Distinguished Professor / PI
Susumu Kitagawa
Research Interest
Inorganic Chemistry, Chemistry of Coordination Space
Synthesis and Properties of Porous Coordination Polymers / Metal-Organic Frameworks for understanding and controlling the role of nanospace.
What I like about my science
Creating any nanoscale network structures ad arbitrium.
Researcher Q & A
Where are you from?
Kyoto city
Why did you become a researcher?
I chose chemistry as a career because … chemists understand the difference between ethanol and methanol.
What is your favorite experiment, theory, device, reagent, lab equipment? Why do you like it?
Experiment: Crystallization of metal complexes; it makes a start for our chemistry.
Theory: Frontier orbital theory; it gives a guideline for synthetic chemists.
Instrument: Solid State NMR; we can observe spectrum without any treatments.
What is your hobby?
Detective and police fiction novels: I can be a detective in the fictive world.
Kabuki and Super Kabuki: representation of human nature is fantastic.
European thriller movies: I quickly become entranced in the story.
