Biography

Masayoshi NAKANO, Ph.D., Professor

Department of Materials Engineering Science,
Graduate School of Engineering Science,
Osaka University
Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
Tel.: (81) 06-6850-6265
Fax: (81) 06-6850-6268
E-mail address: mnaka[atmark]cheng.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

Masayoshi Nakano was born on January 16, 1964 in Osaka, Japan and has obtained an M. Eng. in 1988 and Ph.D. in 1991 in Chemical Engineering at Osaka University (supervised by Professor Takayuki Fueno).  The subject of his Ph.D. thesis was “Theoretical Studies on the Nonlinear-Optical Properties of Organic Substances”.  He stayed in the laboratory of Professor Keiichiro Nasu at the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS) as JSPS Research Fellow.  In 1992, he served as a research associate, in 2000 a lecturer, and in 2002 an associate professor, under the direction of Professor Kizashi Yamaguchi in Department of Chemistry, Osaka University.  In 1998, he received the 47th Young Scientist Award from the Chemical Society of Japan for “Development of nonperturbative calculation method and hyperpolarizability density analysis, and molecular design of novel nonlinear optical compounds”.  Since 2005, he is Professor of Department of Materials Engineering Science, Osaka University.  His research interests are quantum chemical study on the electronic states of open-shell molecular systems as well as their nonlinear optical properties, exciton dynamics of super/supramolecular systems, and coheremt/incoherent dynamics of atomic/molecular systems under external electric field using dissipative quantum mechanics.  He received the “Research Excellence Award” from the European Society of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering (ESCMSE) in 2007.  He has published over 250 original papers.

Education

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University , 1986
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1988
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1991

Professional Employment

2005-           Osaka University, Dept. of Materials Engineering Science (Professor)
2003-2004    Osaka University, Dept. of Materials Engineering Science (Associate Professor)
2002-2003    Osaka University, Dept. of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science (Associate Professor)
2000-2002    Osaka University, Dept. of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science (Lecturer)
1992-2000    Osaka University, Dept. of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science (Research Associate)
1991-1992    Institute for Molecular Science (IMS) (JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists)
2018.4    Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes for Natural Sciences(Visiting Professor)

Society Memberships

The Society of Chemical Engineering, Japan, The Chemical Society of Japan, The Physical Society of Japan

Publications

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