Working Together
The Sustainable Materials Laboratory is now in its eighth year. More than ten students work here at any one time, Japanese and international, across the master's and doctoral courses. The group works in both English and Japanese.
Each student runs a project of their own, from first synthesis through to publication. The alumni list below shows what previous members took on.
Staff
(Assoc. Prof.) Anatoly ZINCHENKO
Doctoral course students
(D3) Khonekeo KINGKHAMBANG
(D3) Hanan AHMAD (Forefront, MEXT)
(D2) Xin LIN
(D2) Hao WANG
(D1) Guanglong HUANG (Aron) (Researdent)
(D1) Snigdha DAS (MEXT)
Master's course students
(M2) Dalu LIU
(M2) Shotaro ISHIGURI
(M2) Hiyu KASHIWAGI
(M1) Yuiko FUKUMAN
(M1) Takahisa YAMADA (NUGELP)
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 (Strength, Stability, and Metal Ion Adsorption Properties of Soil Improved with Biomass-Derived Polymers)
2022
- (M/NUGELP) Maofei WANG (Synthesis of Fluorescent Nanomaterials from DNA, RNA, and Nucleotides and Their Application for Heavy Metal Ion Sensing)
- (M) Kayee CHAN (Conversion of Waste PET Bottles to Hydrogel and its Application as an Adsorbent)
2021
- (M) Kohki MORIKAWA (Preparation of Hydrogels from Biomass Polymers and Their Application as Functional Materials)