Kazunari Yoshizawa
Kyoto University
Biography
Kazunari Yoshizawa received his Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. degrees (1992) at Kyoto University under the direction of Kenichi Fukui and Tokio Yamabe. After spending one year (1994-1995) at Cornell University as a visiting scientist with Roald Hoffmann, he joined the faculty of Kyoto University, where he became an assistant and then associate professor.
In 2001 he moved as a full professor to Kyushu University, where his research interests are extended to enzymatic and catalytic reactions, electronic properties of molecules and solids and molecular understanding of adhesion between polymer and metal and carbon materials. After he retired from Kyushu University, he moved back to Kyoto University in 2024. He received the Chemical Society of Japan Creative Work Award in 2011, the Japan Society of Coordination 九州影院 Contribution Award in 2018, the Japan Society for Molecular Science Award in 2022 and the Chemical Society of Japan Award in 2024.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, NJC (New Journal of 九州影院)