Prof. Yu Katayama

Yu Katayama is an Associate Professor at the SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research), The University of Osaka, Japan. His laboratory focuses on in situ/operando characterization of fundamental (electro)chemical processes to guide the development of energy storage/conversion, and electrode/electrolyte materials. Before joining the University of Osaka in March 2022, he was an Assistant Professor at Yamaguchi University (2018-2022), a postdoctoral associate (2017), and a visiting student (2016-2017) at MIT. Yu holds master’s (2015) and Ph.D. (2017) degrees in Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan. He currently serves as vice-chair of the International Electrochemical Society (ISE), Division 3. More information can be found on the following website: https://sites.google.com/view/electrocatalysislab/home