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高鍋和広

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takanabe@chemsys.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Prof. Kazuhiro Takanabe
髙鍋　和広

Principal Investigator

     Department of Chemical System Engineering

     School of Engineering

     The University of Tokyo

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Editorial contributions

  • Editor: Journal of Catalysis, Elsevier (2020.01-to date)

    • (Past) Associate Editor: (2017.09-2019.12)

  • Editorial Board: Molecular Catalysis, Elsevier (2017.09-to date)

  • International Advisory Board: ChemSusChem, Wiley (2020.01-to date)

  • Editor-in-Chief (編集委員長), Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan, HESS (in Japanese), (2025.04-to date)

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Education

  • Doctor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 2006 March: Prof. Ken-ichi Aika

  • (Exchange program, University of Twente, The Netherlands, 2002 October - 2004 December): Prof. Kulathuiyer Seshan

  • Master of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2003 March: Prof. Ken-ichi Aika

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2001 March: Prof. Ken-ichi Aika

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Professional Profile

  • 2018 July - Current; Professor, Department of Chemical System Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

  • 2018 January - 2018 June; Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

  • 2016 July - 2017 December; Associate Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

  • 2010 August - 2016 June; Assistant Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

  • 2008 May - 2010 July; Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan: Prof. Kazunari Domen

  • 2006 May - 2008 April; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at Berkeley, USA: Prof. Enrique Iglesia

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Research Interests

Dr. Takanabe’s research interests are in the area of heterogeneous (photo)catalysis for energy conversion to develop sustainable system.

  • Novel electrocatalysts for water splitting and CO2 reduction

  • Novel catalyst development for CO2 hydrogenation reaction

  • Ammonia synthesis via innovative technologies

  • Photocatalytic overall water splitting 

  • Hydrogen carrier chemistries (chemical hydrides)

  • Natural gas conversion and radical chemistry (Oxidative Coupling of Methane: OCM)

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Scientific and Professional Memberships

  • Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)

  • Member, Materials Research Society (MRS)

  • Member, Electrochemical Society (ECS)

  • Member, International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)

  • Member, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

  • Member, Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ)

  • Member, Catalysis Society of Japan (CATSJ)

  • Member, Japan Petroleum Institute (JPI)

  • Member, Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan (HESS)

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Awards

  • 2019   Asian Chemical Congress (ACC) Asian Rising Stars Lectureship

  • 2022   School of Engineering, UTokyo, Dean's award (Research) 工学系研究科長賞（研究）

  • 2024   Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ), Creative Award 日本化学会学術賞

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Social Contribution

  • 2025   Board member (理事), HESS

  • 2025   Board member (理事), CATSJ

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