Ryo Shintani

Education

• B.S. in Chemistry, March 1999 (Prof. Tamio Hayashi, Kyoto University)
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, September 2003 (Prof. Gregory C. Fu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Professional Career

• Assistant Professor, October 2003 - August 2012 (Prof. Tamio Hayashi, Kyoto University)
• Associate Professor, August 2012 - March 2017 (Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, The University of Tokyo)
• Professor, April 2017 – current (Osaka University)

Awards

• 2006 Eizai Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
• 2008 Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
• 2010 Taisho Pharmaceutical Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
• 2011 Banyu Chemist Award 2011
• 2012 Merck-Banyu Lectureship Award 2011
• 2012 The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists
• 2013 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2013
• 2015 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, The Young Scientists’ Prize
• 2019 Nagase Foundation Award 2019
• 2022 SSOCJ Nissan Chemical Corporation Award for Novel Reaction & Method 2022

Societies

• The Chemical Society of Japan
• American Chemical Society
• The Kinki Chemical Society, Japan
• The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
• The Society of Polymer Science, Japan