1985　Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo (Professor Teruaki Mukaiyama)

1985　Research chemist at Shionogi Research Laboratories

1988　Assistant Professor at Ehime University

1992　Visiting scholar at Stanford University (Professor B. M. Trost)

1994　Associate Professor at Gakushuin university

1997　Professor of Chemistry at Gakushuin university　

Awards:

1997: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

2009: SSOCJ (The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan) Daiichi-Sankyo Award for Medicinal Organic Chemistry 2009

2009: The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work for 2009

2012: Nagoya Silver Medal

2016: Humboldt Research Award

2016: ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

e-mail: takahiko.akiyama@gakushuin.ac.jp

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