Japanese-German Graduate Externship

Nagoya University — University of Münster

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Opening of the DFG Office in Tokyo Japan,April 15th, 2009
Symposium “Promoting Young Researchers”
The DFG opened an office in Tokyo on April 15th 2009. This was the fifth DFG foreign
representative office, joining those in Peking, Washington/New York, Moscow and New Delhi.
Opening remarks were made by officials from the DFG, MEXT, JSPS and JST. The keynote
address was given by Novel Laureate Physics 2008, Dr. Makoto Kobayashi.
Prof. Kunio Awaga of Nagoya University and Prof. Gerhard
Erker of University of Münster were featured at the opening
ceremony. Mr. Masakazu Nambo and Ms. Kirsten Spannhoff
of University of Münster reported on their experiences
as Doctoral exchange students in Germany and Japan
respectively. From these presentations, the benefits of theexchange program were apparent.

Japanese Students

Japanese Students

Name
Shun Ohta
PeriodApril 4, 2009 - July 5, 2009
GroupProf. Bart-Jan Ravoo
Research Title	Attempt to Prepare the Bypyridy Ligands
having Vinyl Groups for the MolecularMemory

Name
Kyohei Yoshimitsu
Title of Talk	Nitrogenase Transcriptional Activator, VnfA
— Identification of Signal Molecule by Usingin vivo Activity Assay System —From Nagoya to Münster

Name
Lili Liu
PeriodAugust 30, 2009 - October 11, 2009
Group
Prof. Ernst-Ulrich Würthwein
Research Title	Quantum chemical investigation of thetransformation processes of polyacrylnitrile(PAN) to carbon fiber
Name
Yasuhito Miyoshi
PeriodJanuary 11, 2010 - March 21, 2010
Group
Prof. Helmut Eckert
Research Title	NMR analysis of lithium phthalocyanine
inclusion compounds*The 8th Joint Seminar held in Nagoya. (September 28 and 29,2009)

The 7th Joint Seminar in Münster. (May 1 and 2, 2009)

NameKenji Nomura
Title of Talk	Spontaneous Current Oscillation andEPR in Nonlinear Transport of Organic
Semiconductor NT3GaCl4
Name
Kazunori Ohashi
Title of Talk	S c a n n i n g Tu n n e l i n g M i c r o s c o p y /Spectroscopy on the Electronic Structure of
Metallofullerene Peapods
Name
Azusa Iida
Title of Talk	Design and Synthesis of Intense Blue
Emissive -Electron Systems
Name
Osamu Kose
Title of Talk	Transition Metal-catalyzed Cross-coupling
Reaction of Two different Alcohols

Japanese-German Graduate Externship

Nagoya University — University of Münster

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German Students

From Münster to Nagoya
NamePeriodGroup

Kirsten Spannhoff
February 1, 2009 - June 5, 2009
Prof. Kazuyuki Tatsumi

NamePeriod
Group

Julia Hederer
April 1, 2009 - October 17, 2009
Prof. Yoshihito Watanabe

Name
PeriodGroup

Benedikt Neue
April 1, 2009 - October 17, 2009
Prof. Shigehiro Yamaguchi

NamePeriod
Group

Christina Meyer
April 1, 2009 - October 23, 2009
Prof. Kenichiro Itami

NamePeriodGroup

Hendrik Klare
September 18, 2009 - March 17, 2010
Prof. Kazuyuki Tatsumi

Name
PeriodGroup

Claudia Lohre
September 18, 2009 - March 17, 2010
Prof. Kenichiro Itami

Name
PeriodGroupJan Mehlich
September 19, 2009 - March 9, 2010
Prof. Hisanori Shinohara

NamePeriodGroup

Nina Blaas
September 19, 2009 - March 20, 2010
Prof. Masato Kitamura

Name
PeriodGroup

Ines Ferse
September 19, 2009 - March 20, 2010
Prof. Kenichiro Itami

Young Japanese Professors
From Nagoya to Münster
Name

Asst. Prof. Hiroshi Naka
January 17 – January 23, 2010

Name

Asst. Prof. Junichiro Yamaguchi
March 17 – March 24, 2010

Japanese-German Graduate Externship

Nagoya University — University of Münster

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Japanese-German Graduate Externship
Cooperative-Education since 2005

Nagoya University

JSPS

10 Professors, 9 Associate Professors, 14 Assistant Professors
Fields: Organic Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Organometallic Chemistry,
Catalysis, Inorganic Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry,
Theoretical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
21 Graduate Students, 11 Young Professors(as of December 2009)
Research Supervision
Lecture Course

Joint Seminar
Joint

Exchange ofGraduate SchoolStudents,
Young Professors

Joint Seminar

Exchange ofStudents,
Young Professors
Research Supervision
Lecture Course

29 Graduate Students, 9 Young Professors,
3Postdocs (as of December 2009)10 Professors
Fields: Organic Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Organometallic Chemistry,Catalysis, Biochemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry

University of Münster

DFGMarch, 2010
Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya
464-8602 Japan
TEL +81-52-789-5907 FAX +81-52-789-5902
URL http://irtg.rcms.nagoya-u.ac.jp/eng/index.html