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－　　－18Masaki OKADAProfessor, Department of Applied Molecular ChemistryMasaki Okada is a professor at the Department of Applied Molecular Chemistry, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University. He received his bachelor＇s and master＇s degrees in engineering from Nihon University in 1994 and 1996, respectively, and his doctoral degree in engineering from the Chiba Institute of Technology in 2008. His main research eld is catalyst chemistry, chemical reaction using plasma as an energy source, and their combined reaction. Dr. Okada is a member of the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ), the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (SCEJ), the Japan Petroleum Institute (JPI), the Society of Separation Process Engineering, Japan (SSPEJ), and the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan (SWSJ). He is currently a member of the board of directors of SSPEJ, a member of the editorial board of the JPI journal Petrotech, and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the Japan Seawater Society.Research Achievements1)Low Temperature Decomposition of Polystyrene, Applied Sciences, 10(15), 5100, Feb 2020.2)Controlling Nucleation and Crystal Growth During Reactive Crystallization of Monosodium Urate Monohydrate from Simulated Synovial Fluid by N2 Fine Bubble Injection, Journal of Crystal Growth, 539, 125622, Jun 2020.3)Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Initiated by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet, J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol., 28(3), 461-464, Jun 2015.4)Effects of sound-wave irradiation on decomposition of carbon dioxide in a DC-pulse discharge field, J. Jpn. Petrol. Inst., 51(3), 180-185, July 2008.5)Isolation of Oxygen Formed during Catalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Using a Solid Electrolyte Membrane, Energy & Fuels, 13(5), 1074-1081, Aug 1999.Research Areas of Interest