Prof. Toshiaki ENOKI, Ph.D.

Prof. Toshiaki ENOKI, Ph.D.

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan


Position: Emeritus Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JapanAssociate Editor of the Carbon Journal

Specialization: nanographite / nanographene

 

At the NANOCON´16 conference Prof. Toshiaki Enoki will present the lecture dedicated to nanographenes at the Session A - Nanomaterials for Electronic, Magnetic and Optic Applications. Carbon Nanostructures, Quantum Dots: "Graphene Nanostructures: Interplay between Edge Geometry and Chemistry in the Electronic Structure".

 

Education and professional experience:
Prof. Enoki (born in 1946) has received his BS and MS degree at the Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University in Japan (1969 - 1971).

1974 Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan
1977 - 1987 Research Associate, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan
1984 Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
1987 - 1990 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
1990 - 2012 Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
2000, 2002 - 2004 Visiting Professor, Université de Rennes 1, France
2003 - 2004 Visiting Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan
2010 - Honorary Professor, University of Durham, UK
2012 - Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
2016 - Visiting fellow, Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute

 

Research activities:
Solid State Chemistry

1. Electronic, magnetic, and electron transport properties of graphitic materials; graphene, graphite intercalation compounds, disordered graphite, nanographite/nanographene, sp2 -sp3 carbon composites, nanodiamond.

2. Electronic, magnetic, and electron transport properties of organic charge transfer complexes; organic conductors, organic superconductors, organic magnets, inorganic-organic hybrids.

 

Awardsand Honorary positions:

2004 The Carbon Society of Japan Award
2005 Honorary Member, Materials Research Society of India
2008 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
2009 The Award of the Molecular Science Society of Japan
2011 The Chemical Society of Japan Award
2013 Honorary member, Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
2015 C. N. R. Rao Lecture Award, Chemical Research Society of India
2016 Mizushima-Raman Lecture Award, Chemical Research Society of India

 

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