Seiichi Nakamura, Ph.D.

Seiichi Nakamura received his bachelor's degree from the University of Tokyo in 1989 while conducting research under the direction of Professor Masaji Ohno. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Tokyo in 1994 working on the synthesis of a protein phosphatase inhibitor tautomycin under the supervision of Professor Masakatsu Shibasaki. From 1993 to 1994, he worked as Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). He then joined the research group of Professor Shunichi Hashimoto at Hokkaido University as Instructor, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2004. In 2007, he worked as Visiting Associate Researcher at University of California, Irvine with Professor Larry E. Overman. He joined Nagoya City University as Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010. He received the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientists in 2004, Takeda Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan in 2005, and Nagase Foundation Award in 2011. His research interests include the total synthesis of biologically active natural products, and the development of new reactions and strategies.