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Biography

Takanori Iwasaki was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1981, finished his BSc in 2004 and MSc in 2006 at Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University and received his Ph.D. in 2009 from Osaka University under the supervision of Profs K. Mashima and T. Ohshima. During his Ph.D. course, he worked with Prof K. Kirchner, Vienna University of Technology, Austria in 2004. He became an Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University in 2009, working with Prof N. Kambe. He was promoted to Associate Professor at Osaka University in 2017 and was appointed as Associate Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 2018. He received JSPC Award for Excellence 2008, Asahi Kasei Pharma Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan in 2011, The Ube Foundation Young Researcher Award in 2014, Special Lecture for Young Chemists in 96th CSJ in 2016, CSJ Presentation Award 2017, Chemistry Award BCA 2018, Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan in 2018, Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2019, The Japan Petroleum Institute Award for Encouragement of Research and Development in 2019, The SPACC Young Investigator Award in 2019, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, The Young Scientists' Award in 2020, The 2020 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award for Creative Work, and Research Incentive Award of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry in 2020. He was also selected as finalist of Reaxys PhD Prize 2010.

Activities

Employment (3)

Tokyo Daigaku: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JP

2018-07-01 to present | Associate Professor (Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering)
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Osaka University: Suita, Osaka, JP

2017-08-01 to 2018-06-30 | Associate Professor (Graduate School of Engineering)
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Osaka University: Suita, Osaka, JP

2009-04 to 2017-07-31 | Assistant Professor (Graduate School of Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Osaka University: Toyonaka, Osaka, JP

2006-04 to 2009-03 | PhD (Graduate School of Engineering Science)
Education
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Osaka Daigaku - Toyonaka Campus: Toyonaka, Osaka, JP

2004-04 to 2006-03 | MSc (Graduate School of Engineering Science)
Education
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Osaka Daigaku - Toyonaka Campus: Toyonaka, Osaka, JP

2002-04 to 2004-03 | BSc (School of Engineering Science)
Education
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Professional activities (1)

Osaka Daigaku: Suita, Osaka, JP

2018-07-01 to 2019-03-31 | Guest Associate Professor (Graduate School of Engineering)
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Funding (7)

Development of anionic molecules possessing catalytical function and integration of catalyses by electrostatic interaction

2023-04 to 2026-03 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
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Takanori Iwasaki

Chemical recycling of polyurea resins using hydrogen

2022-09 to 2023-09 | Grant
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (Kawasaki, JP)
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Takanori Iwasaki

Catalyst-controlled chemoselectivity changeover in hydrogenation of carbonyl functionalities and elucidation of its origin

2022-06 to 2024-03 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
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Takanori Iwasaki

Synthesis of middle molecular lipids by alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling reactions

2018-04 to 2020-03 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
GRANT_NUMBER:

18H04410

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Takanori Iwasaki

Investigation on the behavior of anionic transition metal complexes and their application for the catalytic transformations

2016-04 to 2019-03 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
GRANT_NUMBER:

16H06039

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Takanori Iwasaki

Synthesis of lipids by alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling reactions

2016-04 to 2018-03 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
GRANT_NUMBER:

16H01150

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Takanori Iwasaki

Asymmetric cross-coupling reaction using anionic transition metal complexes

2010-04 to 2012-03 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
GRANT_NUMBER:

22750094

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Takanori Iwasaki

Peer review (70 reviews for 16 publications/grants)

Review activity for ACS catalysis. (16)
Review activity for ACS omega. (1)
Review activity for Angewandte Chemie. (7)
Review activity for Chemistry - an Asian journal. (1)
Review activity for Chemistry. (2)
Review activity for ChemistrySelect (2)
Review activity for Chirality. (1)
Review activity for European journal of organic chemistry. (3)
Review activity for Journal of organic chemistry. (22)
Review activity for Organic letters. (6)
Review activity for Organometallics. (2)
Review activity for RSC advances (1)
Review activity for Small. (1)
Review activity for Tetrahedron chem. (1)
Review activity for Tetrahedron letters. (2)
Review activity for Topics in current chemistry. (2)