Summary
Yoshiaki Kawajiri is a professor of Materials Process Engineering at Nagoya University and a Senior Science and Technology Policy Fellow at Japan’s Cabinet Office, combining deep academic research with national science policy impact. With a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon and over a decade of international experience including tenured faculty roles and postdoctoral research in Germany, he specializes in separations, carbon capture, chromatography, adsorption, crystallization, and process systems engineering. He applies rigorous modeling, Bayesian parameter estimation, and data science to practical problems in energy, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical separations. His work bridges fundamental methods (simulated moving bed chromatography, preferential crystallization) and policy translation, reflecting a rare blend of hands-on lab/algorithmic expertise and strategic advisory roles. An active collaborator across institutions including Georgia Tech and LUT, he often integrates statistical inference into process design to reduce experimental burden and accelerate deployment.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Japanese, German