Biography:
Associate Prof. K. KOMURA (Ph.D.) received his bachelor of Eng. at Kansai University in 1996 (Prof. T. NISHIYAMA) and he went to a degree of master course at Nagoya University in 1996 (Prof. M. KITAMURA and Prof. R. NOYORI), then moved in 1997 at Toyohashi University of Technology for earning a Ph. Dr. under Prof. S. ITSUNO and received Ph. D. in 2002. His first carrier for researches of micro- and mesoporous materials began at Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Sendai joining with Dr. F. MIZUKAMI’s group in 2002. In 2004 he became an assistant professor at Gifu University with Prof. Y. SUGI and Y. KUBOTA group working on parts of shape-selective alkylation of aromatics using microporous materials. He became an associate professor in 2008 at Gifu University. His current active interests are to develop the CATALYTIC REACTIONs using micro- or mesoporous materials such as ZEOLITE and MESOPOROUS SILICA based on the concept of GREEN SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY.
Title : Mesoporous silica is a mysterious material: From viewpoints of its catalysis for direct amidation reaction of carboxylic acids and amines