Professor Junichiro Yamaguchi

Professor, Waseda University

E-mail: junyamaguchi[at]waseda.jp
Phone: +81-3-5286-3225

Scopus Author ID: 7103415328
orcid.org/0000-0002-3896-5882

Education

2002 B.S. Tokyo University of Science, Japan (Professor Yujiro Hayashi)
2004 M.S. Tokyo University of Science, Japan (Professor Yujiro Hayashi)
2005 Exchange Student, The Scripps Research Institute, USA (Professor K. C. Nicolaou)
2007 Dr. of Eng. Tokyo University of Science, Japan (Professor Yujiro Hayashi)

Academic Careers

2007 Postdoctoral Researcher, The Scripps Research Institute, USA  (with Professor. Phil S. Baran)
2008 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan (with Professor Kenichiro Itami)
2012 Associate Professor, Nagoya University, Japan
2016 Associate Professor (PI), Waseda University, Japan
2018 Professor, Waseda University, Japan

Other Positions

2012 Visiting Professor, Münster University, Germany
2013-  Co-investigator, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University
2015 Visiting Professor, NTU, Singapore

Awards

2004 Kodama Science Award (graduate first on the list)
2005 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowship for Young Chemists (DC1)
2006 The Chemical Society of Japan Student Presentation Award
2007 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad
2009 Teijin Pharma Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
2011 Young Scientist’s Research Award in Natural Product Chemistry, Japan
2012 The Chemical Society of Japan Lecture Award for Young Chemists
2013 Japan Union of Chemical Science and Technology Chemistry Communication Award
2013 The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Distinguished Young Chemists
2013 ITbM Research Award
2013 Banyu Chemist Award 2013 (BCA)
2014 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
2014 Asian Core Lectureship Award, China
2014 Asian Core Lectureship Award, Thailand
2017 The Young Scientists’ Prize from MEXT
2017 FACS Distinguished Young Chemist Award
2017 NISTEP award 2017
2018 The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Merits for Chemical Education for 2017
2019 Prizes for Science and Technology from MEXT (Public Understanding Promotion Category)
2019 Lectureship Award (MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Area, Japan)
2020 Waseda research award 2019
2023 WASEDA e-Teaching Award (Good Practice Award)
2024 PCP Best Paper award
2024 Mukaiyama Award

Specialties

Synthetic Chemistry, Natural Product Synthesis, Catalysis

Publications

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Invited Lectures

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