Summary
Kenji Katayama is a professor at Chuo University with 14 years of advanced research experience in time-resolved spectroscopy and photo-induced processes, aimed at improving photocatalytic materials and solar devices. His work spans photocatalysis, photovoltaics, photofunctional liquid crystals and polymers, focusing on controlling photo-generated charge carriers and excited molecules at surfaces, interfaces, and within micro-reactors. He combines experimental spectroscopic and microscopic techniques with statistical big-data analysis of imaging and spectroscopy results to extract mechanistic insights. Earlier postdoctoral work at MIT and Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology strengthened his expertise in terahertz spectroscopy, ultrahigh-frequency photoacoustics, microfluidics, and optical sensors. Based in Tokyo, he bridges fundamental photophysics and practical solar-device applications, often leveraging interdisciplinary methods not immediately obvious from his title.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of Tokyo
Japanese, English