Dr. Tomohiro Yasukawa

Biography

Tomohiro Yasukawa obtained his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2010, 2012, and 2015 respectively, under the supervision of Prof. Shu Kobayashi. In 2013, he joined the research group of Prof. Frank Glorius at the University of Münster in Germany as a visiting student. In April 2015, he was appointed as a project assistant professor at the Green & Sustainable Chemistry Social Cooperation Laboratory at the University of Tokyo. By October 2022, he joined the research group of Prof. Jannie Cossy at ESPCI Paris as a postdoctoral researcher. He is set to return to the University of Tokyo as a project assistant professor in April 2024, and by October 2024, he will join Monash University as a lecturer. His research focuses on the development of heterogeneous catalysts for green sustainable organic reactions, with a primary emphasis on carbon-based materials, such as nitrogen-doped carbon, and the creation of novel metal nanoparticle catalysts and single-metal atom catalysts (SACs). He explores various reaction types including hydrogenation, aerobic oxidation, and C-C bond forming reactions, alongside interests in electrochemical synthesis and continuous flow reactions using packed catalyst reactors.

Research Interests