Akimitsu Okamoto
AkimitsuOkamotoobtainedhisPhDinsyntheticchemistryandbiologicalchemistryfromKyotoUniversityin1998,wherehewasappointedAssistantProfessorin1999afterayearasapostdoctoralfellowatMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.HemovedtoRIKENasaninitiativeresearchscientist(unitleader)in2006.HejoinedthefacultyattheUniversityofTokyoin2012asProfessor.Hisresearchfocusesonthedesign,synthesis,andphysicalpropertiesofnew,manmadebiopolymerswithvariousfunctionalities,andthedesignofuniqueorganicchemicalsystemsforrecognizing,transforming,andvisualizingasinglecomponentoratominbiopolymersofinterest.