Dr. Aida received a B.S. degree in Physical Chemistry from Yokohama National University in 1979, and then studied under the direction of Professor Shohei Inoue at the University of Tokyo, obtaining a Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry in 1984. He then began an academic career at the University of Tokyo, and had been involved until 1994 in the development of precision macromolecular synthesis using metalloporphyrin complexes. In 1996, he was promoted to Full Professor of the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo.

His research interests include:

• Controlled macromolecular synthesis with    mesoporous inorganic materials

• Photo and supramolecular chemistry of    dendritic macromolecules

• Mesoscopic materials sciences

• Bio-related molecular recognitions and    catalyses

In 1996, he was appointed as a researcher of JST PRESTO Project "Fields and Reactions." In 2000, he was appointed as the leader of ERATO Project on "NANOSPACE."