“Japanese universities have a chair system that is a fixed hierarchy. This has its merits when trying to work as a laboratory on one theme. But if you want to do original work you must start young, and young people are limited by the chair system. Even if students cannot become assistant professors at an early age they should be encouraged to do original work. ...Industry is more likely to put its research effort into its daily business. It is very difficult for it to become involved in pure chemistry. There is a need to encourage long-range research, even if we don't know its goal and if its application is unknown.”
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Kenichi Fukui
Kenichi Fukui was a prominent chemist born on October 4, 1918, and passed away on January 9, 1998. He made significant contributions to quantum chemistry, particularly in the fields of molecular orbital theory and electronic structure theory. more
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