoscale Science, Computation and Engineering

International Society of Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Expertise

Molecular Technology

Molecular Rotobics

Molecular Machinery Engineering

DNA Nanotechnology

Nucleic Acids Chemistry

Bio-supramolecular Chemistry

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