Author: Takafumi Ueno

TAKAFUMI UENO is Professor in the School and Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology at Tokyo Institute of Technology. His current research interests involve the molecular design of artificial metalloproteins and exploitation of meso-scale materials with the coordination chemistry of protein assemblies. He was awarded the Young Investigator Award of the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry in 2007 and the Young Scientists” Prize of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, in 2008. YOSHIHITO WATANABE is Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Nagoya University. Since 2009, he has been appointed a Vice President of Research and International Affairs. His current research interests include the design of hydrogen peroxide-dependent monooxygenase and construction of metalloenzymes with synthetic complexes at their catalytic centers. He is a recipient of the Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work in 1999, and the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry in 2011. He sits on two editorial boards and an international advisory board.