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1986 B.S.

Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

1988 M.S.

Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
(Supervisor: Prof. Takeshi Nakai)

1993 Ph.D.

Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
(Supervisor: Prof. Koichi Mikami)

1989.3-2001.6

Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2001.7-2006.3

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

2006.4-present

Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

1999.9-2000.8

Post Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Prof. Matthew Shair

2011.7-2016.3

Head Investigator of Scientific Research on Innovative Areas ‘Advanced Molecular Transformations by Organocatalysts’.

2015.12-2018.12

Visiting Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2017.4-2023.3

Dean of Graduate School of Science & Faculty of Science, Tohoku University

2020.4-present

Associate Executive Vice President (for Research), Tohoku University

2004

Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

2006

Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (China)

2009

The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work

2010

SSOCJ: The Mukaiyama Award

2010

Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (China, Hong Kong)

2012

Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Korea, Singapore)

2011

SSOCJ: Daiichi-Sankyo Award for Medicinal Organic Chemistry

2012

Nagoya Silver Medal

2013

Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Taiwan, Thailand)

2015

Molecular Chirality Award 2015

2018

Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award, Japan

2019

Pharmaron: Pharmaron Lectureship Award

2019

Southern University of Science and Technology: Lectureship Award

1996 B.S.

Faculty of Science, Tohoku University

1998 M.S.

Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
(Supervisor: Prof. Yoshinori Yamamoto)

2001 Ph.D.

Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
(Supervisor: Prof. Yoshinori Yamamoto)

2001.4-2002.3

Assistant Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University

2002.4-2008.11

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

2008.12-2009.4

Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

2009.5-2023.11

Associate Professor, Research and Analytical Center for Giant Molecules, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

2023.12-

Professor, Institute for Excellence in Higher Education, Tohoku University

2003.7-10

COE Fellow, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Prof Armin de Meijere

2001

Aoba Society for the Promotion of Science Award

2005

Taisho Phamaceutical Co., Ltd Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

2010

Banyu Chemist Award

2011

Incentive Award 2010 in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

2016

Outstanding Reviewer for Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2016

2021

SSOCJ Nissan Chemical Corporation Award for Novel Reaction & Method 2021

1993 B.S.

Chemistry Department, Yanbian University (China)

1996 M.S.

Chemistry Department, Yanbian University (China)
(Supervisor: Prof. Xue Wu)

2004 Ph.D.

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
(Supervisor: Prof. Yoshinori Yamamoto)

1996.8-2000.9

Lecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Yanbian University (China)

2004.4-2006.3

Postdoctoral Fellow, Wayne State University (United States, Prof. Jin Kun Cha)

2006.4-2010.3

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

2010.4-2011.3

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

2011.4-2017.2

Associate Professor, WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University

2017.3-present

Associate Professor, Research and Analytical Center for Giant Molecules, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

2016-2019

Haitian Researcher, Dalian University of Technology (China)

2005 B.S.

Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University

2007 M.S.

Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
(Supervisor: Prof. Koichiro Oshima)

2010 Ph.D.

Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
(Supervisor: Prof. Koichiro Oshima)

2008.4-2009.3

Visiting Student, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Prof. Timothy F. Jamison

2010.4-2012.3

Post Doctoral Fellow, Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Prof. Alois Fürstner

2012.4-2014.5

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

2014.6-2020.3

Assistant Professor, Research and Analytical Center for Giant Molecules, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

2020.4-present

Associate Professor, Research and Analytical Center for Giant Molecules, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

2014

Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

2017

The Young Scholar Lectures of the Chemical Society of Japan

2019

The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists

2020

The Young Scientists’ Award, The Commendation for Science and Technology by MEXT

2020

Chemistry Award BCA 2020

2021

Distinguished Researchers of Tohoku University 2020/21

2021

Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2021

2022

Green and Sustainable Chemistry Incentive Award

2022

Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Korea, Taiwan)

2010 B.S.

Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science

2012 M.S.

Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science
(Supervisor: Prof. Yujiro Hayashi)

2015 Ph.D.

Graduate School of Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
(Supervisor: Prof. Yujiro Hayashi)

2015.4-2017.3

Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute (Principal Investigator: Prof. Phil S. Baran)

2017.4-present

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

2014.4-2016.3

Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (DC2)

2013

Student Presentation Award, Japan (Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan)

2014

Poster Presentation Award, Japan (106th Symposium on Organic Synthesis)

2015

Student Presentation Award, Japan (Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan)

2015

Department of Chemistry Award, Japan (Tohoku University)

2015

Reaxys PhD Prize Finalist

Takuma SATO

Yuhui ZHAO

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Jaegon KIM

Haiyu WANG

Masaki KAWATA

Naoya SHINAGAWA

Ichiro MURANUSHI

Aderian NOVITO

Zen IWASAKI

Riku KONTA

Hirochika SUZUKI

Akihiro TAKEDA

Sho AIDA

Sotaro OSAKA

Takuro KATO

Amu KOJIMA

Shuto MATSUOKA

Kaisei YOKOYAMA

Dongdeng Li

Yushiro SAITO

Keita SENZAKI

Yuta TAKEDA

Shinnosuke NARA

Soshi HATOGAI

Takumi HIRATA

Yuki Sayama

Sho Shimizu

Tatsuki Shoji

Haruto Suzuki

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