Seiji Shinkai
{{short description|Japanese chemist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Seiji Shinkai
| native_name = 新海 征治
| native_name_lang = Japanese
| image = Seiji Shinkai.jpg
| birth_date = July 5, 1944
| birth_place = Fukuoka Prefecture
| alma_mater = Kyushu University
| awards = {{unbulleted list
| Chemical Society of Japan Award (2003)
| Daiwa Adrian Prize (2013)
| Clarivate Citation Laureates (2013)
| Order of the Sacred Treasure (2017)
| Person of Cultural Merit (2018)
}}
| nationality = Japanese
| image_size =
}}
{{Nihongo|Seiji Shinkai|新海 征治|Shinkai Seiji|born July 5, 1944}} is a Japanese chemist and professor of Kyushu University,[http://ias.kyushu-u.ac.jp/organization/index.php 九州大学・高等研究院・組織・メンバー(written in Japanese)]{{Cite web|url=https://www.chem-station.com/chemist-db/archives/2007/10/post-1.php|title=新海征治 Seiji Shinkai|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} 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
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, Boronic-acids, Polysaccharide-Polynucleotide Interactions, Sol-Gel Transcription and Inorganic Combinatorial Chemistry. His most recent research is related to chiral discrimination using AIE.
In 1979 he published the first light driven molecular machine in Tetrahedron Letters.{{Cite journal|date=1979|title=Photocontrolled extraction ability of azobenzene-bridged azacrown ether|journal=Tetrahedron Letters|volume=20|issue=47|pages=4569–4572|doi=10.1016/S0040-4039(01)86651-X|last1=Shinkai|first1=Seiji|last2=Ogawa|first2=Toshiyuki|last3=Nakaji|first3=Takahiro|last4=Kusano|first4=Yumiko|last5=Nanabe|first5=Osamu}}
To date (July 2019) he has published over 1024 original paper and 219 reviews and books.
Recognition
- The Chemical Society of Japan Progress Award (1978)
- Izatt-Christensen International Award in (1998){{Cite web|url=https://www.chem.byu.edu/faculty-and-staff/resources/international-symposium-on-macrocyclic-and-supramolecular-chemistry/awards/izatt-christensen-award-recipients/|title=Izatt-Christensen Award Recipients|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
- Becker Lecture Award (1999){{Cite web|url=http://www.nano.sojo-u.ac.jp/laboratory/tamaru/member/shinkai-e.html|title=Shinkai Tamaru Lab|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
- Vielberth Lectureship Award (2002)
- The Chemical Society of Japan Award (2003)
- Western Japan Culture Prize (2004)
- Toray Science and Technology Prize (2006)
- Daiwa Adrian Prize (2013){{Cite web|url=http://dajf.org.uk/grants-awards-prizes/daiwa-adrian-prizes/daiwa-adrian-prizes-2013|title=Daiwa Adrian Prizes 2013|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
- Clarivate Citation Laureates (2013)
- [https://msmlg.org/ Molecular Sensors & Molecular Logic Gates] (MSMLG) Award (2014)
- Received the Order of the Sacred Treasure from the Emperor of Japan in 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://ias.kyushu-u.ac.jp/eng/organization/shinkai.php|title=Kyushu University Members|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
- Received the Person of Cultural Merit from the Japanese Government in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/university/president/|title=Office of the President - New Years Greeting|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=cc&themeid=8c6bf498-7b35-4db3-b977-801b0c877a2a In celebration of Seiji Shinkai's 70th Birthday] from the Royal Society of Chemistry
- [https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2012/cc/c1cc90172a#!divAbstract Interview with Seiji Shinkai] in Chemical Communications
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shinkai, Seiji}}
Category:Kyushu University alumni
Category:Academic staff of Kyushu University