Kyoko Nozaki
Kyoko Nozaki | |
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| Occupation(s) | Chemist, Professor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Known for | Organometallics, Polymerization Catalysts, Organoboron chemistry |
is a Japanese chemist serving as a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Tokyo.
Education
- Earned a B.S. degree in 1986 from the Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, under the guidance of Prof. K. Utimoto
- Completed a Ph.D. in 1991 at Kyoto University with Prof. K. Utimoto; dissertation titled "Studies on Triethylborane Induced Radical Reactions with Hydrides of Group14 Elements"
- Participated as an exchange student at UC Berkeley between 1988 and 1989, working with Prof. C. H. Heathcock on stereo-control strategies in the synthesis of acyclic compounds
Career
- Served as an Instructor at Kyoto University from 1991 to 1999
- Promoted to Associate Professor at Kyoto University from 1999 to 2002
- Held the position of Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo during 2002–2003
- Appointed Professor at the University of Tokyo from 2003 to the present
Academic Activity
- Member of the Advisory Board for the International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis (ISHC) since 1997
- Engaged in editorial responsibilities for Journal of Polymer Science Part A, Dalton Transactions, and Green Chemistry starting in 2003
- Served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of the American Chemical Society between 2008 and 2013
- Participated on multiple editorial and advisory boards including those for Organometallics, ChemCatChem, Chemical Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysis Science & Technology, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemistry Letters, Chemical Reviews, Macromolecules, Chemistry – An Asian Journal, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, and Polymer Chemistry
Research
Specializes in Organometallics, development of Polymerization Catalysts, and Organoboron chemistry. Notable accomplishments include isolating and characterizing boryllithium as a boryl anion species. Research interests also encompass advances in synthetic chemistry methodologies and asymmetric synthesis employing chiral transition-metal catalysts to enable novel organic transformations facilitated by organometallic complexes.
Awards
- Recipient of the OMCOS Prize in organometallic chemistry (2003)
- Awarded the Wiley Award by the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (2004)
- Honored with the Science Award from IBM Japan (2006)
- Winner of the Saruhashi Prize (2008)
- Received the Mukaiyama Award from the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (2008)
- Earned the Catalysis Science Award presented by Mitsui Chemicals (2009)
- Awarded the Nagoya Silver Medal (2009)
- Presented with the Schlenk Lecture Award (2013)
- Honored with the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award (2021)
- Received the Toray Science and Technology Prize (2021)
- Granted the IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award (2021)
- Included in Asian Scientist 100 by Asian Scientist magazine (2022)