# Eiichi Nakamura (chemist)

Eiichi Nakamura (中村 栄一, Nakamura Eiichi, born 24 February 1951) is a Japanese chemist and professor of chemistry at University of Tokyo in Japan.

## Education

* 1973 BS Faculty of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Professor Teruaki Mukaiyama)
* 1978 PhD in chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Professor Isao Kuwajima)
* 1978-1980 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York (Professor Gilbert Stork)

## Major research interests

* catalyst chemistry, fullerene chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, organic solar cells, Transmission electron microscopy.

## Academic experience

* 1980-1984 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology
* 1984-1993 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology
* 1989-1991 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Applied Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science
* 1993-1995 Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology
* 1995–present Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
* 2004-2010 ERATO Nakamura Functional Carbon Cluster program research director, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
* 2007- The University of Tokyo, Chemistry Innovation Global COE Program Leader
* 2008-2009 Chairman, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo

## Professional functions

* 2003-2006 Senior Program Officer in Chemistry, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Research Center for Science Systems
* 2006-2008 Corresponding Member of the Science Council of Japan
* 2006-2007 Senior Program Officer (on funding scheme study), The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
* 2011- Program Director and Chair, Japan Agency for Science and Technology (JST)
* 2009-2011 Kaiteki Institute Co. Advisory board member
* 2012 Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists, ICCAS, Beijing, China
* May 21, 2015 Visiting Professorship for Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
* May 23, 2015 Visiting Professorship for Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China

## Awards and honors

* Young Chemists Award (Chemical Society of Japan, 1984)
* Yamanouchi Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (1991)
* Tejima Memorial Award (Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1992)
* The Japan IBM Science Prize (1993)
* Nagoya Silver Medal for Organic Chemistry (2001)
* The Chemical Society of Japan Award (2003)
* Humboldt Research Award (2006)
* The Medal with Purple Ribbon (Shiju Hosho) (His Majesty of Japan, 2009)
* the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award of ACS (2010)
* Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998)
* Elected Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (U. K., 2005)
* Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
* Honorary Member of the Israel Chemical Society (2009)

## Special lectureships

* R. C. Fuson Visiting Professor, University of Illinois (1990)
* Syntex Distinguished Lectureship. Colorado State University (1996)
* Parke Davis-Warner Lambert Distinguished Lectureship, Ohio State University (1997)
* Troisieme Cycle Lectureship, Switzerland (2000)
* Van der Kerk Lectureship, University of Utrecht (2001)
* Lady Davis Fellowship, Technion, Israel (2002-3)
* Alfred Blomquist Lectureship, Cornell (2003)
* Rhodia Lecturer, French Chemical Society (2004)
* Chinese Academy of Science Lectureship, (Beijing, 2004)
* Gilbert Stork Lecture, Columbia University (2006)
* William Dauben Memorial Lectureship, University of California, Berkeley (2006)
* Novartis Chemistry Lectureship (2006-7)
* Wyeth Lectureship, University of Pennsylvania (2007)
* Campus Lecturer, Institut Catala d’Investigacle Quimica (Tarragona, 2007)
* H. C. Brown Lecture, Purdue University (2008)
* W. S. Johnson Lecture, Stanford University (2008)

## Editorial service
### Associate editor

* Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan (1986–88 and 1998-2000)
* Chemistry Letters (1992–98)
* Organic Letters (2000-2005)
* Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009-)

### Editorial board

* Journal of Molecular Catalysis (1994-2003)
* Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (1994-2003)
* Topics in Stereochemistry (1996-2006)
* Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (2002-2005)
* Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (2003-2012)
* Organic Letters (2006-2008)
* Accounts of Chemical Research (2006-2008)
* Chemistry-An Asian Journal (2006-2009)
* Angewandte Chemie (International Advisory Board: 2006-2009)
* Chemistry-An Asian Journal (International Advisory Board: 2009-)

## Other

* Chairman/Founder, Tateshina Conference on Organic Chemistry (2000-2010)
* Advisory Committee, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2001-2007)
* International Advisory Board, The Sixteenth International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (2002)