GRADUATE SCHOOL

Olaf Karthaus
Professor
758-Bibi, Chitose, Hokkaido 066-8655, Japan
Office E-313 ,Tel:81-123-27-6102

e-mail kart @ photon.chitose.ac.jp
Karthaus lab http://www.chitose.ac.jp/~karthaus/index.htm
Specialization
  • Thin Polymer Films
  • Synthesis of Organic Photonics Materials
  • Organic Light Emitting Diodes(OLEDs)
  • Single Molecule Detection and Spectroscopy
  • Dissipative Structures, Dewetting
  • Nearfield Scanning Optical Microscopy
  • Spectroscopy in Small Domains
Background
  • 1988:Diploma Degree, Faculty of Chemistry of the Johannes Gutenberg Universuty, Mainz, Germany
  • 1992:Doctor Degree (Dr.rer.nat), Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
  • 1992-1993:JSPS and Alexander-von-Humboldt fellowship at the Faculty of Engineering of Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
  • 1994-2000:Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University
  • 2000-2006: Associate Professor, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology
  • since 2006: Professor, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology
  • since 2002:Cluster Coordinator, Organic Nanotech Cluster, Photonics World Consortium
Industry Cooperations, Joint Reserch
  • 2004-2007: Core member of the "Molecular Nano Dynamics" , KAKENHI on Priority Areas, MEXT, Japan
  • 2000-2003: Reseacher of the "Self-Organization and Function" Project, PRESTO, JST
  • since 2002: Cluster Coordinator, Organic Nanotech Cluster, Photonics World Consortium
  • 2002: Dynacs Corp., Tomakomai
  • 2003-present: Panasonic, Osaka
Memberships
  • The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
  • 2002-2004: Editorial board member of [Kobunshi High Polymers, Japan] the monthly journal of The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
  • since 2005: secretary of the Hokkaido Branch of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan
  • The Chemical Society of Japan
  • since 2006: secretary of the Hokkaido Branch of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • The Japan Society of Applied Physics
  • OAG, the German East-Asia Societey
  • JSPS-Club, alumni of former German JSPS fellows
Organizing Comittees
  • Korea Japan Joint Forum 2008
  • The Autumn meeting of the Colloid Society Japan, September 2006, Sapporo
  • The 54th Autumn meeting of the Society of Polymer Science Japan, Sept. 2004, Sapporo
  • CIF4, 4th Chitose International Forum, 2003, Chitose