Farfesa Maki Kawai shi ne Shugaban Cibiyar Nazarin Kimiyyar Halitta ta ƙasa, Memba na Kwalejin Japan, kuma Farfesa Emeritus na Jami'ar Tokyo.
A matsayinta na scientist, ta kasance tana aiki a kan bincike daban-daban a fannonin kimiyyar sararin samaniya, ilmin sinadarai na jiki, kimiyar kwayoyin halitta, kimiyyar kayan aiki da nanoscience. Yawancin al'ummomin ilimi sun kimanta bincikenta sosai, kuma ta kasance mai karɓar kyaututtuka daban-daban, gami da lambar yabo ta Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award (2008), lambar yabo ta Gerhard Ertl daga Cibiyar Fritz-Haber na Max Plank. Society (2015), lambar yabo ta Medard W. Welch na AVS, Amurka (2016), da L'Oreal-UNESCO Mata a Kimiyyar Kimiyya (2019).
Baya ga ainihin bincikenta na kimiyya, ita shugaba ce da ake mutuntawa sosai a fannin sarrafa kimiyya. Wannan aikin, wanda ya shafi kimiyya a Amurka, Jamus, United Kingdom, da Japan, ya sanya ta zama memba mai daraja a cikin al'ummar kimiyya na duniya, wanda ya ƙare tare da tsohon matsayinta na Babban Darakta na RIKEN mai kula da harkokin bincike (2010-2015). ) da kuma tsohon shugaban kungiyar Chemical Society of Japan (2019-2020).
Iya APS Fellow, HFRSC kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na UN 10MG zuwa Sakatare Janar (2021-2023).
An sabunta shafin a watan Mayu 2024.
