東京工業大学（現東京科学大学）の小坂田先生の指導のもと2004年に博士号を取得。その後、理化学研究所で3年間ポスドクとして研究に従事し、さらにイギリスのマンチェスター大学で3年間のポスドクを経験。2010年に台湾国立清華大学で助教として研究室を立ち上げ、准教授、教授へと昇進。こうした18年間にわたる海外での研究活動を経て、2025年3月に北海道大学電子科学研究所の教授として日本に帰国。現在は、超分子、分子機械、共役高分子、有機半導体材料の開発に取り組み、次世代の半導体ナノテクノロジーおよび環境物質科学の新たな可能性に挑戦中！

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Dr. Masaki Horie was born in Japan in 1977. He earned his Ph.D. in 2004 from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he studied organometallic supramolecules under the supervision of Professor Kotaro Osakada. Following this, he joined RIKEN as a Special Postdoctoral Researcher, focusing on the crystal optics of supramolecules. In May 2007, he moved to the UK and became a Research Associate at the University of Manchester, working under the supervision of Professor Michael Turner in the Department of Chemistry and Professor Brian R. Saunders at the Materials Science Centre. During this time, he worked on a hybrid solar cell project involving conjugated polymers and inorganic quantum dots. In February 2010, he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. In April 2025, he joined the Research Institute for Electronic Science (RIES) at Hokkaido University, Japan. His research interests include the synthesis of supramolecular rotaxanes and conjugated polymers for application in organic optoelectronic devices.