Maki Kawai
Japanese chemist
Maki Kawai (川合眞紀, Kawai Maki) is a Japanese chemist who developed spatially selective single-molecule spectroscopy. In 2018, she became the first woman to become president of the Chemical Society of Japan.
Early life and education
Kawai earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Tokyo in 1975. She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Tokyo in 1980. Her PhD was supervised by Kenji Tamaru.
Research and career
Kawai was a postdoctoral researcher at Riken between 1980 and 1982. She joined the University of Tokyo as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellow in 1982. Her research considers the vibrational dynamics of single-molecules at surfaces. Her group use STM to monitor molecules and atoms on top of surfaces. She uses this to understand the chemical and physical phenomena of nanowires, nanodots and biomolecules.
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