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Toshifumi Morioka

Visiting Researcher
Email:
tmorioka@ucsb.edu

Education

Undergraduate Institution: Osaka University
Graduate Institution (M.S.): Osaka University
Graduate Institution (Ph.D.): Osaka University

Biography

Toshifumi was born in Kyoto, Japan. He received his PhD (Engineering) under the supervision of Professor Chatani, where his research focused on nickel-catalyzed transformations involving the cleavage of inert chemical bonds. In 2018, he joined Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, where he has been engaged in the development of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-based materials as pharmaceutical excipients. In 2025, he joined the Hawker group through the Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials (MC-CAM) program at UCSB, an industry–academia partnership between Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and UCSB. His current research focuses on the development of novel PVA-based materials for pharmaceutical applications.