Message from the President

Shinji Murai

Birth

• 1938.8.24

Academic Degree

• 1966: Doctor of Engineering (Osaka University)

Professional Background

• 1966-         : Assistant Professor, Osaka University
• 1987-         : Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University
• 1999-2001: Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University
• 2002-2009: Director, Japan Science and Technology Agency, JST Innovation Plaza Osaka
• 2009-present: Supervising Director, JST Innovation Plaza Osaka
• 2003-present: Fellow, JST Strategy for R&D Center
• 2005-2009: Executive Director, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
• 2009-         : Executive Director, Vice President, NAIST

Academic Societies

• 2001-2003: President, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
• 2005-2006: President, The Chemical Society of Japan
• 2001-2005: Chairperson, Organizing Committee for PACIFICHEM 2005

Research Interest

• New Synthetic Methods, New Catalytic Reactions, Chemistry of Carbon Monoxide, Organosilicon Chemistry, Chemistry of Reactive Intermediates.
• Editor of the book " Activation of Unreactive Bonds and Synthetic Chemistry " , Springer, Berlin (1999)

Awards

• 1985          : The Divisional Award of The Chemical Society of Japan (in Organic Chemistry)
• 1998          : The Chemical Society of Japan Award
• 2005          : Special Award of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
• 2006          : The Fujiwara Award
• 2010          : Japan Academy Prize