Professor
Kenji Urayama
Laboratory of Soft Material Physics and Function
Department of Material Chemistry
Graduate School of Engineering
Kyoto University
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E-mail:  urayama.kenji.2s[at]kyoto-u.ac.jp

Ph.D., Kyoto University, 1996
M. E., Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, 1992
B. E., Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, 1990

Professor, Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University, 2022 –
Professor, Department of Macromolecular Science & Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, 2013-2022
Associate Professor, Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University, 2005-2013
Senior Lecturer, Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University, 2003-2004
Assistant Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, 1994-2002
　　　　　　　　
Posdoctoral Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 1998
Visiting Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Potsdam, 2001

Awards

• The Society of Rubber Industry Japan Award (The Society of Rubber Industry, Japan),
  2021 [Joint Award]
• Award for Academic Contribution (The Society of Materials Science, Japan), 2019
• Bridgestone Soft Materials Frontier Award (The Society of Rubber Industry, Japan), 2012
• Outstanding Paper Award (Japanese Liquid Crystal Society), 2011 [Joint Award]
• Wiley Award (The Society of Polymer Science, Japan), 2008
• John H. Dillon Medal (Division of Polymer Physics, American Physical Society), 2006
• Award for Promising Researcher (The Society of Materials Science, Japan), 2006
• Young Researcher Award (The Society of Rheology, Japan), 2005
• Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science (The Society of Polymer Science, Japan), 2000

​# Awards of My past and present students

Journal Editor

• Macromolecules  (American Chemical Society),  Editorial Advisory Board (2022- )
• Journal of Elasticity (Springer), Editorial Board (2023-)
• Nihon Reoroji Gakkaishi (The Society of Rheology, Japan), Associate Editor (2007- ); Editor (2009-2015)