【Education】

Undergraduate
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, April 1997-March 2001
Advisor: Prof. Masahiro Hirama

Graduate
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Ph.D., March 2006
Advisor: Prof. Masahiro Hirama

【Professional Position】

April 2005-March 2007: JSPS fellows (DC2)
April 2006-March 2008: Postdoctoral, University of California, Irvine, USA, Advisor: Prof. Larry E. Overman
April 2008-March 2012: Assistant Professor, Keio University, Department of Applied Chemistry
April 2012-March 2016: Lecturer, Keio University, Department of Applied Chemistry
April 2016-present: Associate Professor, Keio University, Department of Applied Chemistry

【Awards】

1. The Chemical Society of Japan Student Presentation Award 2005 (2005)
2. The Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (2009)
3. Young Scientist's Research Award in Natural Product Chemistry (2014)
4. BCSJ award
　"Total Synthesis of (±)-Gephyrooxin and (±)-Perhydroggephyrotoxin" (2015)
　"Reductive Approache to Nitrones from N-Siloxyamides and N-Hydroxyamides" (2017)
5. Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (2017)
6. The Chemical Society of Japan Lecture Award for Young Chemists (2017)
7. International Symposium on Pure & Applied Chemistry 2017, Lecture Award (2017)
　"Unified Total Synthesis of Stemoamide-Type Alkaloids"
8. Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2019)
9．The SYNTHESIS Best Paper Award (2023)
　　“Total Synthesis and Anti-inflammatory Activity of Stemoamide-Type Alkaloid
　　Including Totally Substituted Butenolides and Pyrroles”