NAME

Shu KOBAYASHI

BUSINESS ADDRESS

Presidential Endowed Chair for "Green Material Conversion”,
The University of Tokyo,
Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033

EDUCATION

1983	B. Sc.; The University of Tokyo (Professor T. Mukaiyama)
1988	Ph. D.; The University of Tokyo (Professor T. Mukaiyama)

ACADEMIC CAREER

1987	Assistant Professor; Science University of Tokyo (SUT)
1991	Lecturer; Science University of Tokyo (SUT)
1992	Associate Professor; Science University of Tokyo (SUT)
1993	Visiting Professor, Universite Louis Pasteur; Strasbourg, France
1994	Visiting Professor, Kyoto University
1996	Visiting Professor, Nijmegen University, The Netherlands
1997	Visiting Professor, Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Germany
1997	Special Promoted Researcher (SUT, 1997-1998)
1997	CREST Investigator (JST, 1997-2001)
1998	Full Professor, The University of Tokyo
2025	Project Professor, Presidential Endowed Chair for "Green Material Conversion”, The University of Tokyo
2002	SORST Investigator (JST, 2002-2004)
2003	ERATO Investigator (JST, 2003-)
2003	Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2007	Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo
2008	Green-Sustainable Chemical Process Project Investigator (METI, 2008-2009, NEDO, 2009-)
2010	Visiting Professor, Universite Paris-Sud; Orsay, France
2011	Head of Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo
2016	Visiting Professor, ESPCI, Paris, France
2017	Head of Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo

MAJOR AWARDS

1991	The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists
1992	Teijin Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
1992	New Chemistry Institute Research Award
1993	Nissan Science Foundation for Younger Generation
1994	Ciba-Geigy Research Foundation
1995	Kurata Research Foundation
1997	Springer Award in Organometallic Chemistry
1999	Bio-Mega/Boehrinder Ingelheim Lecturer
1999	Merck-SFC Lectureship
1999	Wyeth-Ayerst Lectureship
2000	Novartis Chemistry Lectureship
2000	MIT/Wyeth-Ayerst Lectureship
2000	Nagoya Lectureship
2001	Roche Lectureship
2001	NPS Distinguished Lecturer
2001	IBM Science Award
2002	Organic Reactions Lecturer
2002	Nagoya Silver Medal
2003	Novo-Nortis Lectureship
2003	Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2004	Manchester-Merck Lecturer
2005	Mitsui Chemical Catalysis Science Award
2005	JSPS Prize
2006	Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards
2006	Howard Memorial Lecturer
2006	C.S. Hamilton Award
2007	Merck-Cambridge Lectureship Award
2007	Abbott-Chicago Lectureship Award
2008	Academy of Czech Republic Lecturer
2009	Boehringer Ingelheim Lectureship Award
2013	Research Awards of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2013	Green Chemistry Minister of Education Award
2013	Professor Emeritus, Wuhan Institute of Technology
2013	TUM-IAS Honorary Hans Fischer Senior Fellow
2014	Honorary Professor, Wuhan University of Technology, China
2015	Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2016	Honorary Professor, Hebei Engineering University, China
2016	Toray Science and Technology Prize
2018	Negishi Award (JSPS)
2019	CSJ Award
2019	The T.-Y. Luh Lectureship
2020	The Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (2020 Autumn)
2023	BCSJ Award Article from The Chemical Society of Japan

EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS

• Associate Editor, Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry (1999-2008)
• Associate Editor, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis (2000-)
• Editorial Advisory Board, Molecules Online (1997-2000)
• Editorial Advisory Board, Synthesis (1999-)
• Expert Analyst, CHEMTRACTS-Organic Chemistry (1999-)
• Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Reviews (2000-2010)
• Editorial Board, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (2002-2010)
• 5 th International Conference on f-Elements (2003)
• Editorial Board, Chemistry, an Asian Journal (2006-)
• Consulting Editor, Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry (2009-2011)
• Editorial Board, Green Chemistry (2010-)
• Consulting Editor, Chemical Communications (2010-)
• Editorial Advisory Board, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry (2012-)
• Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2013-)
• Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Reviews (2016-)
• Editorial Board Member, Science of Synthesis (2017-)
• Board Member, Flow Chemistry Society (2023-)

>831 Original Publications
61,740 Citations (9/06/2024), H-index: 130 (Google Scholar)
50,473 Citations (9/06/2024), H-index: 118 (Web of Science)