Assistant Professor Yasuhiro Morisaki

Lecturer (Associate Professor) Yasuhiro Morisaki

Yasuhiro Morisaki
Lecturer (Associate Professor), Ph.D.
Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
Phone: +81-75-383-2610 Fax: +81-75-383-2607
e-mail: ymo AT chujo.synchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp
 

Personal

• Date of Birth: July 20, 1972
• Birthplace: Osaka, Japan
• Blood Type: B

Education

• 1995.3 B.S., Dept. of Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Kyoto University
• 1997.3 M.S., Dept. of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Kyoto University
• 2000.3 Ph.D., Dept. of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Kyoto University

Professional Appointments

• 1997.4-2000.3 Research Fellow (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists, DC1), Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Kyoto University
• 2000.4-2000.9 Postdoctoral Fellow, Osaka National Research Institute
• 2000.10-2007.12 Assistant Professor, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University
• 2004.10-2005.9 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta (Canada) Prof. Rik R. Tykwinski group (http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/~tykwinsk/)
• 2008.1-present Lecturer, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University

Awards

• 2004 "Award for the Outstanding Paper” published in the Polymer Journal, 2003
  • Polym. J. 2003, 35(6), 501-506.
• 2006 "Young Scientist Award" from the Society of Polymer Science (Japan)
• 2008 "The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists" from the Chemical Society of Japan
  • Award Accounts (Free Access Article) Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2009, 82(9), 1070-1082.
• 2009 "Taisho Pharmaceutical Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan" from the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

Field of Studies and Research Interests

• Polymer Synthesis
  • Synthesis of Through-Space π-Conjugated Polymers
  • Synthesis of Aromatic Ring-Layered Polymers
  • Synthesis of Heteroatom-Containing Polymers (especially P)
  • Synthesis of Transition Metal-Containing Polymers
• Organic Synthesis
  • Construction of Energy and Electron Transfer Systems via the Through-Space Interaction
  • Synthesis of Oligomers and Polymers Having P-Chiral Phosphins
  • Synthesis of Cyclic Phosphines
• Organometallic Chemistry
  • Development of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Polymerization

Editorial Activities

• 2009- Polymers

Members

• Chemical Society of Japan, Society of Polymer Science (Japan), Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry (Japan), Kinki Chemical Society (Japan), American Chemical Society