Tohoku Univ.
Lab. of Computational Molecular Science

Akihiro Morita

Akihiro Morita

Affiliation and Address

Department of Chemistry
Graduate School of Science
Tohoku University
Sendai 980-8578, Japan
phone: +81(Japan)-22-795-7717
fax: +81(Japan)-22-795-7716
e-mail: morita (@tohoku.ac.jp from outside Tohoku University.)

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March, 1988 Bachelor of Science
Chemistry, University of Tokyo (adviser: Prof. Kuchitsu)
March, 1990 Master of Science
Chemistry, University of Tokyo (adviser: Prof. Kajimoto)
March, 1995 Ph. D. in Chemistry, Kyoto University (adviser: Prof. Kato)
"Theoretical Study on Chemical Reaction Dynamics in Gas and Solution"
April-November, 1992 JSPS research fellow
December, 1992-December, 2003 Research associate, Kyoto University
January, 2004 - March 2007 Associate professor, Institute for Molecular Science
April 2007 - present Professor, Tohoku University
July-August, 1998 Visiting scientist, Indian Institute of Science
March, 1999-August, 2000 Research associate, University of Colorado (adviser: Prof. Hynes)
August, 2001 Visiting assistant professor, University of Colorado
April, 2005 - March, 2006 Visiting associate professor, Kyoto University
April, 2007 - March, 2008 Professor, Institute for Molecular Science
September, 2012 - March, 2022 Professor, Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University

Membership

American Chemical Society, Chemical Society of Japan, Japan Society for Molecular Science, Japan Society of Thoretical Chemistry, The Molecular Simulation Society of Japan, The Japan Association of Solution Chemistry, The Japan Society of Atmospheric Chemistry

Awards

Award of Morino Science Foundation (2006) "Theoretical Study on Structure and Dynamics in Solutions and Solution Interfaces"

The CSJ Award for Creative Work (2012) "Development of Theory on Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy and Application to Liquid Interfaces"

The 1st International Investigator Awards of the Japan Society for Molecular Science (2016), "Theory of Electronic Polarization and Interfacial Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy"

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