!!!Associate Professor Kensuke Naka {{ref_image naka.jpg}} !Education *Graduated Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, March, 1985 Obtained a M.S., March, 1987 *Received a Ph.D. in January, 1991 from Kyoto University for a thesis entitled "Novel Biocatalysts of Poly[(N-acylimino)ethylene]-Enzyme Hybrids" !Research and professional experience *Research Associate, Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1990-1996 *Postdoctoral Fellow, Lehigh University, USA, 1991-1992 *Research Associate, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, 1996-2000 *Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, 2000-2007 *Professor, Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, [Kyoto Institute of Technology|http://www.chem.kit.ac.jp/lab/sakutai/index.html], 2007-present