History

• 1996.4-2000.3

  Chemistry Department, Keio University: Supervisor: Prof. Tohru Yamada (B.Sc.)

• 2000.4-2002.3

  Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University: Supervisor: Prof. Tohru Yamada (M.Sc.)

• 2002.4-2004.3

  Ajinomoto Co., INC. (Process Research & Development, Pharmaceutical Research, Laboratories in Pharmaceutical Company, Kawasaki, Japan)

• 2004.4-2007.3

  Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo: Supervisor: Prof. Masakatsu Shibasaki (Ph.D.)

• 2007.4-2009.3

  Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University: Supervisor: Prof. Eric N. Jacobsen (Postdoctoral Fellow (JSPS Fellowship SPD))

• 2009.4-2019.3

  Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University (Assistant Professor in the Yoshihiro Sato’s group)

• 2019.4-2023.3

  Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD) (Specially Appointed Associate Professor)

• 2019.10-2026.3

  JST, ERATO “MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery Project" (Group leader in organic synthesis group)

• 2023.4-present

  Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD) (Professor)

• 2023.4-2024.3

  Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University (Part-time Lecturer)

• 2023.10-2024.3

  Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University (Part-time Lecturer)

• 2024.4-2025.3

  School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University (Part-time Lecturer)

• 2025.4-2025.9

  Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University (Part-time Lecturer)

• 2025.4-2026.3

  Graduate School of Environmental, Life, Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University (Part-time Lecturer)

• 2026.4-2026.9

  Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University (Part-time Lecturer)

Awards

• 2026

  Nagase Research Promotion Award

• 2024

  Chemical Society of Japan for Creative Work for 2024, Japan

• 2024

  Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship Award (Taiwan)

• 2020

  Hokkaido Science and Technology Incentive Award, Japan

• 2019

  Young Researcher's Award in the Ube Industries Foundation, Japan

• 2018

  Lecture Award of ICPAC Langkawi 2018, Institut Kimia Malaysia

• 2016

  Chemist Award BCA in the MSD Life Science Foundation, Japan

• 2014

  Hokkaido University President's Award for Research Excellence, Japan

• 2014

  Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

• 2009

  Tosoh Corporation Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

• 2007

  JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (Superlative Postdoctoral Fellow (SPD))

• 2007.3

  The Representative of Graduating PhD Students, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Courses in Charge

2025

• Strategy for Integrating Organic Chemistry with Computational Chemistry (Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University)
• Hokkaido Summer Institute 2025【Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Organic Reactions and Solid-state Photochemistry】(Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University)
• Hokkaido Summer Institute 2025【Modern Trends in Organic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry】(Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University)

2024

• Strategy for Integrating Organic Chemistry with Computational Chemistry (Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University)
• Hokkaido Summer Institute 2024【Modern Trends in Organic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry】(Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University)
• Semiconductors in Depth: from Materials to Systems and Society (Inter-Graduate School Classes, Hokkaido University)

Research Summary

• Development of novel organic transformations through computational chemistry
• Reaction development leveraging reaction pathway networks
• Development of C–H and C–C bond activation reactions using transition-metal catalysts
• Radical reaction development driven by photochemical and electrochemical energy
• Catalyst design and innovation

Links

• WPI-ICReDD
• Chemical Reaction Development Laboratory, Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University
• MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (Organic Synthesis Group)
• Digitalization-driven Transformative Organic Synthesis (Digi-TOS)
• Researchmap
• ORCID
• KAKEN
• Our Research Team

History

• 2012.3

  B. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan (Professor Hiroshi Kogen)

• 2014.3

  M. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan (Professor Hiroshi Kogen)

• 2017.3

  PhD. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan (Professor Hiroshi Kogen)

• 2017.3–2018.4

  Postdoctoral Researcher, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan (Professor Hiroshi Kogen)

• 2018.4–2019.3

  Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Science, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Professor Nobuharu Iwasawa & Associate Professor Jun Takaya)

• 2019.4–2022.12

  Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Showa Pharmaceutical University (Professor Osamu Tamura)

• 2023.1–2024.3

  Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Foundation Itsuu Laboratory

• 2024.4–present

  Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, WPI-ICReDD, Hokkaido University (JST-ERATO Maeda Artificial Intelligence for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery Project) (Professor Tsuyoshi Mita)

Awards

• 2024

  Nippon Shokubai Research Planning Award from the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

History

• Sept. 2013-June 2015

  University of San Francisco, San Francisco, Undergraduate Research Assistant with Lawrence K. Margerum

• Aug. 2015-June 2020

  Princeton University, Princeton, Graduate Research Assistant with Todd K. Hyster

• Sept. 2020-Mar. 2024

  California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Sarah E. Reisman

• Dec. 2024-present

  Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Japan

Awards

• June 2021-Mar. 2024

  Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship

• 2020

  MacMillan-Cava Prize for Outstanding Thesis Research

• 2017-2018

  Edward C. Taylor graduate research fellowship

• 2015

  American Institute of Chemists – Undergraduate Award

Research

• Organic Synthesis
• Biocatalysis
• Computational Chemistry

Links

• WPI-ICReDD
• Researchmap
• ORCID

History

• 2016.4

  General Education System (Science), Hokkaido University

• 2017.4-2020.3

  Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University

• 2020.4–2022.3

  Master’s Program, Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University (Supervisors: Prof. Satoshi Maeda and Prof. Tsuyoshi Mita)

• 2022.4–2025.3

  Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University (Supervisors: Prof. Satoshi Maeda and Prof. Tsuyoshi Mita)

• 2025.4–2026.2

  JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PD) (Supervisors: Prof. Satoshi Maeda and Prof. Tsuyoshi Mita)

• 2026.3–present

  Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University

Awards

• 2025.4–2026.2

  JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PD)

• 2024.4–2025.3

  JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)

• 2023.10

  Otsu Academy Award Fellow (MSD Life Science Foundation)

• 2022.4–2024.3

  Ambitious Doctoral Fellowship

Research

• Strategy for Chemical Reaction Development Driven by Computational Science
• Synthesis of β-Amino Acids Using CO₂

Collaborative papers (MANABIYA Manuscript)

Yang, X.; Hemingway, J. M.*; Kanna, W.; Davison, N.; Hayashi, H.*; Male, L.; Waddell, P. G.; Dawson, J. A.; Lu, E.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e8906317.
Kojima, Y.; Suda, S.; Kanna, W.; Nishii, Y.; Maeda, S.; Hirano, K.* Chem. Eur. J. 2025, 31, e202501210.
Sugimura, T.; Yamada, R.; Kanna, W.; Mita, T.; Maeda, S.; Szarłan, B.; Shigehisa, H.* ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 15514-15520.

Links

• WPI-ICReDD
• Researchmap
• ORCID