Eiichi Nakamura (chemist)

• 1973 BS Faculty of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Professor Teruaki Mukaiyama) • 1978 PhD in chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Professor Isao Kuwajima) • 1978-1980 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York (Professor Gilbert Stork) ==Major research interests==

• catalyst chemistry, fullerene chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, organic solar cells, Transmission electron microscopy. ==Academic experience==

• 1980-1984 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology • 1984-1993 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology • 1989-1991 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Applied Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science • 1993-1995 Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology • 1995–2016 Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo • 2004-2010 ERATO Nakamura Functional Carbon Cluster program research director, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) • 2007-2016 The University of Tokyo, Chemistry Innovation Global COE Program Leader • 2016.04-2019.03, Molecular Technology Innovation Chair Professor, The University of Tokyo • 2019.04-present, University Professor, The University of Tokyo, Department of Chemistry • 2024.12-present, Lecture Professor, Nankai University ==Professional functions==

• 2003-2006 Senior Program Officer in Chemistry, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Research Center for Science Systems • 2006-2008 Corresponding Member of the Science Council of Japan • 2006-2007 Senior Program Officer (on funding scheme study), The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) • 2011- Program Director and Chair, Japan Agency for Science and Technology (JST) • 2009-2011 Kaiteki Institute Co. Advisory board member • 2012 Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists, ICCAS, Beijing, China • May 21, 2015 Visiting Professorship for Nanjing University, Nanjing, China • May 23, 2015 Visiting Professorship for Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China ==Awards and honors==

• Young Chemists Award (Chemical Society of Japan, 1984) • Yamanouchi Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (1991) • Tejima Memorial Award (Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1992) • The Japan IBM Science Prize (1993) • Nagoya Silver Medal for Organic Chemistry (2001) • The Chemical Society of Japan Award (2003) • Humboldt Research Award (2006) • The Medal with Purple Ribbon (Shiju Hosho) (His Majesty of Japan, 2009) • the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award of ACS (2010) • Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998) • Elected Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (U. K., 2005) • Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008) • Honorary Member of the Israel Chemical Society (2009) • The Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award of ACS（2010） • Centenary Prize 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry（2014） • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2025) • The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon ( 2024) ==Special lectureships==

• R. C. Fuson Visiting Professor, University of Illinois (1990) • Syntex Distinguished Lectureship. Colorado State University (1996) • Parke Davis-Warner Lambert Distinguished Lectureship, Ohio State University (1997) • Troisieme Cycle Lectureship, Switzerland (2000) • Van der Kerk Lectureship, University of Utrecht (2001) • Lady Davis Fellowship, Technion, Israel (2002-3) • Alfred Blomquist Lectureship, Cornell (2003) • Rhodia Lecturer, French Chemical Society (2004) • Chinese Academy of Science Lectureship, (Beijing, 2004) • Gilbert Stork Lecture, Columbia University (2006) • William Dauben Memorial Lectureship, University of California, Berkeley (2006) • Novartis Chemistry Lectureship (2006-7) • Wyeth Lectureship, University of Pennsylvania (2007) • Campus Lecturer, Institut Catala d’Investigacle Quimica (Tarragona, 2007) • H. C. Brown Lecture, Purdue University (2008) • W. S. Johnson Lecture, Stanford University (2008) ==Editorial service==

Associate editor • Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan (1986–88 and 1998-2000) • Chemistry Letters (1992–98) • Organic Letters (2000-2005) • Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009-) Editorial board • Journal of Molecular Catalysis (1994-2003) • Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (1994-2003) • Topics in Stereochemistry (1996-2006) • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (2002-2005) • Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (2003-2012) • Organic Letters (2006-2008) • Accounts of Chemical Research (2006-2008) • Chemistry-An Asian Journal (2006-2009) • Angewandte Chemie (International Advisory Board: 2006-2009) • Chemistry-An Asian Journal (International Advisory Board: 2009-) ==Other==

• Chairman/Founder, Tateshina Conference on Organic Chemistry (2000-2010) • Advisory Committee, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2001-2007) • International Advisory Board, The Sixteenth International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (2002) ==References==