Atsushi Ohtaka
Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan
Biography
Atsushi Ohtaka received his PhD from Osaka University in 2003 under the direction of Professor Hideo Kurosawa. He then worked for two years as a Post-Doctorate Research Fellow in National Cardiovascular Center, for a year at Institute for Molecular Science under the direction of Professor Yasuhiro Uozumi, and for six months as a Visiting Researcher in Alicante University under the direction of Professor Carmen Najera. He became an Assistant Professor (2006) and Associate Professor (2013) at Osaka Institute of Technology where he won an award for encouragement of Research in Materials Science in 2008. His current research interests include: (1) transition-metal nanoparticles catalyst; (2) catalytic reaction in water.