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Hisashi Yamamoto
山本 尚
Hisashi Yamamoto
Born	(1943-07-16) July 16, 1943 (age 81) Kobe, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Kyoto University Harvard University
Awards	Tetrahedron Prize (2006) Japan Academy Prize (2007) Humboldt Prize (2007)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University of Chicago Nagoya University Chubu University

Hisashi Yamamoto (山本 尚, Yamamoto Hisashi) (born July 16, 1943) is a prominent organic chemist and currently a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago and professor of Chubu University.

Life

Born in Kobe, Japan, Yamamoto earned a B.S. at Kyoto University in 1967 and a Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1971.

He was a professor at Nagoya University from 1983 until 2002 and has since been a professor within the Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago. His research work is largely in the chemistry of acid catalysts that play an important role in triggering or driving chemical reactions, specifically Lewis and Brønsted acid catalysts used in selective organic synthesis. Yamamoto has authored or co-authored several books on topics in modern synthetic organic chemistry. As of 2021, his h-index equals to 120 with more than 64,000 citations.

Awards and recognitions

• 1988 Japan IBM Science Prize
• 1992 Chunichi Culture Award
• 2002 Medals with Purple ribbon
• 2003 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 2004 Yamada-Koga Prize
• 2006 Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry & BioMedicinal Chemistry
• 2007 Japan Academy Prize (academics)
• 2007 Humboldt Prize
• 2011 The Ryoji Noyori Prize
• 2012 Fujihara Award
• 2017 The Roger Adams Award (American Chemical Society)
• 2018 Person of Cultural Merit

References

1. 13acc.org Archived September 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
2. UChicago
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5. Steve Koppes (2003-11-06). "Nine on faculty elected 2003 AAAS fellows". University of Chicago Chronicle. Vol. 78, no. 4.
6. "Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry". Elsevier. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
7. 斎藤進; 山口茂弘 (2007). "山本尚先生, 玉尾皓平先生日本学士院賞を受賞". 有機合成化学協会誌. 65 (5). 有機合成化学協会: 418. doi:10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.65.418.
8. Steve Koppes (2007-05-10). "Yamamoto receives three awards for his creativity in chemistry, designing efficient chemical synthesis". University of Chicago Chronicle. Vol. 78, no. 16.
9. "Ryoji Noyori Prize for the award year 2011 is Prof. Hisashi Yamamoto". Takasago. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
10. Linda Wang. "Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry: Hisashi Yamamoto". Chemical and Engineering News. 95 (1): 50.
11. "Hisashi Yamamoto honored as Person of Cultural Merit (jap. 'bunka kōrōsha')". Thieme Chemistry. 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

External links

• Hisashi Yamamoto publications indexed by Google Scholar

External links

• University of Chicago Department of Chemistry profile
• University of Chicago Experts Guide

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