Previous Speakers


 Prof. Yujiro Hayashi
Tohoku University, Japan

Yujiro Hayashi is a professor of Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University. He received his B.S. degree(1984), M.S. degree(1986) , Ph. D. degree(1992) from Tokyo University, Japan, and his postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. He worked as assistant professor in Tokyo University in 1987, then he was promoted as associate professor in 1998. After that, he joined Tokyo University of Science as full professor. In 2012, Prof. Yujiro Hayashi joined Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan. His research interests include: Organic synthesis. Development of new synthetic methods. Synthesis of biologically active natural products.
He is in international advisory board of Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, The Open Organic Chemistry Journal, and The Open Natural Products Journal. Prof. Yujiro Hayashi is also the editor of Chemistry Letters, The Chemical Society of Japan.


 Prof. Hiroyuki Nakamura
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Hiroyuki Nakamura was received his PhD from Tohoku University under the supervision of Professor Yoshinori Yamamoto in 1996. He became an assistant professor at Kyushu University (1995-1997) and at Tohoku University (1997-2002). He worked as a visiting assistant professor at University of Pittsburgh with Professor D. Curran (2000-2001). In 2002, he was appointed as an associate professor at Gakushuin University and promoted as a professor in 2006. In 2013, he was appointed as a professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology. He received the Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists in 1999 and the Incentive Award of the Japanese Society for Molecular Target Therapy of Cancer in 2007. He became president of the Japanese Society of Neutron Capture Therapy in 2015. His research interests include synthetic methodology, medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, photodynamic therapy, and neutron capture therapy.


 Prof. Kazuo Umemura
Tokyo University of Science, Japan

Dr. Kazuo Umemura is a full professor of Tokyo University of Science. His specialty is biophysics, especially, nanobioscience and nanobiotechnology. One of his recent interests is nanoscopic research of hybrids of biomolecules and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Unique structures and physical/chemical properties of the hybrids are promising in biological applications such as nanobiosensors and drug delivery.
Dr. Umemura received his B.S. degree in Physics from Nagoya University. His M.S. and Ph.D. degrees were given from Tokyo Institute of Technology. After working at several institutes/universities as a researcher in Japan and in China, he became a professor of Tokyo University of Science. Kagurazaka campus of Tokyo University of Science is located at the center of Tokyo, so five subway/railway lines reach in front of the campus.


Prof. Dr. Tsair-Wang Chung
Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan

Chair Professor Tsair-Wang CHUNG received his Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from University of Missouri-Columbia (USA) in 1993. He was appointed as a research Scientist in Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan in 1993 and appointed as a Professor of Chemical Engineering in Chung Yuan Christian University in 1995. Currently, he is a principal investigator with the production and application of biomaterials, separation and purification processes/automatic devices. He has authored or co-author more than 200 research papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. His current research interests include sustainable biomaterials, mechanical devices for the separation process, and biomass energy technology, He has successfully established collaboration works with University of Philippines-Dilima (Philippines), Mapua Institute of Technology (Philippines), University of Brawijaya (Indonesia), Bogor Agricultural University (Indonesia), Sichuan University (China), Sichuan Agricultural University (China), and Groningen University (Netherlands) in the areas of sustainable energy and biomaterials industry chain. Dr. Chung served as the Vice President, Dean of College of Engineering, Dean of Industry-Academia Cooperation, Dean of Research and Development in Chung Yuan Christian University. He received the 2021 World’s Top 2% Scientists in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University (USA) and the First Grade Reward of the Talent Scholar from National Science and Technology Council (Taiwan). He was also invited as keynote speaker and invited speaker in several international conferences recently.


Prof. Kenji Ogino
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Dr. Kenji Ogino is a full professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. His research has concentrated on synthesis of semiconducting polymers and applications to photorefractive, electroluminescent, and photovoltaic devices. Especially he is interested in block copolymers, which can form microphase separated nanostructures in thin films.
Dr. Ogino received his B.S. degree from Department of Reaction Chemistry, the University of Tokyo in 1986. His Ph.D. degree was given from the University of Tokyo in 1995. He started his carrier at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology as a research associate in 1986, and was appointed to current position in 2005. In 1997, he spent one year at C. K. Ober research group in Cornell University as a visiting scientist. He is also a vice-president of the Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan.