Takeshi Endo

Professor Takeshi Endo Kinki University Molecular Engineering Institute Kayanomori 11-6 Iizuka Fukuoka Japan 820-8555 Email: tendo@moleng.fuk.kindai.ac.jp Biographical Sketch: Takeshi Endo is a Professor of Molecular Engineering Institute (MEI) at Kinki University and an Emeritus Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT). He is also Director of MEI and Vice President of Kinki University. He became an Assistant Professor at TIT in 1969, Associate Professor in 1982 and a Professor in 1986. He was Director of Chemical Resources Laboratory at TIT from 1991 until his retirement from TIT in 2000. Then he moved to Yamagata University, and became Vice President of Yamagata University until his retirement from Yamagata University in 2005. He moved to Kinki University in 2005. He was awarded The Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (1984), The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work (1989), The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Technical Development (2000). From 2008, he has been an Honorary Member of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan.