PERSONAL DATA
· Name: Hironori Izawa
· Nationality: Japan
· Address: 1-1 Gakuen-Kibanadai Nishi, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
· Ph.D. Engineering, March 2010
Department of Nano-structures & Advanced Materials, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University
"Preparation of Novel Polysaccharide Materials by Means of Environmentally Benign Methodologies"
Supervisor: Prof. Jun-ichi Kadokawa
· M.A. Engineering, March 2005
Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
“Enzymatic Sulfation of Carbohydrates with Glyco-sulfatase”
Supervisor: Professor Shin-ichiro Shoda
· B.A. Engineering, March 2003
Department of Functional Materials Engineering, Toyama National College of Technology
“Preparation of 4-pentyne-1,3-dione derivatives and their application”
Supervisor: Prof. Hirofumi Kuroda
WORK EXPERIENCE
· April 2005 – September 2006
Seiko PMC Corporation
· April 2010 – July 2012
Postdoctoral fellow of Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), National Institute for Materials Sciecne (NIMS), Supermolecules Group (Group Reader: Katsuhiko Ariga)
· August 2012 – December 2019
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University
· January 2020 – December 2019
Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University
· April 2022 – present
Full Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki.
PUBLICATIONS (February 2026)
Papers: 91, h-index: 32 (Scopus)
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Key publications
· H. Izawa,* , K. Sone, S. Ando, Y. Tajima, D. A. Zewude, S. Ifuku* “Guanidinylated Nanochitins: Guanidinylated Chitin Nanocrystal Is Dispersible at Neutral pH” Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 14, 144-152 (2026).
· H. Izawa,* A. Yagi, R. Umemoto, S. Ifuku “Water-soluble guanidinylated chitosan: A candidate material for protein delivery systems” Polymer Journal, 55, 885-895 (2023).
· H. Izawa,* T. Yonemura, Y. Nakamura, Y. Toyoshima, M. Kawakami, H. Saimoto, S. Ifuku “Hierarchical surface wrinkles and bumps generated on chitosan films having double-skin layers comprising topmost carrageenan layers and polyion complex layers” Carbohydrate Polymers, 284, 119224 (2022).
· H. Izawa,* F. Yasufuku, T. Nokami, S. Ifuku, H. Saimoto, T. Matsui, K. Morihashi, M. Sumita “Unique photophysical properties of 1,8-naphthalimide derivatives: generation of semi-stable radical anion species by photo-induced electron transfer from a carboxy group” ACS Omega, 6, 13456–13465 (2021).
· H. Izawa,* Y. Miyazaki, T. Yonemura, N. Ito, Y. Okamoto, S. Ifuku, M. Morimoto, H. Saimoto “Polysaccharide-based wrinkled surfaces induced by polyion complex skin layers upon drying” Polymer Journal, 51, 675–683 (2019).
· H. Izawa,* N. Okuda, A. Moriyama, Y. Miyazaki, S. Ifuku, M. Morimoto, H. Saimoto* “Biobased wrinkled surfaces induced by wood mimetic skins upon drying: effect of mechanical properties on wrinkle morphology” Langmuir, 32, 12799–12804 (2016).
· H. Izawa,* N. Okuda, S. Ifuku, M. Morimoto, H. Saimoto, O. J. Rojas “Bio-based wrinkled surfaces harnessed from biological design principles of wood and peroxidase activity” ChemSusChem, 8, 3892–3896 (2015).
· H. Izawa,* S. Nishino, M. Sumita, K. Morihashi, S. Ifuku, M. Morimoto, H. Saimoto “A novel 1,8-Naphthalimide derivative with an open space for an anion: Unique fluorescence behaviour depending on the binding anion’s electrophilic property” Chemical Communications, 51, 8596-8599 (2015).
AWARDS
· May 2020, PJ-ZEON AWARD, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan.
· August 2018, Encouragement Award, Japanese Society for Chitin and Chitosan, Japan.
· September 2016, Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan.