• Yasunori Kikuchi

    Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives
    Presidential Endowed Chair for “Platinum Society”
    Department of Chemical System Engineering, the University of Tokyo

Brief CV
  • 2000.3
    Graduated from Aizu High School in Fukushima Prefecture
  • 2004.3
    Bachelor of Engineering at Department of Chemical System Engineering, the University of Tokyo
  • 2006.3
    Master of Engineering at Department of Chemical System Engineering, the University of Tokyo
  • 2009.3
    Ph.D. at Department of Chemical System Engineering, the University of Tokyo
  • 2009.4
    Assistant Professor at Department of Chemical System Engineering, the University of Tokyo
  • 2011.7
    Sep Academic Guest at Swiss Federal Institute, Zurich
  • 2012.4
    Project Lecturer at Presidential Endowed Chair for “Platinum Society”, Organization for Interdisciplinary Research Project, the University of Tokyo
  • 2015.10
    Project Associate Professor at Presidential Endowed Chair for “Platinum Society”, Organization for Interdisciplinary Research Project, the University of Tokyo
  • 2018.4
    and Department of Chemical System Engineering, (Kikuchi Laboratory) and Presidential Endowed Chair for “Platinum Society” (Director), and Policy Alternatives Research Institute Adjunct positions: International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University; Center for Environment, Health, and Field Sciences, Chiba University; Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency; National Institute for Materials Science; School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • 2919.4
    Associate Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives
  • 2024.2
    Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives
Research Fields
  • Process systems design and assessment based on technology modeling
  • Simulation-based technology assessment and implementation support
  • Design and assessment of decentralized energy systems
  • Design and assessment of plant factories toward sustainable food production
  • Design and assessment of risk-based chemical management system
Major Papers
  • Kotaro Ouchida, Yuichiro Kanematsu, Yasuhiro Fukushima, Satoshi Ohara, Akira Sugimoto, Taiichiro Hattori, Yoshifumi Terajima, Tatsuya Okubo, Yasunori Kikuchi, Coordinated Integration of Agricultural and Industrial Processes: A Case Study of Sugarcane-Derived Production, Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, accepted https://doi.org/10.1007/s41660-023-00337-8.
  • Fanran Meng, Andreas Wagner, Alexandre B. Kremer, Daisuke Kanazawa, Jane J. Leung, Peter Goult, Min Guan, Sophie Herrmann, Eveline Speelman, Pim Sauter, Shajeeshan Lingeswaran, Martin M. Stuchtey, Katja Hansen, Eric Masanet, André C. Serrenho, Naoko Ishii, Yasunori Kikuchi, Jonathan M. Cullen, Planet compatible pathways for transitioning the chemical industry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (8) (2023) e2218294120, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2218294120
  • Aya Heiho, Izuru Suwa, Yi Dou, Soowon Lim, Takao Namihira, Taketoshi Koita, Kazuhiro Mochidzuki, Shinsuke Murakami, Ichiro Daigo, Chiharu Tokoro, Yasunori Kikuchi, Prospective life cycle assessment of recycling systems for spent photovoltaic panels by combined application of physical separation technologies, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 192, (2023) 106922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.106922
  • Ayumi Yamaki, Shoma Fujii, Yuichiro Kanematsu, Yasunori Kikuchi, Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of cogeneration energy hubs at Japanese paper mills with thermal energy storage, Energy, 270(1), 126886, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.126886
  • Tatsuya Okubo, Teruyuki Shimizu, Kei Hasegawa, Yasunori Kikuchi, Sergei Manzhos, Manabu Ihara, Factors affecting the techno-economic and environmental performance of on-grid distributed hydrogen energy storage systems with solar panels, Energy, 269, (2023), 126736, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.126736.
Major Papers(last 5 years)
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Major Reviews
Major Reviews(last 5 years)
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Awards
  • Japan Treasure Summit 第2回学術賞(2021年7月)　http://treasure-summit.jp/activity/2019/12/4jts2jts.html
  • 日本LCA学会賞「論文賞」(2020年3月)：福島康裕、中村遼太郎、大野肇、小原聡、菊池康紀、大内田弘太朗、寺島義文、服部太一朗、杉本明、気象要因を考慮した植物資源利用システム設計のための単収予測統計モデル：サトウキビからの砂糖・エタノール複合生産システムへの適用事例 (Yasuhiro Fukushima, Ryotaro Nakamura, Hajime Ohno, Satoshi Ohara, Yasunori Kikuchi, Kotaro Ouchida, Yoshifumi Terashima, Taichiro Hattori, Akira Sugimoto, Statistics-based yield estimation model for designing integrated plant resource utilization system considering interannual meteorological variances: Implications from case studies on combined sugar-ethanol production from sugarcane)、日本LCA学会誌、14(4), 302-318 (2018) https://doi.org/10.3370/lca.14.302
  • 18th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE 2019), Excellent Poster Award：Ayumi Yamaki, Yuichiro Kanematsu, Yasunori Kikuchi, Simulation of energy balances for installation of thermal energy storage at paper mills in Japan
  • 18th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE 2019), Excellent Poster Award：Disni Gamaralalage, Yuichiro Kanematsu, Denny K.S.Ng, Steve Z. Y. Foong, Viknesh Andiappan, Dominic C.Y. Foo, Yasunori Kikuchi, Life Cycle Analysis of Carbon dioxide Emissions for Palm Kernel-Shell (PKS): Supply Chain from Malaysia to Biomass-derived Power Plants in Japan
  • The World Cultural Council (WCC), the 36th WCC Award, WCC Special Recognitions (October/2019) https://tsukuba-conference.com/wcc/
  • 日本生物工学会 生物工学技術賞（2019年9月）the Outstanding Technology Award at the Society for Biotechnology, Japan (SBJ)：小原聡, 寺島義文, 杉本明, 福島康裕, 菊池康紀, 選択的発酵酵母を利用した砂糖・バイオエタノール逆転生産プロセスの開発(英文：Development of the Inversion process using selective-fermentation yeast)