2026 Speakers

Prof. Crispin Dass
Curtin University, Australia

Crispin Dass is a Research Professor in the School of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences at Curtin University. He graduated from Charles Sturt University (Wagga Wagga, NSW) in 1999, completing his PhD after a BAppSci (Hons) from the same university. He has done post-docs in Sydney, Melbourne and training workshops in CA, USA. He is currently an administrator, teacher and researcher at Curtin University in the areas of metabolism, cancer and diabetes, with focus on drug discovery, development and delivery.

Prof. Yasuhiro Morisaki
Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

Yasuhiro Morisaki is Professor at Kwansei Gakuin University. He graduated from Kyoto University in 1995, and then, he received Ph.D. from Kyoto University in 2000. After a six-month postdoctoral stay at Osaka National Research Institute, he joined the group of Professor Yoshiki Chujo as Assistant Professor at Kyoto University in 2000. From 2004 to 2005, he carried out postdoctoral work at the University of Alberta. He became lecturer at Kyoto University in 2008 and full Professor at Kwansei Gakuin University in 2015. His research interests focus on polymer and organic synthesis, in particular, cyclophane chemistry.

Prof. Toshiyuki Moriuchi
Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan

Dr. Toshiyuki Moriuchi is a professor of Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University. He received his doctoral degree in 1995 from Osaka University. He became Assistant Professor at Osaka University and was a postdoctoral fellow at California Institute of Technology (Professor Jacqueline K. Barton group, 1996鈥?997). Dr. Moriuchi was promoted to Lecturer in 2004 and Associate Professor in 2008. He was appointed Professor at Osaka City University in 2018 and Osaka Metropolitan University in 2022. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the International Symposium on Bioorganometallic Chemistry (ISBOMC) and the International Vanadium Symposium. Dr. Moriuchi received the Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (1997), AJINOMOTO Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (2004), HGCS Japan Award of Excellence 2011 (2012), The 15th Kansai Branch Award of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (2017), and Nagase Foundation Award 2018 (2018). His current research interest focuses on the development of efficient catalytic systems for versatile transformations and the construction of hybrid molecular systems based on self-organization of biomolecules for functionalized catalysts and materials.