Yasutomo Segawa, Ph.D.
E-mail: segawa [at] ims.ac.jp
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Associate Professor (PI), Institute for Molecular Science
Associate Professor, SOKENDAI
Date/Place of Birth
July 22, 1982 / Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Education
- B.S. in Chemistry, Mar 2005 (Prof. Takuzo Aida, The University of Tokyo)
- M.S. in Chemisty, Mar 2007 (Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, The University of Tokyo)
- Visiting Student, Oct 2007~Jan 2008 (Prof. Brian M. Stoltz, California Institute of Technology)
- JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists, Apr 2008 – Sep 2009
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, Sep 2009 (Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, The University of Tokyo)
Academic Career
- Oct 2009 – Oct 2013 Assistant Professor, Nagoya University (with Prof. Kenichiro Itami)
- Nov 2013 – Mar 2020 Designated Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
- Nov 2013 – Mar 2020 Group Leader and Project Coordinator, JST ERATO Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Project, Nagoya University
- Apr 2020 – current position
Other Career
- July 2012 – Aug 2012 Visiting Researcher, July 2012 – Sept 2012 (Prof. Douglas W. Stephan, University of Toronto)
Awards and Honors
- Mar 2007 Dean Award, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo (highest)
- Mar 2007 President Award, the University of Tokyo
- Aug 2007 Poster Session Award, Yonsei-U, U of Tokyo Joint Symposium
- Mar 2008 Oral Session Award for Students, The 88th Annual Meeting, Chemical Society of Japan
- Feb 2011 Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists
- Dec 2012 Asahi Kasei Pharma Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
- Feb 2013 The 7th Wakashachi Young Scientists’ Award (highest)
- Feb 2013 The 7th RSC PCCP Prize
- Mar 2013 Chemical Society of Japan Lecture Award for Young Chemists
- May 2013 JASI Research Encouragement Award of New Chemical Technology
- Feb 2014 Akasaki Award
- Feb 2017 Synlett Best Paper Award (with Prof. Itami, Dr. Ito, and Mr. Yano)
- Mar 2017 Noguchi Shitagau Award
- Mar 2017 Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists
- Nov 2017 Ishida Award
- Apl 2018 The Young Scientists’ Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by MEXT
- Sep 2019 Nozoe Memorial Award for Young Organic Chemists
- Dec 2021 Chemist Award BCA
- Jan 2022 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
- Jun 2022 Ube Industries Foundation Award
JSPS KAKENHI and JST Grants
- 2008 ~ 2009 JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC2) JP08J09103
- 2011 ~ 2013 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) JP23750038
- 2016 ~ 2018 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) JP16K05771
- 2017 ~ 2018 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “π-Figuration” JP17H05149
- 2019 ~ 2021 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) JP19H02701
- 2019 ~ 2020 Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory) JP19K22183
- 2022 ~ 2024 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) JP22H02068
- 2022 ~ 2028 JST FOREST (Fusion Oriented REsearch for disruptive Science and Technology) JPMJFR211R
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