持田勲教授和他的科研活动

Prof. Isao Mochida was born in 1940. His doctorate degree was granted in 1968 from the Department of Synthetic Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan. In 1982, he was promoted to be a professor affiliated with the Research Institute of Industrial Science, Kyushu University (The institute was reorganized and renamed the Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering in 2003). He retired from Kyushu University in April 2004 and was appointed Professor Emeritus for his great contributions to scientific research. After retirement, he focuses his research on carbon nanofibers and activated carbon fibers.Prof. Mochida has produced brilliant achievements in the following fields: carbon science (mesophase pitch, needle coke, pitch and petroleum cokes, carbon fibers, activated carbon fibers, carbon nanofibers, mesoporous carbon, etc.), coal gasification and liquefaction and petroleum refining (hydrocracking, hydrorefining, coking of petroleum crude and products), catalysis (environmental protection, selective hydrogenation, catalytic elimination of sulfur and nitrogen species), and energy storage (direct methanol fuel cell, lithium battery, electric double layer capacitor, etc). Up to now, he has authored 10 scientific books, 720 technical papers and 50 patents and received 15 international and domestic awards because of his great scientific contributions. Prof. Mochida is also involved in many social activities, such as Chief Editor of Fuel in Asia (2003), the Advisory Committee for R&D Coal Utilization Technology (1995) and so on. He keeps active relationships with international coworkers and has close relationships with many companies in Japan, USA, Korea, China and other countries.