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Kenji Miyatake is a Professor in the Graduate Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, Faculty of Engineering, Materials Science (Clean Energy Research Center) at the University of Yamanashi. He also holds a professorship at Waseda University and serves as a senior researcher at the Fukushima Institute for Research, Education and Innovation. He earned his Doctor of Engineering degree from Waseda University. Miyatake joined the University of Yamanashi as Associate Professor in 2001 and was promoted to Professor in 2009. His career includes earlier appointments at Waseda University as Senior Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor.
Miyatake specializes in polymer materials, with a focus on the development of ion-conductive polymers for energy devices such as proton exchange membrane fuel cells, anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers, and all-solid-state rechargeable air batteries. His research includes the synthesis and characterization of hydrocarbon-based and polyphenylene-based membranes, as well as studies on their chemical resilience, conductivity, and durability under operational conditions. He has received numerous awards, including the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Research Category) in 2021, the Yamanashi Science Academy Award in 2020, the FCDIC Academic Award in 2021, the German Innovation Award Gottfried Wagener Prize in 2013, and the Young Scientists’ Prize in 2005. Miyatake has served as Associate Editor of the journal Fuel Cells and as a council member of the Hydrogen Science and Technology Collaboration Association. He has authored or co-authored hundreds of peer-reviewed papers on topics including fluorene-based anion exchange membranes, poly(arylene piperidinium) terpolymers, and naphthoquinone-based electrodes for air batteries, with many publications appearing in journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and Energy & Environmental Materials.
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