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Department of Nanoscience, Faculty of Engineering, Sojo University

Ph.D. in Engineering

Photoredox Catalysis　Medicinal Chemistry　Phosphorescent probes

Apr, 2026　Professor, Department of Nanoscience, Faculty of Engineering, Sojo University 

Apr, 2014　Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University 

Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2014　Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Material Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University 

Oct, 2007 - Mar, 2010　Assistant Professor, Center for Research and Advancement in Higher Education, Kyushu University 

May, 2005 - Sep, 2007　Researcher, Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Toray Industries, Inc. 

Apr, 2003 - Apr, 2005　Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, North Dakota State University 

Apr, 2000 - Mar, 2003　Department of Molecular and Material Sciences, Interdisciplinary Graduete School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University 

Apr, 1998 - Mar, 2000　Department of Molecular and Material Sciences, Interdisciplinary Graduete School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University 

Apr, 1994 - Mar, 1998　Faculty of Pharmacy, Meiji Pharmaceutical University 

Jul, 2025　The 5th Distinguished Achievement in Thesis Award, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University (2025) 

Oct, 2010　Incentive Award for Young Scientists of the Tokai Branch of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (SSOCJ), Development of Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions in the Presence of Acid and Base, The Tokai Branch of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (SSOCJ) 

Jan, 2006　Tetrahedron: Asymmetry Most Cited Paper 2003-2006 Award (Elsevier) Shuji Kanemasa, Yoji Oderaotoshi, Kennosuke Itoh 

Mar, 2003　CSJ Student Presentation Award 2003, Enantioselective Michael Additions of Carbon Nucleophiles by the Double Catalytic Activation Method Using Chiral Lewis Acid and Achiral Amine Catalysts (Presentation No.: 3H4-31), The Chemical Society of Japan

Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine

The Japanese Photochemistry Association

The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

The Chemical Society of Japan