Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University
Susumu Kitagawa received his Ph. D. at Kyoto University in 1979. He became Assistant Professor (1979), Lecturer (1983), and Associate Professor (1988) at Kindai University. He was promoted to Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1992, and moved to Kyoto University as Professor of Functional Chemistry in 1998. He had been a visiting Scientist in F. A. Cotton Laboratory, Texas A & M University, during the period of 1986-1987, and an exchange professor in City University of New York in 1996. He is now Director of Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) at Kyoto University launched by Japanese Government (2007).; 2017-Present Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS).
His main research fields are materials chemistry based on coordination compounds, pioneered “chemistry of coordination space”, and his current research interests are centered on dynamic structures and properties of porous coordination polymers/metal- organic frameworks and their application.
Emanuel Merck Lectureship Award (2019), Grand Prix of the Fondation de la maison de la chimie, France (2018), Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize (2018), 1st Air Liquide Awards on Essential Small Molecules (2016), Fred Basolo Medal for Outstanding Research in Inorganic Chemistry (ACS, Northwestern University,2016), Japan Academy Prize (2016), The de Gennes Prize (RSC,2013), The Medal with Purple Ribbon (The Japanese Government, 2011), The Chemical Society of Japan Award (2009), Humboldt Research Award (2008).
The Fellow of the UK Royal Society of Chemistry, The Honorary Fellowship of the Council of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), Member of the Japan Academy.
REMOTE TALK
With the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, humans began to create technologies that consumed huge amounts of energy. Initially, people used coal (solid) as an energy resource, but the 20th century ushered in the era of petroleum (liquid). In the 21th century, where the depletion of petroleum has become a concern, gases (e.g., natural gas and biogas) should play important roles. Hence, the trend has been shifting from solid to liquid to gas. In the future, an “era of gas” should be realized [1.2]. The recent advent of porous coordination polymers (PCPs) or metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as new functional microporous materials, have attracted the attention of chemists and physicists due to highly efficient capacity of storage, separation and conversion of gaseous substances. Among them, soft porous properties [3] of PCPs are essential for low-energy separation of gas resources, flue gases, air, pollutant gases and other industrial materials[4,5]. We could also develop several approaches to utilize PCPs for catalysts for CO” fixation [7].
REFERENCES [1] S. Kitagawa, Acc. Chem. Res., 2017, 50, 514–516. Commentary [2] S. Kitagawa, Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.,2015,54,10686-10687. Editorial [3] S.Horike, et al., Nature Chem. 2009,1,695. (Reviews) [4]H.Sato, et al., Science. 2014,343,167. [5] C.Gu, et al., Science. 2014,363,387. [6]S.Horike et al., Acc.Chem.Res.2013,46,2376. [7] P.Wu, et al., Nat.Commun.2019,10,4362.
Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University