Kohki EBITANI, Professor e-mail: ebitani@jaist.ac.jp SEX Male Date of Birth January 12, 1965 Place of Birth Yamaguchi, Japan Marital Status Married Nationality Japan Present address: School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan

●Education 1983-1987 Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University Awarded the BSc degree in Chemistry 1988-1992 Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University Awarded PhD degree in Chemistry for a thesis entitled “Studies of Supported Platinum Catalysts; Hydrogen Effects and Metal-Support Interactions” Supervised by Professor Hideshi HATTORI, Kozo TANABE, and Hideki KITA ●Professional Experience 1992-1996 Research Assistant, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Prof. Akira MORIKAWA) 1996-2006 Research Assistant, Lecturer, Associated Professor, Osaka University (Prof. Kiyotomi KANEDA) 2006- Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 2006- Invited Professor, Osaka University ●Membership of Academic Societies The Chemical Society of Japan, Catalysis Society of Japan, Japan Petroleum Institute, The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, The American Chemical Society