Curriculum Vitae


NAME : Takahide KIMURA
PERSONAL DATA : Bone: Mie, Japan, February 24, 1950
TITLE : Professor
ADDRESS : Department of Chemistry
Shiga University of Medical Science
Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192 Japan
TEL : +81-(0)77-548-2108
FAX : +81-(0)77-548-2405
E-MAIL : kimura@@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
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RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS : 2003-present Professor Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
1990-2002 Associate Professor Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
1983-90 Assistant Researcher Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
1982-83 Postdoctoral Fellowship Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA
1980-82 Postdoctoral Fellowship Chicago University, USA
EDUCATION : a) B.Sc. (Chemistry) Kobe University 1973
b) Ph.D. (Bioorganic Chemistry) Kyoto University 1980
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS : Japan Society of Sonochemistry (President), Chemical Society of Japan,
American Chemical Society,
Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry, etc
RESEARCH INTERESTS : 1) The elucidation of mechanisms of organic reactions caused by ultrasonic irradiation
and their application to organic synthesis.
2) The elucidation of the oxidation and antioxidation properties of the tea catechins

PUBLICATIONS LIST : Sonochemistry
Catechin Chemistry
INVITED LECTURES : Sonochemistry