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Akihiko Tsuda received his B.E. degree in Organic Chemistry from Shinshu University in 1997 and then received an
M.E. degree in Supramolecular Chemistry from Osaka University in 1999. He obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
from Kyoto University in 2002. He then began his academic career as an Assistant Professor at Aida Laboratory at the
University of Tokyo. He has been an Associate Professor at Kobe University since 2008. He has also been a Visiting
Associate Professor at Shiga University of Medical Science since 2017 and a Visiting Professor at Inner Mongolia
Medical University since 2018. His research interests include (1) organic chemistry, (2) halogen chemistry, (3)
photochemistry, (4) process chemistry, and (5) polymer science.
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