Sadahito Aoshima

Prof. Sadahito Aoshima Osaka University Macromolecular Science 1-1 Machikaneyama Toyonaka Japan 560-0043 Email: aoshima@chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp Biographical Sketch: Sadahito Aoshima is a Professor of Macromolecular Science at Osaka University in Japan. He was born in Mito, Japan, in 1959, and received his B.S. (1981), M.S. (1983), and Ph.D. (1987) degrees in polymer chemistry from Kyoto University under the supervision of Professor Toshinobu Higashimura. After a subsequent postdoctoral research with Professor Higashimura, he started his academic carrier at Tokyo University of Science in 1988. During 1993-1994, he spent a year at Cornell University as a visiting scientist, working with Professor Jean M. J. Fréchet. In April 2000, he moved to Osaka University as an Associate Professor, and was promoted to a full professorship in October 2000. His recent research interests focus on the development of living cationic polymerization and the precise synthesis of various stimuli-responsive polymers.