Mitsuo Sawamoto

Professor

Institution
Kyoto University

Country
Japan

Field
Chemistry

Sawamoto received a 2016 Humboldt Research Award for his work into the preparative and physical chemistry of polymers, and is a co-recipient of the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry.

(Photo: Franklin Institute)

AWARDS
  • 2016 Humboldt Research Award

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