Takashiro AKITSU has completed his PhD at the age of 28 from Osaka University and postdoctoral studies from Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University. He worked at Keio University, Stanford University, and Tokyo University of Science and now he is full professor of chemistry, Tokyo University of Science. Chiral Schiff base metal complexes and their hybrid systems with functional materials were main theme of his group. He has published more than 220 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.