Hirogi Yokochi

Hirogi is currently a Ph.D. candidate working with Prof. Hideyuki Otsuka in the Department of Chemical Science and Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and is a JSPS Young Scientist Fellow. He completed both his B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees at the Tokyo Tech six months ahead of schedule, under the supervision of Prof. Hideyuki Otsuka and Dr. Daisuke Aoki. He also worked with Prof. Yan Xia at Stanford University as a visiting student for 6-month during his Ph.D. studies. His graduate research focuses on controlling the primary structure of polymers using dynamic covalent bonds and creating their functions.