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KAZUHIKO MAEDA

Title of presentation:

Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction and Water Oxidation Using Surface-Modified Semiconductors


Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Email: pj.ca.hcetit.mehc@kadeam

Biography:
Kazuhiko Maeda received his PhD from The University of Tokyo (2007) under the supervision of Professor Kazunari Domen. During 2008–2009, he was a postdoctoral fellow at The Pennsylvania State University, where he worked with Professor Thomas E. Mallouk. He then joined The University of Tokyo as an Assistant Professor in 2009. Moving to Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2012, he was promoted to an Associate Professor. He was also appointed as a PRESTO/JST researcher during 2010–2014. His major research interest is heterogeneous photocatalysis for light to chemical energy conversion, with a focus on water splitting and CO2 fixation.