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TOKITOH, Norihiro 時任　宣博

Date of Birth: January 26th, 1957
Nationality: Japanese

Education:

• 1979 B. Sci.: The University of Tokyo (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science)
• 1982 M. Sci.: The University of Tokyo (Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science)
• 1985 Ph.D.: The University of Tokyo (Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science)

Professional Career:

• 1985-1986 Research Associate, International Christian University, College of Natural Sciences
• 1986-1989 Research Associate, and then Assist. Prof., Tsukuba University, Dept. of Chem.
• 1989-1994 Assist. Prof., The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Chem., Graduate School of Science
• 1994-1998 Associate Prof., The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Chem., Graduate School of Science
• 1998-2000 Professor, Kyushu University, Institute for Fundamental Organic Chemistry
• 2000-2022 Professor, Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research
• 2022-present Specially Appointed Professor, Institute for Chemical Research
• 2022-present Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University


• 2001-2003 Guest Professor at the Institute for Molecular Science, Japan
• 2004-2007 Visiting Professor at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
• 2006-2008 Vice-director, Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research
• 2006-2008 Director, Kyoto Univ. Pioneering Research Unit for Next Generation
• 2008-2012 Director, Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research
• 2013-2014 Visiting Professor at Universität Bonn, Germany
• 2014-2018 Director, Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research
• 2016-2018 Dean, Kyoto University, Division of Natural Sciences
• 2016-2018 Director, Kyoto University, Section of Integrated Chemistry
• 2017-2020 Vice-Director, Kyoto University, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences
• 2018-2020 Director, Kyoto University, Research Coordination Alliance
• 2020-present Executive vice-President, Kyoto University
• 2022-present Director, Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University

Awards and Honors:

• 1991 Special Lectureship Award for Young Generation (The Chemical Society of Japan)
• 1992 Incentive Award in the Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan)
• 1996 Incentive Award (The Society of Silicon Chemistry, Japan)
• 1998 Japan IBM Science Award (Japan IBM)
• 2003 Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work (The Chemical Society of Japan)
• 2003 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt Foundation)
• 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2016 Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Awards (The Chemical Society of Japan)
• 2007 Lectureship Award of National Science Council, Republic of China (NSC, Taiwan)
• 2010 The 3rd Kim Yong Hae Lectureship Award (KAIST, Korea)
• 2010, 2017 Best Reviewer Commendation (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
• 2019 Association Award (The Society of Silicon Chemistry, Japan)
• 2021 The Chemical Society of Japan Award (The Chemical Society of Japan)
• 2023 Japan Physical Organic Chemistry Award (The Society of Physical Organic Chemistry, Japan)

Service and Membership:

• 1996-2012 The Society of Silicon Chemistry, Japan, Standing Board Member
• 1998-2006 Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry (WILEY) Associate Editor for Asia
• 2001-presernt Journal of Sulfur Chemistry (Taylor & Francis), Editorial Board Member
• 2006-2009 Organometallics (ACS), Advisory Board Member
• 2006-present International Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems, International Advisory Board Member
• 2006-present International Conference on Heteroatom Chemistry, International Advisory Board Member
• 2009-2011 The Chemical Society of Japan, a Member of Board of Directors
• 2011-present Main Group Metal Chemistry (De Gruyter), Editorial Board Member
• 2012 10th International Conference on Heteroatom Chemistry (ICHAC-10), Chairman
• 2012-present International Symposium on Silicon Chemistry, International Advisory Board Member
• 2013-2017 Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, Editor-in-chief
• 2013-2018 The Society of Silicon Chemistry, Japan, vice-President (-2015), President (2016-2018)
• 2014-present International Conference on Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry of Germanium, Tin and Lead (ICCOC-GTL), International Advisory Board Member
• 2016-present Asian Silicon Symposium, International Advisory Board Member
• 2018 15th International Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems (IRIS-15), Chairman
• 2018-2022 The Society of Physical Organic Chemistry, Japan, President

Plenary and Keynote Lectures at International Conferences (1997-2023):

• 1997, July: 7th International Conference on the Chemistry of Selenium and Tellurium, Aachen, Germany (PL).
• 2000, June: 9th International Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems, Saarbrücken, Germany (PL).
• 2007, July: 12th International Conference on the Coordination and Organometallic Chemi¬stry of Germa¬nium, Tin and Lead, Galway, Ireland (PL).
• 2008, June: Dalton Discussion 11, Berkley, USA (KL).
• 2009. Sept.: 5th European Silicon Days, Vienna, Austria (PL).
• 2010, Sept.: The 3rd Kim Yong Hae Lectureship KAIST Symposium, Daejon, Korea (KL).
• 2013, July: 12th International Conference on the Chemistry of Selenium and Tellurium (ICCST-12), Cardiff, Wales, UK (PL).
• 2015, July: 14th International Sympo¬sium on Inorganic Ring Systems, Regensburg, Germany, (KL).
• 2015, Oct.: 5th Asian Silicon Symposium, Jeju, Korea, (PL).
• 2016, July: The 27th International Symposium on Organic Chemistry of Sulfur, Jena, Germany, (PL).
• 2017, Aug: 18th International Symposium on Silicon Chemistry (ISOS XVIII) in conjunction with 6th Asian Silicon Symposium (ASiS-6), Jinan, China (PL).
• 2019, June: 13th International Conference on Hetero¬atom Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic (PL).
• 2019, July: 7th Asian Silicon Symposium(ASiS-7), Nanyang, Singapore (PL).
• 2019, Dec: 3rd International Conference on Phosphorus, Boron and Silicon (PBSi2019), Rome, Italy (KL).
• 2021, July: The 19th International Symposium on Silicon Chemistry (ISOS 2020), Toulouse, France (online) (Keynote Lecture).
• 2022, July: 16th International Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems (IRIS-16), TU Graz, Austria, (PL).
• 2022, Oct: The 8th Asian Silicon Symposium (ASiS-8), Taipei, Taiwan (IL).
• 2022, Nov: The 19th Korea-Japan Joint Symposium on Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry, Incheon, Korea (IL).
• 2023, Feb: International Conference on Main Group Synthesis and Catalysis (ICMGSC-2023), IISER TVM, Thiruvananthapuram, India (IL).
• 2023, Aug: The 17th International Conference on Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry of Germanium, Tin, and Lead (ICCOC-GTL 2023), Wellington, New Zealand (IL).
• 2023, Sept: Achievements in Molecular Inorganic Chemistry, Bonn, Germany (IL).

General Research Interests:

• Creation and Investigation of Novel Bondings and Structures in Heavier Main Group Element Chemistry, about 340 papers and 40 accounts and chapters