Naohiko Yoshikai

Professional Appointment

• 2021-Present: Professor, Tohoku University
• 2016-2021: Associate Professor (tenured), NTU Singapore
• 2009-2016: Assistant Professor, NTU Singapore
• 2009-2014: NRF Research Fellow, National Research Foundation (Singapore)
• 2005-2009: Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo

Education

• 2005 Ph.D. in Chemistry, The University of Tokyo (Prof. E. Nakamura)
• 2002 M.Sc. in Chemistry, The University of Tokyo (Prof. E. Nakamura)
• 2000 B.Sc. in Chemistry, The University of Tokyo (Prof. E. Nakamura)
• 2002-2005: JSPS Fellow
• 2002: Visiting Student, Stockholm University (Prof. Jan Bäckvall)

Awards/Recognition

• 2022: Mukaiyama Award
• 2020: TCI-SNIC Industry Award in Synthetic Chemistry
• 2015: Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship (from Thailand)
• 2014: Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship (from China and Korea)
• 2014: The 63rd Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists
• 2014: SPMS Young Researcher Awards
• 2011: Asian Core Program Lectureship (from Japan)
• 2011: Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
• 2008: Takasago Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry in Japan
• 2007: Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists, Inoue Research Foundation