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has been served as editor, regional editor or honorary editor, and as a member of (executive) advisory board or editorial (advisory) board, for twenty four international journals, and currently he is serving for four journals. He has edited 16 books including "Catalysis in Precision Polymerization" (WILEY, 1997) and "Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials" (Springer, S. Kobayashi & K. Muellen co-editors, 2015). He has published approximately 470 original research papers, and around 240 review papers, book chapters, etc.

Hiroshi Uyama obtained his Master Degree of Engineering from Kyoto University in 1987 and subsequently Doctor Degree of Engineering from Tohoku University in 1991 under the direction of Professor Shiro Kobayashi. In 1987 he joined as an Assistant Professor in Tohoku University, thereafter moved to Kyoto University in 1997 and is presently a Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka University. He is the recipient of several awards and recognitions, including the Young Scientist Award (Chemical Society of Japan) and the Highest Award of Japan Bio-technology Business Competition. His research interests include biomass plastics and nano-processing of polymers.



Jun-ichi Kadokawa studied applied chemistry and materials chemistry at Tohoku University, where he received his M.S. degree in 1989 and his Ph. D. in 1992 under the supervision of Prof. Shiro Kobayashi. He then joined Yamagata University as a Research Associate. From 1996 to 1997, he worked as a visiting scientist in the research group of Prof. Klaus Müllen at the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research in Germany. In 1999, he became an Associate Professor at Yamagata University and moved to Tohoku University in 2002. He was appointed as a Professor of Kagoshima University in 2004. His research interests focus on enzymatic synthesis of non-natural polysaccharides, new polysaccharide-based materials, and control of the higher-ordered structures of polysaccharides. He received the Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science (1998) and the Cellulose Society of Japan Award (2010).