Professional Experience
2020- Professor of Silicon Chemistry (W3), Technische Universität München
2015-2020 Professor of Silicon Chemistry (W2), Technische Universität München
2010-2015 Sofja Kovalevskaja Professor, Technische Universität Berlin
2009-2010 JSPS Postdoc Fellow for Research Abroad, Technische Universität Berlin (Prof. Dr. M. Drieß)
2008 Alexander von Humboldt Postdoc Research Fellow, Technische Universität Berlin (Prof. Dr. M. Drieß)

 

  Education
2005-2008 Ph.D., University of Tsukuba (Prof. Dr. A. Sekiguchi)
2005-2008 JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), University of Tsukuba
2003-2005 MSc., University of Tsukuba (Prof. Dr. A. Sekiguchi)
1999-2003 BSc., University of Tsukuba (Prof. Dr. A. Sekiguchi)

 

  Awards / Fellowships
2023 WACKER Silicone Award  
2022 JSPS Prize (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
2021 JSPS Alumni Club Award (The German JSPS Alumni Association)
2020 ERC Consolidator Grant (The European Research Council, ERC)
2020 Eugen und Ilse Seibold Prize (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
2019 Hans Fischer Memorial Prize (Hans-Fischer-Gesellschaft)
2018 NISTEP Award (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, MEXT)
2017  Progress Award in Silicon Chemistry (The Society of Silicon Chemistry, Japan)
2017 Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize (The German Chemical Society, GDCh)
2016 Akademiepreis für Chemie (Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen)
2016 Chem. Soc. Rev. Emerging Investigator (The Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC)
2015 The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists (The Chemical Society of Japan, CSJ)
2014 ERC Starting Grant (The European Research Council, ERC)
2014 Preis der Dr. Otto-Röhm-Gedächtnisstiftung
2014 CSJ Best Oral Presentation Award, The 94th Annual Meeting of Japan Chemistry Society, Nagoya, Japan
2012 ADUC Young Investigator Award (The German Chemical Society, GDCh)
2010 Sofja Kovalevskaja Award (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
   
2009 Inoue Research Awards for Young Scientist in Japan (Inoue Foundation for Science)
2008 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
2008 Humboldt Research Fellowships for Postdoctoral Researchers (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
2008 CSJ Student Presentation Award, The 88th Annual Meeting of Japan Chemistry Society, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Best Poster Award, First Asian Silicon Symposium, Miyagi, Japan
2007 Poster Award, The 57th Symposium on Organic Reaction Chemistry, Hiroshima, Japan
2005 Poster Award, Pacifichem, Hawaii, USA
2005 JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientist DC1 (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
2004 Poster Award, The 51th Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Poster Award, The 8th Society of Silicon Chemistry Japan Symposium, Kyoto, Japan