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
    SSOCJ Fujifilm Functional Materials Science Award
  • 2022
    HSFC DemoDay Hokkaido Governor's Award
  • 2023
    HSFC DemoDay Hokkaido Governor's Award

Associate Professor

TEL
+81-11-706-6562
E-mail
ishiyamaeng.hokudai.ac.jp
ROOM
Room 4-10, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building
Research Outline / Carrier

Research Outline

  • Development of borylation reactions using diboron compounds
  • Development of iridium-catalyzed C-H borylation
  • Development of highly selective allylboration of aldehydes with Lewis acids

Carrier

  • 1986
    B.Sc. Hokkaido University
  • 1988
    M.Sc. Hokkaido University
  • 1991
    Ph.D. Hokkaido University (Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Norio Miyaura)
  • 1991
    Ph.D. (Engineering), Hokkaido University
  • 1991
    Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
  • 1994
    Associate Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
  • 1999
    Visiting Researcher, Yale University (Advisor: Prof. John Hartwig)

Awards

  • 1998
    Banyu Young Chemist Award
  • 2002
    Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Associate Professor

TEL
+81-11-706-8127
E-mail
kbteng.hokudai.ac.jp
ROOM
Room 4-08, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building
Research Outline / Carrier

Research Outline

  • Development of copper(I)-catalyzed borylation reactions (2011―2016)
  • Development of enantioselective transformations catalyzed by a chiral anion phase transfer (2016―2017)
  • Development of new bioconjugation methods using palladium oxidative addition complexes (2017―2018)
  • Development of new mechanochemical organic reactions (2018―)

Carrier

  • 2012
    B.Sc. Hokkaido University (Bachelor Thesis; Advisor: Prof. Hajime Ito)
  • 2016
    Ph.D. Hokkaido University (Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Hajime Ito)
  • 2014ー2016
    JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), Hokkaido University
  • 2016ー2017
    JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Hokkaido University (Advisor: Prof. Hajime Ito)
  • 2016ー2017
    Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, Berkeley (Advisor: Prof. F. Dean Toste)
  • 2017ー2018
    JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Advisors: Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald and Prof. Bradley L. Pentelute)
  • 2018ー2019
    Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
  • 2019ー2021
    Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at 1nstitute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University
  • 2021ー
    Associate Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
Concurrent appointment
  • 2021ー
    JST FORESTO Principal Researcher
Side business
  • 2023ー
    MechanoCross Co., Ltd. Co-founder, Director, Technical Adviser

Awards

  • 2012
    Hokkaido University William Wheeler Prize Award2019 ACP Lectureship Award
  • 2012
    59th Symposium of Organometallic Chemistry Best Poster Award
  • 2012
    Hokkaido University Frontier Fellowship
  • 2014
    Hokkaido University Otsuka Award
  • 2015
    7th HOPE Meeting Fellow
  • 2015
    7th HOPE Meeting Best Presentation Award
  • 2015
    6th Otsu Conference Award Fellow
  • 2015
    6th Otsu Conference Research Proposal Award
  • 2015
    2015 Pacifichem Student Competition Poster Award
  • 2016
    Reaxys PhD Prize 2016 Finalist
  • 2016
    2016 Springer Thesis Award
  • 2017
    Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Fellow
  • 2018
    Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists
  • 2019
    47th Naito Conference Best Poster Award
  • 2019
    ACP Lectureship Award (Singapore)
  • 2022
    Mechanochemistry Sustainable Industry International Award
  • 2022
    Hokkaido University Excellent Teachers (1st place among 169 professors)
  • 2023
    The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists
  • 2023
    Hokkaido University President's Award for Education and Research
  • 2023
    Top 10% Outstanding Reviewers, Angewandte Chemie
  • 2023
    Hokkaido University Best Excellent Teachers (1st place among 179 professors)
  • 2024
    Young Faculty Encouragement Award of Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
  • 2024
    Hokkaido University Best Excellent Teachers (1st place among 204 professors)
  • 2024
    Chemist Award BCA 2024
  • Visiting Professor

    TEL
    +81-11-706-8127
    ROOM
    Room 4-08, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building
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    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

Rikuro Takahashi

D2

Pingyu Jiang

D1

Natsumi Hammyo

Keisuke Kondo

M2

Mahiro Takahashi

Naoki Shizukuishi

Reon Hisazumi

Yusuke Fujisawa

Sota Kawamura

Takahiro Ito

Kotomi Sawada

M1

Takeharu Yonezawa

Toru Makino

Yamato Fukuzawa

Yuri Kamakura

B4

Ryohei Yamaguchi

Asahi Nagao

Taiga Takeda

Hina Shoji

GRADUATE

2024

Yuma Shiratori

Rempei Ando

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