Researcher's Profile

Professor
Hirotaka EJIMA
High Performance Materials

E-mail: ejimag.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

URL: Laboratory Homepage

Biography

March 2006	B.Sc., School of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)
March 2008	M.Sc., Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, UTokyo
March 2011	Ph.D., Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, UTokyo
April 2011	Postdoctoral fellow, The University of Melbourne, Australia
October 2013	Research Associate, Institute of Industrial Science, UTokyo
December 2016	Associate Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, UTokyo
April 2025	Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, UTokyo
October 2025	Professor, RCAST, UTokyo

Research Interests

Our research focuses on the design, synthesis, and engineering of polymeric materials, learning from how nature makes functional materials evolved over millions of years. Our long-term research goal is to "create our own materials" by converting the molecular design principles developed by nature to synthetic systems and contributing to the advancement of science and technology.

Award

May 2014　Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan
March 2019　The Kao Science Encouragement Award
April 2020　Katsu Research Encouragement Award, UTokyo
March 2021　Best Teaching Award, School of Engineering, UTokyo
April 2023　Young Scientists’ Award of the Commendation for Science and Technology, MEXT
June 2023　The Science Award of the Adhesion Society of Japan
August 2023　The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development President Award, the Japan Medical Research and Development Grand Prize
March 2024　Shitagau Noguchi Award

Keywords

Metal-Phenolic Network, Bioadhesive, Nanoparticle, Biomimetics

Educational Systems

Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate school of Engineering
Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Graduate school of Engineering