PEOPLE

Professor

TEL
+81-11-706-6561
E-mail
hajitoeng.hokudai.ac.jp
ROOM
Room 4-08, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building(1)
Research Outline / Carrier

Research Outline

  • Development of copper(I)-catalyzed borylation and silylation reactions
  • Development of direct enantioconvergent transformations
  • Development of mechanical stimulus-responsive molecular probes based on luminescent mechanochromism

Carrier

  • 1991
    B.Sc. Kyoto University
  • 1996
    Ph.D. Kyoto University (Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Yoshihiko Ito)
  • 1996
    Assistant Professor, Tsukuba University
  • 1999
    Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular Science
  • 2001
    Visiting Researcher, Scripps Research Institute (Advisor: Prof. Kim D. Janda)
  • 2002
    Associate Professor at Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University
  • 2010-
    Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
  • 2018-
    Vice Director at Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University
  • 2022-
    Distinguished Professor, Hokkaido University
Concurrent appointment
  • 2008-2010
    JST PRESTO [Photos on Soft Materials], Principal Researcher
  • 2010-2014
    JSPS FIRST, Principal Researcher
  • 2019-
    JST CREST [Innovative Reactions], Principal Researcher
Side business
  • 2023-
    MechanoCross Co., Ltd. Founder, Director, Technical Adviser

Awards

  • 2003
    MEIJI SEIKA Research Planning Award
  • 2008
    Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  • 2011
    Hokkaido University President's Award for Research
  • 2014
    The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work
  • 2015
    Hokkaido University President's Award for Research
  • 2015
    NAGASE Science Technology Foundation Award
  • 2017
    Hokkaido University President's Award for Research
  • 2017
    SSOCJ Fujifilm Functional Materials Science Award
  • 2019
    Hokkaido University President's Award for Research
  • 2022
    HSFC DemoDay Hokkaido Governor's Award
  • 2023
    HSFC DemoDay Hokkaido Governor's Award
  • 2025
    The Chemical Society of Japan Award

Assistant Professor

TEL
+81- 011-706-6563
E-mail
mandaiicredd.hokudai.ac.jp
ROOM
Room 4-08, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building
Research Outline / Carrier

Research Outline

  • Development of Lewis acidic anions and their applications in catalysis (2020–2026)
  • Development of synthetic reactions via mechanochemistry (2026–)

Carrier

  • 2021
    B. Sc. The University of Tokyo
  • 2026
    Ph. D. The University of Tokyo (Advisor: Prof. Kyoko Nozaki)
  • 2023ー2026
    JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
  • 2026ー
    Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University

Awards

  • 2022
    Student Poster Award at the 53rd Summer School of the Young Researchers in Physical Organic Chemistry
  • 2023
    Poster Lecturer Award at the 54th Summer School of the Young Researchers in Physical Organic Chemistry
  • 2023
    Poster Award at the 69th Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
  • 2023
    Excellent Poster Presentation Award at the 13th CSJ Chemistry Festa
  • 2024
    Poster Award at the 70th Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
  • 2024
    Otsu Conference Award Fellow (15th Otsu Conference)
  • 2024
    Excellent Presentation Award (Research Proposal) at the 15th Otsu Conference)
  • 2025
    Student Presentation Award at the 105th Spring Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • 2025
    Oral Presentation Award at the 71st Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
  • 2026
    2026 Sigma-Aldrich Rising Star Award and Lecture
  • NO IMAGE

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    E-mail
    kjana@icredd.hokudai.ac.jp
    ROOM
    Room 4-08, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building
  • NO IMAGE

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    E-mail
    hyehwang.kimeng.hokudai.ac.jp
    ROOM
    Room 4-08, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building
  • NO IMAGE

    Secretary

    TEL
    +81-11-706-6561
    E-mail
    isaieng.hokudai.ac.jp
    ROOM
    Room 4-08, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building
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    Secretary

    TEL
    +81-11-706-6561
    E-mail
    yamaguchieng.hokudai.ac.jp
    ROOM
    Room 4-08, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building
D3

Natsumi Hammyo

Keisuke Kondo

D2

Sota Kawamura

Kotomi Sawada

D1

Yamato Fukuzawa

M2

Yuta Takashima

Ryohei Yamaguchi

Asahi Nagao

Taiga Takeda

Hina Shoji

Tetsu Makino

M1

Genki Naito

Junichi Sugimoto

Shunsuke Sasaki

Ryohei Nakayama

B4

Nakamura Yuto

Fujisawa Yuya

Terachi Wataru

Takahashi Yuya

Iwawaki Takeru

GRADUATE

2026

Yuri Kamakura

Takeharu Yonezawa

2025

Rempei Ando

Rikuro Takahashi

Takahiro Ito

Yusuke Fujisawa

Reon Hisazumi

Naoki Shizukuishi

Mahiro Takahashi

2024

Yuma Shiratori

Shou Yamamoto

Ryunosuke Tomita

Emiru Baba

Shunta Kumagai

2023

Tamae Seo

Takumi Takeuchi

Chi Feng

Natsuki Oyama

Ryunosuke Kitsu

Hisao Koriyama

2022

Yu Ozawa

Rina Takahashi

Daiyo Miura

2021

Sota Akiyama

Kohei Endo

Minami Uesugi

Naoki Toyoshima

Satsuki Matsuura

Shogo Nomura

Daichi Nishiura

2020

Ryosuke Shishido

Keiichi Hayama

Pang Yadong

Shou Yamamoto

Takaki Mashimo

Yuta Hayashi

Mizuki Kido

Joo Won Lee

2019

Hiroaki Iwamoto

Jumpei Taguchi

Jin Mingoo

Kentaro Ida

Kentaro Kashiyama

Toshiki Sumitani

Fabio Masero

2018

Ryoto Kojima

Shun Osaki

Koh Kobayashi

Yuta Watanabe

2017

Koji Kubota

Yuta Takenouchi

Toshiki Ikeda

Shun Endo

Noriaki Tokodai

Yutaro Hori

2016

Satoshi Ukigai

Yusuke Sasaki

Riko Momma

Yuki Takamatsu

2015

Kiyotaka Izumi

Akihisa Oba

Kenta Sakurada

2014

Tatsunosuke Amou

Taichi Ozaki

Hana Doi

2013

Shinobu Iwahara

Shiori Kanaiwa

Shohei Sakashita

Takanori Miya

Mai Muromoto

Norifumi Yoshida

2012

Kenya Kobayashi

Yusuke Sasaki

Li Gao-Qiang

Norihisa Kitada

Sayaka Kurenuma

Shotaro Hiraki

Yuko Hotta

Momoko Watanabe

2011

Keiji Ito

Kazuya Kanemoto

Toshihiko Shirai

Hiroaki Tanaka

Takuma Okura

Shun Kunii

STAFF

2020

Tomohiro Seki

Kenta Kato

2016

Eiji Yamamoto

2015

Ikuo Sasaki

Contactus

Professor Dr. Hajime Ito

E-mail: hajitoeng.hokudai.ac.jp