Program Leader
KEISUKE SUZUKI
Chemistry creates its own objects - M. Berthelot (1860)
As represented by the words of 150 years ago, chemistry as a scientific discipline is characterized by its unique ability to create its own objects and to appreciate them, and thus, the chemical research by definition necessitates well-balanced collaboration of synthesis and analysis. However, rapid advance and specialization of various scientific fields have now made an unconscious gap between synthesis and analysis communities, to an extent that may hamper future progress at the frontiers of scientific researches.
However, couldn't we turn this serious recognition into a tip for a breakthrough? If one were to reunite two communities, we should be able to realize newer paradigms in chemistry and related molecular sciences.
We have launched Education & Research Center for Emergence of New Molecular Chemistry, so as to enhance the dynamical interaction of "synthesis and analysis". The key players are the graduate students, the future leaders of molecular sciences.
From 21st Century COE to Global COE - Building on the fruitful inter-departmental networkings at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech.), this new program, Global COE, expands the network internationally with the goal of acquiring greater knowledge through integrated pursuit of synthetic and analytical molecular research, which in turn will foster the young future leaders of molecular science.
Going global - Strong ties to distinguished research institutes, RIKEN and other international laboratories will insure a globally integrated human resource and promote cross-cultural experience of young faculty and graduate students.
Frameworks to overcome isolation - "Emergence" (So-Hatsu, in Japanese) represents creation of features in a multi-component system beyond the sum of its parts. "Research & Education Cluster" (REC) promotes the emergence of scholarly excellence through intellectual interactions of diverse molecular scientists
