Osamu Tsutsumi

Group Leader, Laboratory of Polymer Materials Chemistry
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University

Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Director, Career Center, Ritsumeikan University
Director, Research Center for Advanced Materials, Ritsumeikan University
Visiting Professor, Shiga University of Medical Science
Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Address: 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
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ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7506-9908
Details: Researcher Database

Education

Mar. 1991: Department of Industrial Chemistry, Sasebo National College of Technology (now National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Sasebo College)
Mar. 1993: B.Eng., Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University
Mar. 1995: M.Eng., Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mar. 1998: Ph.D. (Engineering), Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Apr. 1997 – Mar. 1999: JSPS Research Fellow
Apr. 1998 – Jan. 1999: Postdoctoral researcher, California Institute of Technology
Jan. 1999 – Apr. 1999: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Arizona
May 1999 – Dec. 2002: Assistant Professor, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Apr. 2002 – Mar. 2007: Adjunct Lecturer (concurrent), Department of Chemistry, Division II, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
Jan. 2003 – Mar. 2007: Researcher, Ebara Research Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2007 – Mar. 2008: Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
Apr. 2008 – Mar. 2014: Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Apr. 2014 – present: Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Apr. 2023 – present: Visiting Professor, Shiga University of Medical Science
Apr. 2025 – present: Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH)

Jul. 2000: Publication Committee member, 18th International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC 2000)
Apr. 2005 – Mar. 2007: Secretary, Shonan Area Colloquium, Kanto Branch, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
Jul. 2006 – Dec. 2008: Editorial board member, Japanese Liquid Crystal Society
Jan. 2011 – Dec. 2012: Member, Chemistry and Materials Forum, Japanese Liquid Crystal Society
Apr. 2012 – Mar. 2014: Secretary, Kinki Branch, The Chemical Society of Japan
Jul. 2018: Local organizing committee member, 27th International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC 2018)
Sep. 2019 – Sep. 2021: Director (finance), Japanese Liquid Crystal Society