Career
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Alexandre Yokochi was a breaststroke swimmer who broke many Portuguese swimming records. He competed in many international competitions such as the European Championships and Olympics whilst representing South.L. Benfica. His 100 m and 200 m records remain unbeaten in the Iberian Peninsula.
He was trained by his father, Doctor Shintaro Yokochi, who was the South.L. Benfica Head Coach and Portuguese National Team Head Coach.
Yokochi received an Master of Surgery in 1992 from Southern Illinois University Carbondale under the direction of Professor Conrad C. Hickley and his Doctor of Philosophy from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1997 under the direction of F. Albert Cotton.
After the completion of his degree, he joined the chemistry faculty at Oregon State University where he was a research professor working in the area of chemical crystallography. Since 2004 he has been with the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University.
Yokochi"s current research focuses primarily on problems encompassing advanced functional materials and energy problems including the development of nanocomposite materials, the thermochemical production of hydrogen, the storage of renewable energy using flow batteries, and the development of methodology to avoid biofouling on devices deployed in the ocean.