Name:                   LIANG ZENG (Completed Doctoral Course in 2012)
Home Country:        China
Department:           Quantum Matter
Laboratory:             Hydrogen Storage Materials (Currently called Functional Materials for Energy Storage Lab.)
Academic Advisor:   Prof. Yoshitsugu Kojima, Institute for Advanced Materials Research

(Interview in July 2014)
 

I got Phd from AdSM, which is the greatest achievement for me during studying in Hiroshima University. I learned the spirit of doing research and the spirit of teamwork. Besides that, I learned how to get along with other people in Japanese culture. All of these will help me a lot in my future study and work.

Japan is a highly developed country, people are very polite and environment-friendly. When I just came to Japan, I was very surprised that it’s difficult to find a dustbin on the street, but the street is very clean. In contrast, although there’re a lot of dustbins on the street in my home country, you can still find garbage everywhere. I think this is something we should learn from Japan. 

Higashi-Hiroshima is famous of “city of sake”, the scenery is beautiful and the air is very fresh here. I feel comfortable living in Higashi-Hiroshima, although it’s far from the big cities, the live and shopping is very convenience.

After I got PhD from Hiroshima University in 2012, I worked in University of Tsukuba and University of Tokyo for one and a half years. In this April, I returned to Hiroshima University as a Project Assistant Professor. I’m now working on the research of hydrogen energy.

There are many international students from all over the world in Hiroshima University, and you will be easily adapted during studying in here. The campus is located in a quiet and small town, away from the hubbub of the outside world, which is very suitable for scientific research. The research quality of AdSM is very high, and it will not let you down if you want to do the real academic research.

Top: At Okayama Castle / Bottom: At graduation ceremony