About us
We design and synthesize a wide variety of new inorganic compounds, mainly alloys and ceramics, to develop innovative solid catalyst materials.
Targeting chemical reactions of high social importance, such as the effective utilization of shale gas and CO2, hydrogen production, and nitrogen conversion, we aim to create catalysts that can make significant contributions to the development of chemical industry and sustainable society.
Recruiting Graduate Students
The Furukawa Lab started in May 2023.
Whether you are interested in catalysts, want to work on the development of new inorganic materials, or want to change the world through material-energy conversion, let's work together in friendly competition to stay on the cutting edge of the world. We are looking forward to working with you! We welcome laboratory tours, telephone and web consultations, etc. at any time.
Contact
Shinya Furukawa
(room) C5-531
mail: furukawa [at] chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
tel: 06-6879-7808 (convert [at] to @)
News!
2025. 3. 31.
Associate Professor Padchanee Sangthong of Chiang Mai University (our partner university) visited our laboratory.
2025. 3. 27-28.
An international workshop was held with The University of Melbourne. Both sides introduced each other's research and discussed future initiatives. The participants also visited the Furukawa Laboratory to further deepen their understanding of our research.
2025. 3. 25.
It was a B4 graduation ceremony.
2025. 3. 21.
Research Achievements (Original Articles) has been updated.
2024. 3. 7.
We had a B4 graduation research presentation and a party to celebrate their hard work.
2025. 3. 1.
Prof. Furukawa has been appointed as an Associate Editor of the journal "Catal" (Springer Nature).
2024. 12. 24.
We had a year-end party! We celebrated Professor Furukawa's birthday.
2024. 11. 21.
Plasma-derived atomic hydrogen enables low-temperature methanation. The result of our joint research with Prof. Nozaki's group at Tokyo University of Science and other groups was press-released. An article about this research was also published in the Nikkei electronic version.
2024. 10. 2.
Tan Kai Qi has joined the group as a new D3 member. Welcome!
2024. 9. 5-7.
M1 students Okada, Jojima, Tsuzuki, and Tobbeto gave poster presentations at the Catalysis Society of Japan Young Scientists Meeting held at the Ishikawa Youth Training Center.
Division of Applied Chemistry,
Graduate School of Engineering,
The University of Osaka
Furukawa Laboratory
2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan 565-0871
C5-531 (room) Tel: 06-6879-7808
mail: furukawa [at] chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
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