is a Japanese chemist and professor of chemistry at University of Tokyo in Japan. Education 1973 BS Faculty of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Professor Teruaki Mukaiyama) 1978 PhD in chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Professor Isao Kuwajima) 1978-1980 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York (Professor Gilbert Stork) Major research interests catalyst chemistry, fullerene chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, organic solar cells, Transmission electron microscopy. Academic experience 1980-1984 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology 1984-1993 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology 1989-1991 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Applied Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science 1993-1995 Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology 1995–present Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo 2004-2010 ERATO Nakamura Functional Carbon Cluster program research director, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) 2007- The University of Tokyo, Chemistry Innovation Global COE Program Leader 2008-2009 Chairman, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo Professional functions 2003-2006 Senior Program Officer in Chemistry, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Research Center for Science Systems 2006-2008 Corresponding Member of the Science Council of Japan 2006-2007 Senior Program Officer (on funding scheme study), The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 2011- Program Director and Chair, Japan Agency for Science and Technology (JST) 2009-2011 Kaiteki Institute Co. Advisory board member 2012 Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists, ICCAS, Beijing, China May 21, 2015 Visiting Professorship for Nanjing University, Nanjing, China May 23, 2015 Visiting Professorship for Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China Awards and honors Young Chemists Award (Chemical Society of Japan, 1984) Yamanouchi Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (1991) Tejima Memorial Award (Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1992) The Japan IBM Science Prize (1993) Nagoya Silver Medal for Organic Chemistry (2001) The Chemical Society of Japan Award (2003) Humboldt Research Award (2006) The Medal with Purple Ribbon (Shiju Hosho) (His Majesty of Japan, 2009) the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award of ACS (2010) Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998) Elected Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (U. K., 2005) Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008) Honorary Member of the Israel Chemical Society (2009) Special lectureships R. C. Fuson Visiting Professor, University of Illinois (1990) Syntex Distinguished Lectureship. Colorado State University (1996) Parke Davis-Warner Lambert Distinguished Lectureship, Ohio State University (1997) Troisieme Cycle