PhD (The University of Tokyo)

MS (The University of Tokyo)

Bachelor (The University of Tokyo)

Professor Miyajima received BS and Ph.D. from The University of Tokyo in 2008 and 2013, respectively. During his Ph.D. course, he stayed for one year at UC Santa Barbara to study polymer chemistry. After getting Ph.D., he joined RIKEN, a national research institute in Japan, as a researcher and was promoted to a unit leader (PI) in 2018. In 2023, he joined as a full professor in School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong, Shenzhen.

Professor Miyajima has developed novel materials with a special focus on the self-assembly of small and macro-molecules. So far, he has published many papers in top journals such as Nature, Science, Nat. Materials, Nat. Chemistry as either the first or corresponding authors. He also has been actively involved in research collaboration with companies and has multiple patents with medicine and chemical companies.

He received a series of awards e.g., President's Award from of The University of Tokyo (2012), Ikushi Prize from The Japan Society for The Promotion of Science (2012), RIKEN Industry-Academia Collaboration Award (2018), Young Scientist’s Prize by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2018), RIKEN BAIHO Award (2018).

1. Delayed fluorescence from inverted singlet and triplet excited states, Nature, 2022, 609, 502–506.
2. Solvent-free autocatalytic supramolecular polymerization, Nat. Mat., 2022, 21, 253–261.
3. Thermally Bisignate Supramolecular Polymerization, Nature Chem., 2017, 9, 1133-1139.
4. An autonomous actuator driven by fluctuations in ambient humidity, Nat. Mater., 2016, 15, 1084–1089.
5. A rational strategy for the realization of chain-growth supramolecular polymerization, Science, 2015, 347, 6222, 646–651.
6. Ferroelectric Columnar Liquid Crystal Featuring Confined Polar Groups Within Core–Shell Architecture, Science, 2012, 336, 209–213.