Hisashi Yamamoto

Hisashi Yamamoto
Native name 山本 尚
Born (1943-07-16) July 16, 1943
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.[1] 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.[2] Yamamoto has authored or co-authored several books on topics in modern synthetic organic chemistry.[3] As of April 2018, his h-index equals to 109.[4]

Recognition

References

  1. ↑ 13acc.org Archived September 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ UChicago
  3. ↑ amazon.com
  4. ↑ "Google Scholar Profile".
  5. ↑ "日本IBM科学賞 歴代受賞者一覧". 日本IBM. Archived from the original on 2013-04-26. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry". Elsevier. Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  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. 有機合成化学協会. 65 (5): 418. doi:10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.65.418.


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