Members

Hiroshi Inaba
Ph. D. in Engineering
E-mail: hinaba[at]hiroshima-u.ac.jp (please replace [at] with @.)
Place of birth: Azumino, Nagano, Japan
Date of birth: March 23, 1987

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Education

• 2015　Ph. D. in Engineering
• 2011 – 2014　Ph. D. Course, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
  Supervisor: Prof. Susumu Kitagawa
• 2009 – 2011　M. Sc. Course, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
  Supervisor: Prof. Yoshihito Watanabe
• 2005 – 2009　B. Sc. Course, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
  Supervisor: Prof. Yoshihito Watanabe

Employment

• 2026 – present
  Professor, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University
• 2021 – present
  JST-FOREST Researcher (Kitagawa panel)
• 2021 – 2026
  Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University
• 2016 – 2021
  Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University
• 2015 – 2016
  Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 2012 – 2014
  JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

Honors and Awards

• 2026　NAGASE Science Technology Award, NAGASE Science Technology Foundation
• 2024　Award for Young Investigator 2024, The Japanese Peptide Society
• 2024　Young Scientist Award, MEXT
• 2024　Tottori University Scientific Research Achievement Award
• 2023　Best JOICO award, 2022 NIKON JOICO AWARD
• 2022　Lecture Award, The 16th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry
• 2022　The 71st CSJ Award for Young Chemists, The Chemical Society of Japan
• 2022　Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
• 2021　SPSJ Award for the Outstanding Paper in Polymer Journal 2020 sponsored by ZEON, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
• 2019　Young Scientist Presentation Award, The 2nd Molecular Robotics Annual Meeting
• 2019　Konica Minolta Image Science Encouragement Award
• 2018　Young Scientist Presentation Award, The 28th Biopolymer Symposium
• 2017　Young Scientist Presentation Award (Good Stone Award), The 54th Japanese Peptide Symposium
• 2017　CSJ Presentation Award, The 97th CSJ Annual Meeting
• 2014　RSC Biomaterials Science Best Poster Award, The 6th iCeMS Retreat
• 2014　SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry (Chemical Abstracts Service)
• 2014　CSJ Student Presentation Award, The 94th CSJ Annual Meeting
• 2013　Poster Award, The 5th iCeMS Retreat
• 2013　RSC Poster Prize, RSC Publishing-iCeMS Joint International Symposium
• 2012　Poster Award, The 2th CSJ Chemistry Festa
• 2012　Best Poster Award, The 24th Summar School of Division of Biofunctional Chemistry, The Chemical Society of Japan
• 2010　Poster Award, The 60th Conference of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry

Funding

• 2026 – 2030　Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• 2026 – 2028　Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) Meso Hierarchy (Publicly Offered Research)
• 2026 – 2027　NAGASE Science Technology Foundation Research Grant
• 2026 – 2027　Dojindo Laboratories’ Foundation for Life Science Research Grant
• 2024 – 2025　Mitsubishi Foundation Natural Science Research Grant for Young Scientist
• 2024 – 2028　JST FOREST Phase 2
• 2024 – 2026　Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) Meso Hierarchy (Publicly Offered Research)
• 2024 – 2025　The Kyoto Technoscience Center Research Grant
• 2023 – 2024　JST ACT-X [Life and Chemistry] Acceleration Phase
• 2023 – 2026　Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• 2022 – 2023　ATI Research Grant
• 2021 – 2024　JST FOREST Phase 1
• 2020 – 2023　JST ACT-X [Life and Chemistry]
• 2019 – 2022　Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• 2019 – 2021　The 30th Kato Memorial Research Grant
• 2019 – 2020　Inamori Research Grant
• 2019 – 2020　Konica Minolta Image Science Encouragement Award
• 2017 – 2019　Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• 2012 – 2014　Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Scientific Society

• The Chemical Society of Japan
• Division of Biofunctional Chemistry, The Chemical Society of Japan
• The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
• Forum on Biopolymers Science, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
• The Japanese Peptide Society