Yu Kitazawa

Yu obtained his B.Eng. from Tokyo Institute of Technology under supervision of Professor Yasuyuki Tezuka studying polymer chemistry. He received his M.Pharm. and D.Pharm. degrees from the University of Tokyo under supervision of Professor Masanobu Uchiyama. Following his research as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Tokyo, he was a JSPS Overseas Research Fellow at IOCB in the Czech Republic with Professor Josef Michl where he continued his research of boron clusters. His research is targeted toward developing new molecules based on boron clusters in the direction of novel catalyst, electro/ionic material and pharmacotherapy.