CURRICULUM VITAE | Professor Dr. Keiji Maruoka
- Specially Appointed Professor
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University
- Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- Tel +81-75-753-9578
- E-mail: maruoka.keiji.4w(at)kyoto-u.ac.jp
- Date of Birth: April 17, 1953
Education
| B. S. (1976) | Department of Industrial Chemistry, Kyoto University |
| Ph. D. (1980) | Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii (Professor Hisashi Yamamoto, Thesis Director) |
Professional Career
| 1980~1985 | Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Nagoya University |
| 1985~1989 | Lecturer, Department of Applied Chemistry, Nagoya University |
| 1990~1995 | Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Nagoya University |
| 1995~2001 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Grad. Sch. of Science, Hokkaido University |
| 1996~1997 | Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Grad. Sch. of Science, Hokkaido University |
| 2000~2019 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Grad. Sch. of Science, Kyoto University |
| 2004~2005 | Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Grad. Sch. of Science, Kyoto University |
| 2009~2019 | With Additional “Organocatalytic Chemistry Special Laboratory” |
| 2016~2017 | Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Grad. Sch. of Science, Kyoto University |
| 2019~present | Specially-Appointed Professor, Grad. Sch. of Pharm. Sciences, Kyoto University |
Research Interest
- Development of conceptually new synthetic reactions
- Lewis acid-catalyzed synthetic methodologies by designing organoaluminum reagents
- Asymmetric synthesis with chiral Lewis acids
- Bidentate Lewis acid in organic synthesis
- Molecular recognition using Lewis acid receptors
- Hypercoordination chemistry of main-group elements (B, Al)
- Practical amino acid synthesis using Maruoka Catalyst® and Simplified Maruoka Catalyst®
- Practical asymmetric methodologies by asymmetric phase-transfer catalysis
- Design of chiral high-performance organocatalysts for catalytic asymmetric synthesis
- New peptide drug synthesis
Awards
| Awards | The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists (The Chemical Society of Japan) |
| 2000 | Inoue Prize for Science (Inoue Foundation for Science) |
| 2002 | Ichimura Prize for Science (The New Technology Development Foundation) |
| 2003 | Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award of Japan (The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan) |
| 2004 | Nagoya Silver Medal (Banyu Life Science Foundation International) |
| 2006 | Green and Sustainable Chemistry Award (Green and Sustainable Chemistry Network) |
| 2006 | Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| 2007 | The Chemical Society of Japan Award (The Chemical Society of Japan) |
| 2007 | Molecular Chirality Award (Molecular Chirality Research Organization) |
| 2007/2008 | Novartis Lectureship Award (Novartis Pharmaceuticals) |
| 2010 | Chunichi Cultural Prize (The Chunichi Shimbun) |
| 2011 | Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards (American Chemical Society) |
| 2011 | Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (National Prize from The Japanese Emperor) |
| 2011 | Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt Foundation, Germany) |
| 2012 | Toray Science & Technology Award (Toray Science Foundation) |
| 2012 | The Kyoto Shimbun Award for the Arts, Science and Culture (The Kyoto Shimbun) |
| 2016 | Ryoji Noyori Prize (The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan) |
| 2018 | Japan Academy Prize (Japan Academy) |
| 2021 | Chemistry Education Award (The Chemical Society of Japan) |
| 2021 | Guangdong Provincial Cooperation Award on Science and Technology (Guangdong Province） |
| 2022 | Fujiwara Award (Fujiwara Foundation of Science) |
| 2023 | Ryoji Noyori ACES Award (Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES)) |
| 2025 | Professor S. Chandrasekaran Endowment Lecture Award (Chemical Research Society of India) |
Memberships
- The American Chemical Society
- The Chemical Society of Japan
- The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
- Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
- The Kinki Chemical Society of Japan
- The Japanese Society for Process Chemistry
- Green & Sustainable Chemistry Network
Selected Professional Activities
| 2002 – 2004 | Associate Editor | Chemistry Letters |
| 2002 – present | Editorial Advisory Board | Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry |
| 2005 – 2007 | Board of Director | The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan |
| 2005 – present | Fellow | The Royal Society of Chemistry |
| 2006 – present | Editorial Advisory Board | Chemistry: An Asian Journal |
| 2006 – 2007 | Editorial Advisory Board | Chemical Communications |
| 2007 – 2012 | Editorial Board | Chemical Communications |
| 2007 – present | Editorial Advisory Board | The Open Organic Chemistry Journal |
| 2009 – present | Editorial Advisory Board | Accounts of Chemical Research |
| 2011 – present | Editorial Advisory Board | Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis |
| 2011 – 2017 | Editor | The Chemical Record |
| 2012 – 2023 | Editor | Tetrahedron Letters |
| 2012 – 2018 | Exective Board of Editor | Tetrahedron: Asymmetry |
| 2012 – 2023 | Exective Board of Editor | Tetrahedron |
| 2012 – 2023 | Exective Board of Editor | Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry |
| 2012 – 2023 | Exective Board of Editor | Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
| 2012 – present | Co-Chair and Editor | Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry |
| 2012 – 2013 | Exective Board Member | The Chemical Society of Japan |
| 2013 – 2023 | Editorial Advisory Board | Chemical Communications |
| 2014 – present | The Honorary Fellow | The Chemical Research Society of India |
| 2015 – present | Editorial Advisory Board | The Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan |
| 2016 – 2017 | Manager of Kinki Blanch | The Chemical Society of Japan |
| 2017 – 2019 | Vice-President | The Chemical Society of Japan |
| 2018 – present | Editor-In-Chief | The Chemical Record |
| 2019 – present | The Honorary Member | The Chemical Society of Japan |
| 2023 – 2024 | Executive Board Member | The Chemical Society of Japan |
| 2024 – present | Editorial Advisory Board | Tetrahedron Letters |
| 2024 – present | President | The Chemical Society of Japan |
International Award and Evaluation Committees
| 2011~2012 | ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship Award Committee |
| 2012~present | Tetrahedron Prize Committee |
| 2012~present | Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award Committee |
| 2013~2015 | Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award Committee |
| 2014 | External Expert Evaluator for COST Action – Organocatalysis (Europian Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research) |
- 630 publications including peer-review papers, review articles and Books
[148 J. Am. Chem. Soc. and Angew. Chem. papers] - 38 patent applications
- 328 plenary/invited lectures since 2000