Seiji Shinkai

Seiji Shinkai (新海 征治, Shinkai Seiji, born July 5, 1944) is a Japanese chemist and professor of Kyushu University Institute for Advanced Study (高等研究院),[1] and emeritus professor.

Early life

Shinkai was born in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan, in 1944. He completed his B.S. in 1967 and Ph.D. in 1972 from Kyushu University.

Career and research

Shinkai became a lecturer at Kyushu University in 1972. From 1972 to 1974, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He joined Kyushu University in 1975 and became a full professor there in 1988.

He is known for his pioneering research in molecular self-assembly. Molecular self-assembly is the assembly of molecules without guidance or management from an outside source.

His main field of expertise and research interests are Host Guest Chemistry, Molecular Recognition, Liquid Crystals/Organic Gelators Sugar Sensing/Sugar-Based Combinatorial Chemistry, Polysaccharide-Polynucleotide Interactions, Sol-Gel Transcription and Inorganic Combinatorial Chemistry.

Recognition

He was the winner of the Izatt-Christensen International Award in 1998. The Award was initiated by Reed McNeil Izatt, recognizing excellence in macrocyclic chemistry.

References

  • "CV of Seiji Shinkai". ISIhighlycited.com. Archived from the original on 2007-05-19. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
  • "Seiji Shinkai". Kyushu University. Archived from the original on 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
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