Rate My Professor Tetsuro Soejima

Tetsuro Soejima is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Engineering from Kindai University, followed by a Ph.D. in engineering from Kyushu University in 2007. His professional career at Kindai University includes appointments as Assistant Professor from 2010 to 2014, Lecturer from 2014 to 2022, and Associate Professor since 2022. Prior to these roles, he served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley from 2007 to 2008 and at Kyushu University from 2008 to 2010, and held a Research Fellowship for Young Scientists from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at Kyushu University from 2006 to 2007.

Soejima’s research focuses on inorganic chemistry, solid-state chemistry, nanomaterials, and photocatalysts, with interests in colloid chemistry, self-organization, inorganic synthesis, catalysts, and photo-functional materials. His work centers on developing new synthesis methods for inorganic compounds using nanotechnologies to enhance material functionalities for daily living comfort and environmental cleanup, including synthetic methodologies for gold and metal oxide nanocrystals. Key publications include “Photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production with an external quantum yield of almost 500%” in Chemical Science (2025), “Low-Temperature Growth of AgBr Nanoplates via Concerted Etching and Redeposition Processes” in ChemNanoMat (2025), and “Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Production via Simultaneous Reduction and Oxidation Processes” in Chemistry – A European Journal (2026). He has received awards such as the Outstanding Reviewers for RSC Advances in 2020 from the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Gold Poster Award from the Japan Research Institute of Material Technology in 2015, and the Outstanding Lecture Award from the Chemical Society of Japan in 2013. Soejima has contributed to conference activities, patents, and research grants on topics including manganese oxide nanomaterials and silver halide nanocrystals.