Masatake Haruta#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 2659 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | JAPAN |
Masatake Haruta passed away January 25, 2022.
Positions Held
- Professor Emeritus
- 2005 Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
- 2001 Director of Research Institute for Green Technology, Nat. Inst. Advanced Industrial Science & Technology
- 1999 Director of Department of Energy and the Environment, ONRI
- 1994 - 2001 Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Osaka University
- 1994 Guest Professor of Technical University of Vienna
- 1994 Principal Researcher, Director of Interdisciplinary Basic Research Center, ONRI
- 1990 Head of Catalysis Section, ONRI
- 1981 - 1982 Visiting Scientist at Universite Catholic de Louvain(Belgium)
- 1976 Research Scientist, Osaka National Research Institute
Fields of Scholarship
- Heterogeneous catalysis by gold
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Spiers Memorial Award
- 2011 President of the Catalysis Society of Japan
- 2009 Japan Chemical Society Award
- 2002 Henry J. Albert Award from the International Precious Metals Institute
- 2002 Science Award, Catalysis Society of Japan
- 1998 President's Award for Outstanding Research from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- 1997 Osaka Science Prize
