Bio

Yukihiro (Yuki) Ozaki received his Ph.D. in 1978 from Osaka University. He joined Kwansei Gakuin University in 1989. Since 1993 he was a professor in School of Science and Technology until the end of March, 2018. Currently, Ozaki is a professor emeritus of the university. He has guest professor or scientist positions at Kobe University, Fukui University, Riken and Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute.

Yuki is involved in studies of a wide range of molecular spectroscopy, covering from far-ultraviolet to far-infrared/Terahertz spectroscopy and also Raman spectroscopy. He is a rather rare scientist who has been concerned with both electronic spectroscopy and vibration spectroscopy.

Yuki has been Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, Japan Chemical Society, and Society of Applied Spectroscopy. He received several awards including, Bomem-Michelson Award (2014), Chemical Society of Japan Award (2017), The Medal with Purple Ribbon (2018), Pittsburg Spectroscopy Award (2019), and Charles Mann Award (2020).