Hiroshi Nishihara

Hiroshi Nishihara (西原寛 Nishihara Hiroshi), dilahirkan pada 21 Mac 1955, merupakan seorang ahli kimia dan Profesor di Universiti Tokyo yang terletak di negara Jepun. Beliau kini mengetuai Jabatan Kimia dan Makmal Kimia Bukan Organik di “The University of Tokyo”, beliau merupakan seorang professor yang unggul, penyelidik dan perintis dalam bidang sintesis dan elektrokimia polimer kompleks konduktor logam.

Kajian beliau tertumpu pada penciptaan bahan elektro - dan foto-fungsi baru yang terdiri daripada logam peralihan dan rantai π-konjugasi, serta ciptaan sistem pemindahan elektron satu arah menggunakan antaramuka lapisan molekul. Kini, beliau merupakan Naib Presiden Persatuan Elektrokimia Jepun, dan mewakili Jepun bagi “International Society of Electrochemistry” (ISE).

Pendidikan dan Pengalaman Profesional
1977 B.Sc. (Kimia), The University of Tokyo
1982 D.Sc. (Kimia), The University of Tokyo(Professor Yukiyoshi Sasaki)
1982-1990 Pegawai Kajian Sokongan, Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Keio University (Professor Kunitsugu Aramaki)
1987-1989 Pegawai Kajian Sokongan (Visiting), The University of North Carolina di Chapel Hill (Professor Royce W. Murray)
1990 Pensyarah, Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Keio University
1992 Professor Madya, Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Keio University (Kimia Antaramuka)
1993-1996 Penyelidik, PRESTO, Agensi Sains dan Teknologi Jepun (Penyelia Penyelidikan: Prof. K. Honda)
1996-Profesor, Jabatan Kimia, Sekolah Sains, The University of Tokyo (Kimia Tidak Organik)

Penyelidikan
Kimia Koordinatan, Organologam Kimia, Electrokimia, Fotokimia, Nanomaterial

Anugerah dan Pencapaian
1994 Young Scholar Lectureship, The Chemical Society of Japan
2003 The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work for 2002
2005 Lectureship dari University of Bordeaux I 
2009 Professorship dari University of Strasbourg
2011 Docteur Honoris Causa dari University of Bordeaux I
2012 Syarahan di  Distinguished Lecture Series in Hong Kong Baptist University dan memenangi "Lectureship".
2014 Fellow untuk Royal Society of Chemistry
2014 Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) anugerah untuk Sains dan Teknologi 2014

Review
"Azo-and quinone-conjugated redox complexes—photo-and proton-coupled intramolecular reactions based on d–π interaction." Kurihara, M., & Nishihara, H., Coordination chemistry reviews, 2002, 226(1), 125-135.
"Combination of redox-and photochemistry of azo-conjugated metal complexes." Nishihara, H., Coordination chemistry reviews, 2005, 249(13), 1468-1475.
"Construction of redox-and photo-functional molecular systems on electrode surface for application to molecular devices." Nishihara, H., Kanaizuka, K., Nishimori, Y., & Yamanoi, Y., Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2007, 251(21), 2674-2687.
"Photosynthetic hydrogen production" Allakhverdiev, S. I., Thavasi, V., Kreslavski, V. D., Zharmukhamedov, S. K., Klimov, V. V., Ramakrishna, S., Losa, D. A., Mimurod, M., Nishiharae, H., Carpentierf, R., Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, 2010, 11(2), 101-113.
"Arylethynylanthraquinone and Bis (arylethynyl) anthraquinone: Strong Donor-Acceptor Interaction and Proton-induced Cyclization to Form Pyrylium and Dipyrylium Salts." Sakamoto, R., Rao, K. P., & Nishihara, H., Chemistry Letters, 2011, 40(12), 1316-1326.
"Bis (terpyridine) metal complex wires: Excellent long-range electron transfer ability and controllable intrawire redox conduction on silicon electrode." Sakamoto, R., Katagiri, S., Maeda, H., & Nishihara, H., Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2013, 257(9), 1493-1506.
"Coordination Programming-A Concept for the Creation of Multifunctional Molecular Systems" Nishihara, H., Chem. Lett, 2014, 43, 388-395.
"π-Conjugated bis (terpyridine) metal complex molecular wires." Sakamoto, R., Wu, K. H., Matsuoka, R., Maeda, H., & Nishihara, H., Chemical Society Reviews. 2015.
Molecular wires. Guldi, D. M., Nishihara, H., & Venkataraman, L., Chemical Society Reviews, 2015, 44(4), 842-844.

Rujukan
1) Yamamoto, Kimihisa. "Biography of Professor Hiroshi Nishihara." J Inorg Organomet Polym, 2013, 23:1–3 DOI 10.1007/s10904-012-9768-7
2) "Meet the Editorial Board of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers." Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014, 1, 10. DOI: 10.1039/c4qi90002b

Pautan luar
Nishihara Laboratory Homepage
Profile: UTokyo, Department of Chemistry 

Orang hidup
Kelahiran 1955
Ahli kimia Jepun