2025 year members
In the eighth year since the establishment of the Sustainable Materials Laboratory, we now have 13 members from 6 different countries. We enjoy conducting research on sustainable materials together and also have a lot of fun as a team.
Staff
(Assoc. Prof.) Anatoly ZINCHENKO
Doctoral course students
(D3)
Khonekeo KINGKHAMBANG
(Asian Satellite Campuses Program)
(D2) Hanan AHMAD (Forefront, MEXT)
(D2) Xin LIN
(D2) Hao WANG
(D1) Guanglong HUANG
(D1) Snigdha DAS (MEXT)
Master's course students
(M2) Dalu LIU
(M2) Shotaro ISHIGURI
(M2) Hiyu KASHIWAGI
(M1) Yuiko FUKUMAN
(M1) Takahisa YAMADA
Research student
(RS) Xinyun YU (NUPACE)
Alumni
2026
- （JSPS postdoc） Tan Phat VO (Upcycling of Textile Waste into Carbon Nanomaterials)
- （M） Mamika HOBO (Development of a Water Purification Agent from Crab Shells)
- （M） Ruoming CHENG (Recovery of Valuable Metals from E-Waste Leachates Using Metal Adsorbents Derived from PET Waste)
- （M） Chang SHU (Optimization of Soil Reinforcement Efficiency by Electrostatic Complexes of Biomass-Derived Polyions)
2025
- （D）Kayee CHAN （Design and Synthesis of Functional Materials from Products of Waste PET Decomposition by Aminolysis）
- （M/NUGELP） Miku NAKANISHI （Recycling of PET Fibers by Surface Aminolysis and Functionalization with Catalytic Nanoparticles）
2024
- （M/NUGELP） Yusei TAKAHASHI （Synthesis of Fluorescent Nanomaterials from Waste Polyolefins by Hydrothermal Treatment with Phenylenediamine）
- （M/NUGELP） Xin LIN （Optimization of Biochar Adsorbent Preparation from Fishery Waste Biomass for the Removal of Pharmaceuticals）
- （M/NUGELP） Taisei KAWATE （Comparison of Mechanical and Metal Ion Adsorption Characteristics of Hydrogel Materials Prepared from Biomass Polymers and Biomass Nanofibers）
2023
- （M） Yehao WANG （The study on Strength, Stability, and Metal Ions Adsorption Properties of Soil Improved With Biomass-Derived Polymers）
2022
- （M/NUGELP） Maofei WANG （The Synthesis of Fluorescent Nanomaterials from DNA, RNA and Nucleotides and Their Application for Heavy Metal Ions Sensing）
- （M） Kayee CHAN （Conversion of Waste PET Bottles to the Hydrogel and its Application as an Adsorbent）
2021
- （M） Kohki MORIKAWA (Preparation of hydrogels from biomass polymers and their application as functional materials)