Rate My Professor Atsushi Wakamiya

Atsushi Wakamiya is a Professor at the Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University. He earned his undergraduate degree from the School of Chemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University in 1998, followed by a master's degree in 2000 and a PhD in 2003 from the Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. His academic career began at Nagoya University, where he served as Assistant in the Graduate School of Science from 2003 to 2006, Assistant in the Research Center for Materials Science from 2006 to 2007, and Assistant Professor there from 2007 to 2010. He returned to Kyoto University as Associate Professor at the Institute for Chemical Research in 2010 and was promoted to Professor in 2018. He also holds positions as Deputy Executive Vice-President and Deputy Provost of Kyoto University.

Wakamiya's research focuses on perovskite solar cells, functional materials, boron chemistry, and pi-conjugated systems, with an emphasis on organic electronics and materials science. He has received numerous awards, including the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2022, the Ichimura Prize in Science against Global Warming in 2021, the Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work in 2020, the Green and Sustainable Chemistry Award in 2020, the Nozoe Memorial Award for Young Organic Chemists in 2015, and others. He is a co-founder and CSO of EneCoat Technologies Co., Ltd., and serves as Chair of the Film Photovoltaic Research Consortium. Wakamiya has published extensively in the fields of organic and perovskite optoelectronics and holds editorial and advisory roles with journals such as EES Solar and Chemical Science.