Molecular Chirality Award

Molecular Chirality Award 2024 will be awarded to Professor Katsuhiro Maeda (Kanazawa University)
2024 Molecular Chirality Award is sponsored by JASCO Co.

Professor Maeda’s Award Lecture will be delivered on the third day of the symposium, Aug. 28 (Wed), 2024 in the award ceremony.

Professor Katsuhiro MAEDA

Katsuhiro Maeda obtained his PhD from Nagoya University in 1998 under the supervision of Prof. Yoshio Okamoto, where he studied the synthesis and structures of helical polyisocyanates. He joined Prof. Eiji Yashima’s group at Nagoya University as an Assistant Professor in 1998 and developed various stimuli-responsive helical polymers. After joining to the group of Prof. Tim Swager as a visiting scientist at MIT, he moved to Kanazawa University in 2018 as an Associate Professor and was promoted to a full Professor in 2015. He received Thomson Scientific Research Front Award in 2012. Since 2017, he has been a PI in the supramolecular chemistry group of the Kanazawa University WPI-NanoLSI project. He has been engaged in synthesis and application of functional helical polymers. Especially, he has developed the first switchable chiral stationary phase for HPLC and chiral sensors capable of detecting chirality of chiral compounds by visible color change by taking advantage of dynamic and static properties of helical polymers.

Overview of Molecular Chirality Award

Molecular Chirality Award is instituted by the Molecular Chirality Research Organization (MCRO), which is a Japanese organization for the research of chirality, to honor distinguished scientists who has made great contribution to the research of chirality. The bronze statue (hand in art) is presented at every domestic Symposium on Molecular Chirality since 1999.

Recipients of Molecular Chirality Award

YearAwardeeAffiliation
1999Yoshio Okamoto
Masakatsu Shibasaki
Kazuhiko Saigo
Nagoya University
The University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo
2000Nobuyuki Harada
Yuji Ohashi
Daiichi Pham. Co. Ltd.
Tohoku Univeresity
Tokyo Institute of Technology
 
2001Hiroyuki Nohira
Terumichi Nakagawa
Tsutomu Katsuki
Saitama Unviersity
Kyoto University
Kyushu University
2002Fumio Toda
Kenso Soai
Takasago International Co.
Ehime University
Tokyo University of Science
 
2003Reiko Kuroda
Hisashi Yamamoto
Yoshihisa Inoue
Shoji Hara*
Domencio Misiti**
The University of Tokyo
Chicago University, USA
Osaka University
Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
University of Roma La Sapienza, Italy
2005Masaki Otagiri
Tamio Hayashi
Eiji Yashima
Kumamoto University
Kyoto Universtiy
Nagoya University
2006Rui Tamura
Ryoji Noyori*
Kyoto University
Nagoya University
2007Hiroshi Tsukube
Keiji Maruoka
Osaka City University
Kyoto University
2008Takuzo Aida
Mikiji Miyata
The University of Tokyo
Osaka University
2009Shizuo NarimatsuOkayama University
2010Isao Azumaya
Jun Haginaka
Vadim A. Davankov**
Wolfgang Lindner**
Tokushima Bunri University
Mukogawa Women’s University
Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
University of Vienna, Austria
2011Hiroaki SasaiOsaka University
2012Takeo KawabataKyoto University
2013Toshikazu TakataTokyo Institute of Technology
2014Masami SakamotoChiba University
2015Masahiro TeradaTohoku University
2016Toru AsahiWaseda University
2018Kenji MondeHokkaido University
2019Michiya FujikiNara Institute of Science and Technology
2020Michinori SuginomeKyoto University
2021Katsuhiko TomookaKyushu University
2023Katsuya InoueHiroshima University
2024Katsuhiro MaedaKanazawa University
* Special Award; **International Award