GROUP LEADER
Kensuke Suga
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Science, The University of Osaka
Ph.D. in Science, Kyoto University
Kensuke Suga graduated from the Faculty of Science at Kyoto University and completed his master’s and doctoral studies at its Graduate School of Science. During his doctoral studies, he conducted research as a JSPS Research Fellow (DC1) and undertook a research stay at the University of New South Wales. He has been an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Science, The University of Osaka, since April 2025.
Education & appointments
- 2025.04–
- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Osaka
- 2025.03
- Ph.D. in Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
- 2023.09–2024.03
- Research stay, School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales
- 2022.04–2025.03
- JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
- 2022.03
- Master’s degree, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
- 2020.03
- Graduated from the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
Awards
- CSJ Student Presentation Award, 104th Annual Meeting ↗The Chemical Society of Japan
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A Presentation Prize, 2022 Symposium on Photochemistry ↗The Japanese Photochemistry Association
Research support
- 2026-04–2029-03
JSPS / KAKENHI — Early-Career Scientists
Establishing a pore-enabled 3D printing platform through internal-space design ↗Grant number 26K17907 - 2026-04–2028-03
JSPS / KAKENHI — Transformative Research Areas (A), Publicly Offered Research
Building a molecular exploration platform to understand π-molecular complexity through property differences ↗Grant number 26H01357 - 2025-07–2027-03
JSPS / KAKENHI — Research Activity Start-up
Creating and understanding light-driven molecules through structure generation tailored to π-conjugated systems ↗Grant number 25K23592
Previous support
- 2025-04–2026-02
The University of Osaka / Next-generation researcher development / interdisciplinary research project
Next-generation molecular design through collaboration across search AI, quantum chemistry, and organic chemistry ↗ - 2024-08–2025-03
Kyoto University / Ginfū Fund
3D printing of nanocomposites whose mechanical properties are governed by flow ↗ - 2023-09–2024-03
JSPS / Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers
Understanding the relationship between structure and stress distribution in precisely 3D-printed soft materials ↗ - 2022-04–2025-03
JSPS / KAKENHI — JSPS Fellows
Predicting phase transitions through machine learning to understand liquid-crystal molecular arrangements, with applications to photofunctional liquid crystals ↗Grant number 22KJ1964