Profs. Awaga & Tanaka visited the University of Edinburgh
Jan 8-12, 2017
Profs. Awaga & Tanaka visited the University of Edinburgh
UK
K. Awaga and K. Tanaka
On Jan. 9 and 10th, 2017, Kunio Awaga (Nagoya Univ. (NU), Coordinator) and Kentaro Tanaka (NU, CtC new member) visited Edinburgh to discuss with Prof. Neil Robertson (the Univ of Edinburgh (UoE), Coordinator) and Dr. Stephen Moggach (UoE, Expert of structural analysis and physical experiments under ultra-high pressure). The topics included the high pressure effects on molecular/supramolecular systems and their device applications, the collaboration research of Mr. Asato Mizuno (NU, PhD student), who was going to stay in Edinburgh for two months, and the future extension of the CtC project.
Awaga and Tanaka also met Prof. Eleanor Campbell, the former Head of the School of Chemistry, to discuss the joint-degree PhD program between NU and UoE, which had launched in last October. This program is based on the mutual trust between the two universities, built by the various research collaborations, and our CtC project is recognized as one of the most important ones.
Furthermore, Awaga and Tanaka were honored to meet many key persons in the UoE, Prof. Lesley Yellowlees, Head of College of Science and Engineering, Prof. Colin R. Pulham, Head of School of Chemistry, Prof. Christina Boswell, Director of Research in the School of Social and Political Sciences, Prof. Jonathan Seckl, Vice Principal, Dr. Michael P Shaver, Head of the Graduate School, etc. to learn the research policy and planning of the UoE and to discuss some areas where the synergy between Nagoya and Edinburgh can continue to grow.
