Lectureship, Switzerland (2000) Van der Kerk Lectureship, University of Utrecht (2001) Lady Davis Fellowship, Technion, Israel (2002-3) Alfred Blomquist Lectureship, Cornell (2003) Rhodia Lecturer, French Chemical Society (2004) Chinese Academy of Science Lectureship, (Beijing, 2004) Gilbert Stork Lecture, Columbia University (2006) William Dauben Memorial Lectureship, University of California, Berkeley (2006) Novartis Chemistry Lectureship (2006-7) Wyeth Lectureship, University of Pennsylvania (2007) Campus Lecturer, Institut Catala d’Investigacle Quimica (Tarragona, 2007) H. C. Brown Lecture, Purdue University (2008) W. S. Johnson Lecture, Stanford University (2008) Editorial service Associate editor Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan (1986–88 and 1998-2000) Chemistry Letters (1992–98) Organic Letters (2000-2005) Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009-) Editorial board Journal of Molecular Catalysis (1994-2003) Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (1994-2003) Topics in Stereochemistry (1996-2006) Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (2002-2005) Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (2003-2012) Organic Letters (2006-2008) Accounts of Chemical Research (2006-2008) Chemistry-An Asian Journal (2006-2009) Angewandte Chemie (International Advisory Board: 2006-2009) Chemistry-An Asian Journal (International Advisory Board: 2009-) Other Chairman/Founder, Tateshina Conference on Organic Chemistry (2000-2010) Advisory Committee, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2001-2007) International Advisory Board, The Sixteenth International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (2002) References External links Nakamura Lab. 1951 births Living people Japanese chemists Academic staff of the University of Tokyo Academic staff of Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo Institute of Technology alumni Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni