Shunsuke Kotani

Date of Birth (Place of Birth): April 8, 1980 (Gunma Prefecture)

TEL: 096-371-4394 (direct)

FAX: 096-371-4394

E-mail: skotani@kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Biography 

Graduated from the Department of Comprehensive Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University in March 2003 (Professor Shunichi Hashimoto)

Completed the master's course at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University in March 2005 (Professor Shunichi Hashimoto)

Completed the doctoral program at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Education, Kumamoto University in March 2008 (Professor Makoto Nakajima <Ph.D. (Pharmacy) acquisition>

April 2008 University of California, Irvine, USA

-March 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow (Professor SD Rychnovsky)

April 2009 Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Kumamoto University Graduate School Leading Organization (tenure track)

April 2014 Associate Professor, Kumamoto University Graduate School Leading Organization

April 2019 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University (Professor Makoto Nakajima)

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Awards, etc. 

March 2018 Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Encouragement Award Development of stereoselective continuous reaction using high-coordination silicon complex created by phosphine oxide catalyst 

November 2015 Kumamoto University 2015 Research Achievement Awards   

October 2013 Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Kyushu Yamaguchi Branch Encouragement Award Development of phosphine oxide-catalyzed stereoselective aldol reaction 

2013 Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Research Planning Award Development of new functions of aliphatic tertiary amines

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Research outline

We have been working on the development of catalytic asymmetric reactions and continuous reactions using high-coordination silicon complexes. We are working on the realization of substrate activation and molecular conversion, which was difficult with existing methods.