Jihatsu Research Unit
TIAR Assistant Professor
GEONZON Lester Assistant Professor,
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
Unraveling the Spatiotemporal Structures of Bio-Based Materials
Our natural environment, both on land and in the oceans, contains many valuable resources that are not yet fully used. Among these are agro and bioresources, such as natural polymers found in plants, animals, and microorganisms. Many of these materials can be obtained from agricultural waste and industrial by products, making them environmentally friendly and sustainable. They are already used to make useful materials, especially in food production and biotechnology. However, to use these resources more effectively, we need a better understanding of how they are structured and how they behave over time and at different scales.
To meet this challenge, I aim to develop an integrated approach to better use agro and bioresources for creating new materials in agriculture, food science, and medicine. This approach will combine techniques at different length and time scales to better understand how these materials are organized and how they change. Gaining this knowledge will help improve their performance and expand their practical applications.
| Field of Research | Biomaterials, Gels, Physical Chemistry |
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| Research Topic | Agro-Environmental Sustainability through the Application of Bio-Based Materials |
| Keywords | Hydrogels, biopolymers, hierarchical structures |
| Certification Start | FY2025 |
| Scheduled End | FY2026 |
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