PEOPLE
STAFF

Hajime Ito
Professor
- TEL
- +81-11-706-6561
- 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
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- 1991
- B.Sc. Kyoto University
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- 1996
- Ph.D. Kyoto University (Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Yoshihiko Ito)
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- 1996
- Assistant Professor, Tsukuba University
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- 1999
- Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular Science
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- 2001
- Visiting Researcher, Scripps Research Institute (Advisor: Prof. Kim D. Janda)
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- 2002
- Associate Professor at Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University
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- 2010-
- Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
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- 2018-
- Vice Director at Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University
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- 2022-
- Distinguished Professor, Hokkaido University
Concurrent appointment
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- 2008-2010
- JST PRESTO [Photos on Soft Materials], Principal Researcher
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- 2010-2014
- JSPS FIRST, Principal Researcher
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- 2019-
- JST CREST [Innovative Reactions], Principal Researcher
Side business
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- 2023-
- MechanoCross Co., Ltd. Founder, Director, Technical Adviser
Awards
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- 2003
- MEIJI SEIKA Research Planning Award
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- 2008
- Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
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- 2011
- Hokkaido University President's Award for Research
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- 2014
- The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work
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- 2015
- Hokkaido University President's Award for Research
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- 2015
- NAGASE Science Technology Foundation Award
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- 2017
- Hokkaido University President's Award for Research
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- 2017
- SSOCJ Fujifilm Functional Materials Science Award
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- 2019
- Hokkaido University President's Award for Research
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- 2022
- HSFC DemoDay Hokkaido Governor's Award
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- 2023
- HSFC DemoDay Hokkaido Governor's Award
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- 2025
- The Chemical Society of Japan Award

Mandai Ryo
Assistant Professor
- TEL
- +81- 011-706-6563
- 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
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- 2021
- B. Sc. The University of Tokyo
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- 2026
- Ph. D. The University of Tokyo (Advisor: Prof. Kyoko Nozaki)
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- 2023ー2026
- JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
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- 2026ー
- Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University
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Awards
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- 2022
- Student Poster Award at the 53rd Summer School of the Young Researchers in Physical Organic Chemistry
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- 2023
- Poster Lecturer Award at the 54th Summer School of the Young Researchers in Physical Organic Chemistry
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- 2023
- Poster Award at the 69th Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
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- 2023
- Excellent Poster Presentation Award at the 13th CSJ Chemistry Festa
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- 2024
- Poster Award at the 70th Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
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- 2024
- Otsu Conference Award Fellow (15th Otsu Conference)
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- 2024
- Excellent Presentation Award (Research Proposal) at the 15th Otsu Conference)
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- 2025
- Student Presentation Award at the 105th Spring Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan
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- 2025
- Oral Presentation Award at the 71st Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
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- 2026
- 2026 Sigma-Aldrich Rising Star Award and Lecture
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Kalipada Jana
Postdoctoral Fellow
- kjana@icredd.hokudai.ac.jp
- ROOM
- Room 4-08, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building
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Kim Hyehwang
Postdoctoral Fellow
- hyehwang.kimeng.hokudai.ac.jp
- ROOM
- Room 4-08, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building
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Aki Isai
Secretary
- TEL
- +81-11-706-6561
- isaieng.hokudai.ac.jp
- ROOM
- Room 4-08, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building
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Shinobu Yamagiuchi
Secretary
- TEL
- +81-11-706-6561
- yamaguchieng.hokudai.ac.jp
- ROOM
- Room 4-08, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building
STUDENTS
- D3
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Natsumi Hammyo
Keisuke Kondo
- D2
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Sota Kawamura
Kotomi Sawada
- D1
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Yamato Fukuzawa
- M2
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Yuta Takashima
Ryohei Yamaguchi
Asahi Nagao
Taiga Takeda
Hina Shoji
Tetsu Makino
- M1
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Genki Naito
Junichi Sugimoto
Shunsuke Sasaki
Ryohei Nakayama
- B4
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Nakamura Yuto
Fujisawa Yuya
Terachi Wataru
Takahashi Yuya
Iwawaki Takeru
ALUMNI
GRADUATE
- 2026
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Yuri Kamakura
Takeharu Yonezawa
- 2025
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Rempei Ando
Rikuro Takahashi
Takahiro Ito
Yusuke Fujisawa
Reon Hisazumi
Naoki Shizukuishi
Mahiro Takahashi
- 2024
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Yuma Shiratori
Shou Yamamoto
Ryunosuke Tomita
Emiru Baba
Shunta Kumagai
- 2023
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Tamae Seo
Takumi Takeuchi
Chi Feng
Natsuki Oyama
Ryunosuke Kitsu
Hisao Koriyama
- 2022
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Yu Ozawa
Rina Takahashi
Daiyo Miura
- 2021
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Sota Akiyama
Kohei Endo
Minami Uesugi
Naoki Toyoshima
Satsuki Matsuura
Shogo Nomura
Daichi Nishiura
- 2020
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Ryosuke Shishido
Keiichi Hayama
Pang Yadong
Shou Yamamoto
Takaki Mashimo
Yuta Hayashi
Mizuki Kido
Joo Won Lee
- 2019
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Hiroaki Iwamoto
Jumpei Taguchi
Jin Mingoo
Kentaro Ida
Kentaro Kashiyama
Toshiki Sumitani
Fabio Masero
- 2018
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Ryoto Kojima
Shun Osaki
Koh Kobayashi
Yuta Watanabe
- 2017
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Koji Kubota
Yuta Takenouchi
Toshiki Ikeda
Shun Endo
Noriaki Tokodai
Yutaro Hori
- 2016
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Satoshi Ukigai
Yusuke Sasaki
Riko Momma
Yuki Takamatsu
- 2015
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Kiyotaka Izumi
Akihisa Oba
Kenta Sakurada
- 2014
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Tatsunosuke Amou
Taichi Ozaki
Hana Doi
- 2013
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Shinobu Iwahara
Shiori Kanaiwa
Shohei Sakashita
Takanori Miya
Mai Muromoto
Norifumi Yoshida
- 2012
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Kenya Kobayashi
Yusuke Sasaki
Li Gao-Qiang
Norihisa Kitada
Sayaka Kurenuma
Shotaro Hiraki
Yuko Hotta
Momoko Watanabe
- 2011
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Keiji Ito
Kazuya Kanemoto
Toshihiko Shirai
Hiroaki Tanaka
Takuma Okura
Shun Kunii
STAFF
- 2020
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Tomohiro Seki
Kenta Kato
- 2016
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Eiji Yamamoto
- 2015
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Ikuo Sasaki
Contactus
- Professor Dr. Hajime Ito
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E-mail: hajitoeng.hokudai.ac.jp