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Invited Speaker: Susumu Kitagawa

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Susumu Kitagawa

He received his Ph.D. at Kyoto University in 1979. After Associate Professor at Kinki University, he moved to Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1992 as Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. He was invited in Kyoto University as Professor of Functional Chemistry in 1998. His main re­search fields are coordination chemistry, focusing on chemistry of novel molecularly organic-inorganic hybrid compounds, particularly porous coordination polymers. He received CSJ (Chemical Society of Japan) Young Scholars Lecture Series Award (1990), the CSJ Award for Creative Work (2003), the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry Award (2007), and Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2009). He was a leader of MEXT Grant; Priority Area, “Chemistry of Coordination Space (2004 -2007)” and is a leader of ERATO program, “Integrated Pores” and a deputy director of iCeMS. He is an International advisory board member for Inorg.Chem.,Chem.Comm., Chem.Asian J., Chem.Mater., Inorg.Chim.Acta, Coord.Chem.Rev., CrystEngComm, Eur.J.Inorg. Chem., Chem.Lett. and Topic Editor for Cryst.Growth Design.