 Tomiki IKEDA, Dr. of EngineeringProfessor of Polymer Chemistry, Director of Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology R1-11, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503 Phone: +81-45-924-5240; FAX: +81-45-924-5275 URL http://www.res.titech.ac.jp/polymer E-mail: tikeda＠res.titech.ac.jp Tomiki Ikeda received his BSc (1973), MSc (1975) and PhD (1978) in Polymer Chemistry from Kyoto University, where he studied photoresponsive behavior of polymers under the supervision of Professors Seizo Okamura and Hitoshi Yamaoka. He then pursued postdoctoral research in biologically active polymers, especially polymeric disinfectants, with Professors C. H. Bamford and A. Ledwith at the University of Liverpool, UK, in the joint research scheme with Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), enjoying an English-style life for 3 years. He joined Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1981 working in the field of polymer chemistry, photochemistry and materials chemistry. In 1994, he was promoted to full professor of polymer chemistry, and in 2009 he was appointed Director of the Chemical Resources Laboratory. He was elected Vice-President of Japanese Liquid Crystal Society in 2003 and 2009, Vice-President of the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) in 2005, and Head Vice-President of the CSJ in 2006. He received "The Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan" in 2003 and "The Award of the Japanese Liquid Crystal Society" in 1999. He serves as Associate Editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry, UK; 2006-), also as an associate member of Science Council of Japan (2006-2008), and Chair of the Division of Nanotechnology and Materials Chemistry of the CSJ (2006-). |