Organic Chemistry Seminar: Shigeru Yamago, Kyoto University

Organic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Shigeru Yamago, Kyoto University (Host: Yan Xia)

About the Seminar

"New Organic Chemistry of Cyclic p-Conjugated Molecules"

Synthesis of novel p-conjugated molecules having ring, tube, and/or cage structures would have significant impact in materials science and technology. In this seminar, a novel method enabling the synthesis of cycloparaphenylenes, their derivatives, and cage molecules is presented. In addition, several unique physical properties of the synthesized molecules are discussed.

About the Speaker

Prof. Shigeru Yamago received his BS and PhD degrees from Tokyo Institute of Technology and was a visiting graduate student at University of California, Berkeley. His PhD thesis was on the cycloaddition reaction using trimethylenemethane species. He started his academic career at Tokyo Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor in 1991, and moved to Kyoto University as an Associate Professor in 1995 and then Osaka City University as a Professor in 2003. In 2006, he moved back to Kyoto University as a Professor in the Department of Polymer Chemistry and became the Deputy Director of Institute for Chemical Research of Kyoto University in 2016. He has also been a Principle Investigator of PREST program, Japan Science and Technology Agency. His research interest includes Synthetic Organic and Polymer Chemistry, Radical Chemistry and Reactions, Element Chemistry, and Materials Science. He is a recipient of the Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry of Japan, The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work, Asian Core Program Lectureship Award, DIC Functional Materials Award, Ichimura Academic Award, Technical Development Award, Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan, Inoue Harushige Prize from Japan Science and Technology Agency.