Education & Employment
Oct. 2008–Mar.2019 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
Apr. 2006–Sep. 2008 Postdoctoral fellow, Boston College, USA (Prof. Amir H. Hoveyda)
Apr.2003–Mar. 2006 PhD in Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Japan (Advisor: Prof Teruaki Mukaiyama, Prof Susumu Kobayashi)
Apr. 2001–Mar.2003 PhD in Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Japan (Advisor: Prof Teruaki Mukaiyama)
Apr. 1997–Mar.2001 BS in Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Japan (Advisor: Prof Teruaki Mukaiyama)
Awards
2015 Incentive award for study of biology, Ryobi Teien Memory Foundation
2014 The Best Teacher Award in Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University
2009 Lectureship Award of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan
2009 Science and Technology Award of Okayama Foundation of Science and Technology
2009 KANEKA CORPORATION Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
Research Interests
Asymmetric Synthesis, Organocatalyst (especially chiral nucleophilic catalysts), Natural Product Synthesis, Oligosaccharide Synthesis
Professional Affiliations
The American Chemical Society
The Chemical Society of Japan
The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan,
The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
The Kinki Chemical Society Japan
The Japanese Society for Process Chemistry