Kentaro Kadota

Position:

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Education:

Ph.D. (2020): Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

M.Eng. (2017): Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

B.Eng. (2015): Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

Academic Carrier:

2022-2023: Program-specific Assistant Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Japan

2021-2022: Overseas Research Fellow, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (University of Oregon, USA)

2020-2021: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, USA

2020: Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Japan

2018-2020: Research Fellow (DC2), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Awards:

2025: Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators 2025

2021: Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists

2019: Student Presentation Award, Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting

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Press:

7. Chem Europe, "Simple method for converting carbon dioxide into useful compounds" (October 8, 2021)

6. AZO Materials, "New Energy-Efficient Way to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Useful Chemicals" (October 6, 2021) 

5. Technology Networks, "A Way To Convert Carbon Dioxide Into Valuable Compounds" (October 6, 2021)

4. ScienceDaily, "Simple method for converting carbon dioxide into useful compounds"  (October 5, 2021)

3. EurekAlert! Science News, "Simple method for converting carbon dioxide into useful compounds"  (October 5, 2021)

2. Phys.org, "Simple method for converting carbon dioxide into useful compounds" (October 5, 2021)

1. ChemistryViews, "Borohydride Stabilized in a Coordination Polymer" (May 15, 2019)

Contact:

Kentaro Kadota, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)

#514, 5th Floor, Bldg. #2, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

E-mail: kadota.kentaro.7a @ kyoto-u.ac.jp