MEMBERS

Staff

Position	Name	E-mail
Professor	Ken Tanaka	tanaka.k.cg(at)m.titech.ac.jp
Assosiate Professor	Chihiro Maeda	maeda.c.ac(at)m.titech.ac.jp
Assistant Professor	Juntaro Nogami	nogami.j.aa(at)m.titech.ac.jp
Reseacher	Takashi Yamazaki	yamazaki.t.bh(at)m.titech.ac.jp
Secretary	Mamiko Shirota	shirota.m.aa(at)m.titech.ac.jp

Students

Position	Name
D3	Araujo Dias, Antonio Junio / Special Research Student(The Uchiyama Group, The University of Tokyo) / JSPS fellow DC1
D3	Shintaro Hamada / JST SPRING
D3	Itsuki Nohira
D2	Shurika Innami / JST SPRING
D2	Yuya Kawai / Tsubame Scholarship fellow
D2	Yu Sato / JSPS fellow DC1
D1	Kairi Yamashiro / JSPS fellow DC1
D1	Go Yoshimura
M2	Haruka Iimuro / Special Research Student(The Uchiyama Group, The University of Tokyo)
M2	Aoi Uruma
M2	Masaya Sakamoto
M2	Ryota Shimizu
M2	Mone Suzuki / Special Research Student(The Uchiyama Group, The University of Tokyo)
M1	Takeshi Ichimura
M1	Kanato Takahashi
M1	Sophea Chrea
M1	Koichi Miyasaka
M1	Yuki Hirano
B4	Kusuke Oka
B4	Naoki Mizuno

Ken Tanaka  (Professor) tanaka.k.cg(at)m.titech.ac.jp [researchmap]

Education
Mar 1990 B University of Tokyo, Japan (Prof. Atsushi Ishizu)
Mar 1993 M University of Tokyo, Japan (Prof. Koichi Narasaka)
Dec 1998 Ph. D University of Tokyo, Japan (Prof. Takeshi Kitahara)
Nov 1999–Dec 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow MIT, USA (Prof. Gregory C. Fu)

Professional Career
Mar 1993–Oct 2002 Process Research Chemist, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Oct 2002–Mar 2009 Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Apr 2009–Mar 2014 Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Apr 2014–Sep 2024 Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Oct 2024–present Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo

Awards
2001 Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award, Japan
2003 Banyu Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
2006 Solvias Award, Switzerland
2010 Thieme Journal Award
2012 Mukaiyama Award
2015 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Taiwan)
2015 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (China)
2017 Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work
2017 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Korea)
2017 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Singapore)
2018 Negishi Award, Big Prize (JST, ACT-C)

Chihiro Maeda  (Assosiate Professor) maeda.c.ac(at)m.titech.ac.jp [researchmap]

Education
Mar 2005 B Kyoto University, Japan (Prof. Atsuhiro Osuka)
Mar 2007 M Kyoto University, Japan (Prof. Atsuhiro Osuka)
Aug 2008–Nov 2008 Northwestern University（Prof. Michael A. Wasielewski）
Mar 2010 Ph. D Kyoto University, Japan (Prof. Atsuhiro Osuka)

Professional Career
Apl 2010–Apl 2013 Assistant Professor, Keio University (Prof. Naoki Yoshioka)
Apl 2013–Mar 2025 Assistant Professor, Okayama University (Prof. Tadashi Ema)
Apl 2025–present Assosiate Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo

Awards
2013 岡山工学振興会 科学技術奨励賞
2016 日本化学会第96春季年会「若い世代の特別講演証」
2016 日本化学会第96春季年会 優秀講演賞（学術）
2018 有機合成化学協会 研究企画賞（三菱ガス化学）
2019 岡山県産業振興財団 科学技術賞
2021 山陽放送学術文化・スポーツ振興財団 学術奨励賞
2021 ウエスコ財団優秀研究者賞
2022 岡山県産業振興財団 科学技術賞
2025 SHGSC Japan Award of Excellence 2025

Juntaro Nogami  (Assistant Professor) nogami.j.aa(at)m.titech.ac.jp [researchmap]

Education
Mar 2019 B Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Prof. Ken Tanaka)
Mar 2021 M Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Prof. Ken Tanaka)
Mar 2024 Ph. D Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Prof. Ken Tanaka)

Professional Career
Apl 2024–Mar 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, Nagoya University (Prof. Hiroshi Shinokubo)
Apl 2025–present Assistant Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo

Awards
2019 The 9th CSJ Chemistry Festa Best Poster Award
2022 The 102nd CSJ Annual Meeting (2022) Presentation Award
2022 The 120th SSOCJ Symposium Best Presentation Award
2022 Otsu Conference 2023 Award Fellow
2023 The 33rd Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry RSC Chemical Science Award
2024 JSPS Ikushi Prize
2025 Seiichi Tejima Research Awards

Takashi Yamazaki  (Reseacher) yamazaki.t.bh(at)m.titech.ac.jp [researchmap]

Education
Mar 1981 B Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Prof. Nobuo Ishikawa)
Mar 1983 M Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Prof. Nobuo Ishikawa)
Mar 1986 Ph. D Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Prof. Nobuo Ishikawa)

Professional Career
Apl 1986–Mar 1989 Assistant Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Associate Prof. Tomoya Kitazume)
Apl 1988–Mar 1989 Postdoctoral Fellow, State University of New York at Albany, USA (Prof. John T. Welch)
Apl 1990–Mar 2001 Assistant Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Associate Prof. Tomoya Kitazume)
Apl 2001–Mar 2002 Assistant Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Associate Prof. Tomoya Kitazume)
Apl 2002–Jul 2009 Assosiate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Aug 2009–Mar 2023 Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Apl 2023–present Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Jan 2025–present Reseacher, Institute of Science Tokyo

Awards
1987 Seiichi Teshima Memorial Article Award
1992 Award of The Chemical Society of Japan for Young Chemists
1993 Seiichi Teshima Memorial Article Award (Nakamura Award)
2007 Takeda International Contribution Award