●Biograpy
Dr Toshimi Shimizu was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1952.
After having acted as an AIST Fellow of National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) for five years from 2013,
he is currently an Emeritus Researcher of AIST. He received his BS
(1975), MS (1977), and PhD (1983) in Polymer Chemistry from Kyoto University,
Japan. He joined the Research Institute of Polymers and Textiles (RIPT),
Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (ex-AIST), Ministry of International
Trade and Industry (MITI), Japan in 1977.
After his postdoctoral research at Free University Berlin with
Professor J.-H. Fuhrhop (1990-1991), he joined the National Institute of
Materials and Chemical Research (NIMC), ex-AIST, MITI in 1993 and had been
the director of Nanoarchitectonics Research Center (NARC), AIST (2000-2007). He
also directed a Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST)
project (2001-2005) entitled “Functional High-Axial-Ratio Nanostructure
Assembly for Nano-Space Engineering” and the succeeding Solution Oriented
Research for Science and Technology (SORST) project (2005-2009) entitled
“Supramolecular Nanotube Architectonics and the Nano-Bio Applications”
funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). He had been
Professor of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Japan as well (1997-2012).
His research has been focusing on functional high-axial-ratio
nanostructure assemblies for nano-space engineering. He was the recipient
of The Award of the Society of Polymer Science (SPSJ) (2001), Japan, The
Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award for Creative Work (2006), SPSJ Mitsubishi
Chemical Award (2013), and SPSJ FELLOW (2017).
●Education
- Mar 1971 Mikuni-gaoka High School, Osaka, Japan
Mar 1975 B.A. Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan
Mar 1977 M.S. Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan
Mar 1983 Ph.D. Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan
- ●Work Experience
Apr 1977 Researcher, Research Institute for Polymers and Textiles (RIPT), AIST, Japan
Apr 1985 Senior Researcher, RIPT, AIST, Japan
Feb 1990 Research Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Free University Berlin,
Germany
Jan 1993 Senior Planning Officer, National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research
(NIMC), AIST, Japan
Dec 1997-
Mar 2012 Professor of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, JapanFeb 1994 Laboratory Leader, Organic Materials Division, NIMC, AIST, Japan
Apr 2001 Director, Nanoarchitectonics Research Center, National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Apr 2008 Research Coordinator (Nanotechnology, Materials, and Manufacturing), AIST,
Japan
Oct 2010 Deputy Director General, Nanotechnology, Materials, and Manufacturing, AIST,
Japan
May 2013 -
Mar 2017 Director, Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotube (TASC)
Apr 2013 AIST Fellow, AIST, Japan
May 2015 -
Mar 2021 Specially Appointed Fellow, Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS),Japan ScieAnce and Technology Agency (JST)
Sep 2017 -
Present Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ) Fellow
Apr 2018 -
Present Emeritus Researcher, AIST, Japan
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- ●Lecturer
1997 Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2002 Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
2003 Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2006 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2006 Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2007 Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
2010 Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
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