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 On Monday, March 4, 2024, a report meeting on the activities of the 2023 Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis was held at the Cultural Exchange Office of the Academic Information Center on the Sugimoto Campus. In the morning, there were reports on the research activities of each research division and a research presentation by Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Pengru Chen of the Laboratory of Catalytic Organic Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering.

 In the afternoon, there was a special lecture by Professor Kazuya Yamaguchi of the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, research presentations by eight students, and finally a special lecture by Professor Osamu Ishitani, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Hiroshima University.

 Finally, the award ceremony for the Student Activity Award and the Student Presentation Award was closed.

Report on the activities of the center by the director of the Amao Center

Research presentation by Project Assistant Professor Chen

The 2023 Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Student Activity Award

Mika Takeuchi (Graduate School of Science, Department of Chemistry, Master's Course, 2^nd year)

I am truly honored to receive the Student Activity Award. Three years ago, I applied for a position with the intention of working on research on the use of carbon dioxide, and I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the professors and seniors who gave me careful guidance at all times, even though I did not know right or left at the beginning of my assignment. This year, I was blessed with the opportunity to participate in an international conference held locally, and I was able to expand my knowledge as a researcher even though I was a student. From this spring, I will get a job and work at a manufacturer, and what is required of me there will be different from when I was a student, and there may be fewer situations where I can directly apply what I have learned, but I will humbly strive to make use of what I have learned in the laboratory for three years in a different way.

The 2023 Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Student Presentation Award

(Platinum Award)　
Kyousuke Yamada (Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, 4^th year)

Thank you very much for being selected for the Student Presentation Award. I think it is thanks to the guidance of many people since I was assigned to the laboratory. I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Amao, the staff of the laboratory, my seniors, and all the people who have been indebted to me on a daily basis. I am very pleased to have received recognition for my presentation on the construction of an amino acid synthesis system based on carbon-nitrogen bond formation driven by visible light, which I have been working on over the past year. Encouraged by this award, I will devote myself even more to my research activities after entering graduate school. Thank you very much.

(Gold Award)
Ryo Mitsuta (Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Life Sciences, Master's Course, 1^st year)

I am very honored to receive the Student Presentation Award. I believe that I was able to receive this award thanks to the support of the students in my laboratory and the guidance and encouragement of Dr. Yamada and other faculty members. In particular, I am very grateful that I was able to balance my research and job hunting while job hunting was in full swing due to the early stage, because of Professor Yamada's understanding of job hunting and the support of my classmates. I am still inexperienced as a researcher. Therefore, we will continue to engage in research with the aim of further growth and research results. We look forward to your continued guidance and support.

(Gold Award)
Shintaro Yoshikawa (Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, 4^th year)

I am very honored to receive the Student Presentation Award at the Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Activity Report Meeting, and I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the professors who have been giving me guidance on a regular basis. I would also like to express my gratitude to everyone in the laboratory who took care of me in my daily research life. We have received valuable opinions on the research presented this time, and new issues have been discovered, so we will continue to work on it every day with the aim of further development from the next fiscal year. Last but not least, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to those who were involved in organizing this activity report meeting.

Winners of the Student Activity Award and the Student Presentation Award
From right: Mr./Ms. Mitsuda, Mr./Ms. Takeuchi, Mr./Ms. Yamada, Mr./Ms. Yoshikawa

Prof. Amao, Mr./Ms. Yoshikawa, Mr./Ms. Yamada, Mr./Ms. Takeuchi

Specially Appointed Lecturer Nakazono, Mr./Ms. Mitsuta, Professor Yamada

We will report the results of the research activities conducted in FY2023 by each research division of the Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis in an easy-to-understand manner for the general public.

• Date & Time: Monday, March 04, 2024 09:30-16:30
• Venue: Osaka Metropolitan University Sugimoto Campus Research Information Center, 1st floor Cultural Exchange Room
  Campus Map No. 11（https://www.omu.ac.jp/en/about/campus/）
  On-site only (no online streaming)
• Target: General Public, Students
• Participation fee: Free
• Co-organizers:
  Chemistry Personal Cultivation Program, Joint Usage/Research Center for Catalysis, Carbon Dioxide Conversion Catalyst Workshop of the Catalysis Society of Japan

The application deadline is Friday, March 01, 2024 at 12 noon.

⇒The 2023 Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Activity Report Meeting Flyer

Special Lecture

	［金属錯体を中核とした二酸化炭素還元光触媒系の開発］ Osamu Ishitani (Professor, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology / Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Hiroshima University)
	［複合機能固体触媒による脱水素酸化反応］ Kazuya Yamaguchi (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)

Activity Report Program

• Activity reports of the four research divisions
• Reports on the latest research results by young faculty members
• Report on the research results of students working hard at the center

And so on and so forth Mr./Ms.

⇒FY2023 Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Activity Report Program

Program

Activity reports of each research division and cooperating laboratories

Research Presentations by Young Specially Appointed Professors

Special Lecture

Student Research Presentation (7 minutes presentation, 3 minutes Q&A)

Special Lecture

Contact us

〒558-8585 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
Osaka Metropolitan University, Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis
E-mail: recap-colab[at]ml.omu.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @)