Maki Kawai

Kawai earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Tokyo in 1975.{{Cite web|url=https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pros-e/person/maki_kawai/maki_kawai.htm|title=Maki Kawai|website=www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp|language=en|access-date=2018-08-25}} She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Tokyo in 1980. Her PhD was supervised by Kenji Tamaru.

File:Maki Kawai, Sam Aronson, and others, at 2012 signing of RIKEN-BNL agreement renewal.jpg (Signing Ceremony for the agreement between Brookhaven National Laboratory and Riken, 2012)]]

Kawai was a postdoctoral researcher at Riken between 1980 and 1982.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chemistry.or.jp/en/news/2017/prof-maki-kawai-is-elected-the-next-president-of-the-csj.html|title=Prof. Maki Kawai is elected the next President of the CSJ|work=The Chemical Society of Japan|access-date=2018-08-25|language=en-US}} She joined the University of Tokyo as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellow in 1982. Her research considers the vibrational dynamics of single-molecules at surfaces.{{Cite web|url=https://groups.oist.jp/ndu/event/single-molecule-spectroscopy-using-stm-prof-maki-kawai|title="Single molecule spectroscopy using STM" Prof. Maki Kawai {{!}} OIST Groups|website=groups.oist.jp|date=12 May 2015 |access-date=2018-08-25}}{{Citation|last=KyushuUniv|title=2017/01/24 I²CNER Seminar Series Dr. Maki Kawai|date=2017-03-21|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q2KX0nUE5U|access-date=2018-08-25}}{{Cite journal|last1=Katano|first1=Satoshi|last2=Kim|first2=Yousoo|last3=Kagata|first3=Yuma|last4=Kawai|first4=Maki|date=2010-02-02|title=Single-Molecule Vibrational Spectroscopy and Inelastic-Tunneling-Electron-Induced Diffusion of Formate Adsorbed on Ni(110)|journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry C|language=EN|volume=114|issue=7|pages=3003–3007|doi=10.1021/jp909394q|issn=1932-7447}} Her group use STM to monitor molecules and atoms on top of surfaces.{{Cite web|url=http://www.riken.jp/en/research/rikenresearch/highlights/5112/|title=Chemical reaction singled out {{!}} RIKEN|website=www.riken.jp|language=en|access-date=2018-08-25}} She uses this to understand the chemical and physical phenomena of nanowires, nanodots and biomolecules. She was awarded fellowships from the Surface Science Society of Japan and American Physical Society to develop single molecule spectroscopy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/research/head/kawai.html|title=KAWAI, Maki {{!}} Research {{!}} Institute for Molecular Science|website=www.ims.ac.jp|access-date=2018-08-25}} Her group monitor the vibrational and relaxation energies of single molecules using scanning tunneling microscopy and inelastically tunnelled electrons.{{Cite web|url=http://www.csj.jp/csj-en/membership/awards/achieve/2008-kawai.html|title=CSJ Award 2008-Prof.Maki Kawai|website=www.csj.jp|access-date=2018-08-25}} She has contributed to several books and hundreds of peer-reviewed publications.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1juFUF9u2LIC&q=single+molecule+maki+kawai|title=Functionalization of Semiconductor Surfaces|last=Tao|first=Franklin (Feng)|date=2012-04-10|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9780470562949|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hhsGCAAAQBAJ&q=maki+kawai&pg=PA215|title=Dynamic Processes on Solid Surfaces|last=Tamaru|first=Kenzi|date=2013-06-29|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9781489916365|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7V2SK8ZIGBoC&q=maki+kawai&pg=PA271|title=One Hundred Years at the Intersection of Chemistry and Physics: The Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society 1911-2011|last1=James|first1=Jeremiah|last2=Steinhauser|first2=Thomas|last3=Hoffmann|first3=Dieter|last4=Friedrich|first4=Bretislav|date=2011-10-27|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=9783110239546|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.co.jp/citations?hl=ja&user=6_CXetMAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate|title=Maki Kawai - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.co.jp|access-date=2018-08-25}} Kawai continued to be supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, investigating nanoscale electron transport through molecular layers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-grantsinaid/27_kdata/kohyo/data/h17/02/1-6-8.pdf|title=Grants in Aid|website=JSPS|access-date=2018-08-27}} By combining single molecule spectroscopy (using scanning tunneling spectroscopy) with inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy to identify electron transfer channels.{{Cite web|url=https://groups.oist.jp/ndu/event/single-molecule-spectroscopy-using-stm-prof-maki-kawai|title="Single molecule spectroscopy using STM" Prof. Maki Kawai {{!}} OIST Groups|website=groups.oist.jp|date=12 May 2015 |access-date=2018-08-27}} She discovered a new reaction pathway on the surface of titanium dioxide.{{Cite news|title=New reaction pathway discovered|language=en|url=https://www.materialstoday.com/materials-chemistry/news/new-reaction-pathway-discovered/|access-date=2018-08-27}}{{Cite web|title=Tunneling out of the surface|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-07/tu-too070915.php|access-date=2021-04-27|website=EurekAlert!|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Tunneling out of the Surface|url=https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/press/news20150709.html|access-date=2021-04-27|website=www.tohoku.ac.jp|language=en}}

Kawai became Chief Scientist and Director of Surface Chemistry Laboratory at Riken in 1991 and an executive director in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.riken.go.jp/lab-www/surf-chem/maki/maki.html|title=Home page of Maki Kawai|website=www.riken.go.jp|access-date=2018-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714200439/http://www.riken.go.jp/lab-www/surf-chem/maki/maki.html|archive-date=2017-07-14|url-status=dead}} She was made a professor at the University of Tokyo in 2004. Kawai joined the Institute of Molecular Science as Director General in 2016. She was appointed President of the Chemical Society of Japan in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/japanese-chemical-society-elects-first-female-president/3009063.article|title=Japanese chemical society elects first female president|work=Chemistry World|access-date=2018-08-25|language=en}}

File:Maki Kawai and Shinsuke Suematsu 20211104.jpg (Award Ceremony for the Persons of Cultural Merit, November 4, 2021)]]

• 2021 Person of Cultural Merit{{cite web |url= https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2021102600557&g=pol|title= 長嶋茂雄さんら9人文化勲章 功労者に加山雄三さんら|access-date= October 26, 2021|work= Jiji.com}}
• 2020 Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist{{cite web |url=https://www.asianscientist.com/as100/ |title=The Asian Scientist 100 |author= |date= |website= |publisher= Asian Scientist |access-date= 13 March 2025 |quote= |language= }}
• 2019 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/news/21st-edition-loreal-unesco-international-awards-women-science|title=21st edition of the L'Oréal-UNESCO international awards for women in science|website=Unesco|access-date=2019-02-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211223717/https://en.unesco.org/news/21st-edition-loreal-unesco-international-awards-women-science | archive-date=11 February 2019}}
• 2018 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK){{cite magazine |author= |title=Our 2018 Honorary Fellows |magazine=Update |publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry |date=April 2019 }}
• 2018 Kiel University Diels-Planck Lecture{{Cite web|url=http://www.uni-kiel.de/pressemeldungen/index.php?pmid=2018-133-dpl2018&lang=en&pr=1|title=Uni Kiel{{!}} Diels-Planck Lecture 2018 goes to Maki Kawai|website=www.uni-kiel.de|access-date=2018-08-27}}
• 2017 Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon from the Japanese government{{Cite web|url=http://www.riken.jp/en/pr/topics/2017/20171122_1/|title=Two RIKEN researchers awarded Medal with Purple Ribbon {{!}} RIKEN|website=www.riken.jp|language=en|access-date=2018-08-25}}
• 2016 American Vacuum Society Medard W. Welch Award{{Cite web|url=https://www.avs.org/symposium/awards-1|title=AVS Professional Awards|date=2016|website=American Vacuum Society|access-date=2018-08-25}}
• 2015 IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry / Chemical Engineering{{Cite journal|date=2015-06-30|title=IUPAC 2015 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|language=en|volume=54|issue=30|pages=8593|doi=10.1002/anie.201505537|issn=1433-7851}}
• 2015 Max Planck Society Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.uni-kiel.de/pressemeldungen/index.php?pmid=2018-133-dpl2018&lang=en&pr=1|title=Uni Kiel{{!}} Diels-Planck Lecture 2018 goes to Maki Kawai|website=www.uni-kiel.de|access-date=2018-08-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicat.tu-berlin.de/index.php?id=1349&L=1Ansorge-Schumacher%2527A%253D0|title=Unifying Concepts in Catalysis: 2015 Gerhard Ertl Lecture|website=www.unicat.tu-berlin.de|language=en|access-date=2018-08-27}}
• 2012 Mukai Award, Japan
• 2008 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Prize for Science and Technology
• 2009 Chemical Society of Japan Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.riken.go.jp/lab-www/surf-chem/awarde.html|title=awards|website=www.riken.go.jp|access-date=2018-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826005130/http://www.riken.go.jp/lab-www/surf-chem/awarde.html|archive-date=2018-08-26|url-status=dead}}

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