Shinobu Itoh
Academic Career:
1986-1994 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University
1994-1999 Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University
1999-2008 Professor, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University
2008-2024 Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
2024- Emeritus Professor, Osaka University
Invited Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
Education & Postdoctoral Research:
1981 Bachelor of Engineering, Osaka University
1983 Master of Engineering, Osaka University
1986 Doctor of Engineering, Osaka University
1987-1988 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego (Prof. Teddy G. Traylor)
Professional Service:
Memberships of Scientific Societies:
Chemical Society of Japan (1981–)
2016-2017 Chairman of The Division of Coordination Chem. and Organometallic Chem.
2017-2018 Trustee
2019-2020 Chairman of The Division of Biofunctional Chemistry
Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (1981–2024)
Kinki Chemical Society (1986–2024)
American Chemical Society (1998–)
Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (2001–)
Catalysis Society of Japan (2001–2024)
Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (2002–)
Vice-president (2011–2013)
Secretary in General (2016–2019)
Member of Editorial Board and Guest Editor of Scientific Journal:
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn, Associate Editor (Chemical Society of Japan, 2002–2004) Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (Editorial Advisory Board, 2003–2017) Dalton Transactions (Royal Society of Chemistry, UK) (Associate Editor, 2007–2014) Inorganic Chemistry (American Chemical Society) (Advisory Board, 2008–2010)
Awards:
Young Scientist Award of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (1993)
Lecture Ship Award of Young Chemist of Chemical Society of Japan (1991)
Award of Hattori Science Foundation (1989)
Award of Watanabe Science Foundation (1991)
Award of Takeda Science Foundation (1996)
Award of Asahi Glass Foundation (2007)
Award of The Mitsubishi Chemical Foundation (2009)
Award of Nagase Chemical Foundation (2010)
Award of Shorai Foundation for Science and Technology (2010)
The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work (2015)
Osaka University President Research Award (2015)
Prof. Animesh Chakravorty Endowent Award of The Chemical Society of India, (2016)
The Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry Award (2022).
Research Interests:
Coenzyme Chemistry (PQQ, TTQ, CTQ, Tyr-Cys, etc.)
Bio-related Organic Radical Chemistry (Phenoxyl radicals, Semiquinone radicals, etc.) Dioxygen Activation Mechanism by Transition Metal Complexes (Cu, Ni, Fe, etc.)
Catalytic Oxidation Mechanism (Cu, Fe, Ni, Os, etc.)
Metal-oxo and Metal-sulfide Chemistry (Mo, W, Os, etc.)
Bioinorganic Chemistry of Copper Proteins
Development of Artificial Metalloenzymes
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