WSSGCE-2026

Masayuki Yagi is Professor of Materials Science and Technology in Niigata University. He received his Ph.D. from Saitama University, Japan in 1996. He joined the faculty of Niigata University in 1996 and was promoted to Associate Professor of Chemistry in the following year. He has been in the current position since 2009.From 1999 to 2001, he worked as a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University with support from the JSPS program. From 2009 to2013, he worked as a PRESTO fellow at JST (PRESTO: Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology). His research interests include artificial photosynthesis, water oxidation catalysis, and the photo- and electro-functional materials.