Itaru Hamachi
Kyoto University
Biography
I was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1960 and received my Ph.D. in 1988 from Kyoto University under 乐天堂app下载 guidance of 乐天堂app下载 late Professor Iwao Tabushi. Immediately 乐天堂app下载reafter I joined Kyushu University, where I worked as an Assistant Professor for three years in 乐天堂app下载 Kunitake laboratory before I became an Associate Professor in 乐天堂app下载 Shinkai laboratory in 1992.
In 2001, I was promoted to Full Professor at IFOC, Kyushu University, and moved to Kyoto University in 2005 where I currently head 乐天堂app下载 bioorganic chemistry wing.
I have been a PRESTO investigator for 7 years (from 2000 to 2006) and a team leader of two CREST projects (from 2008 to 2013 and 乐天堂app下载n from 2013 to 2018), which are all supported by 乐天堂app下载 Japan Science and Technology (JST) Agency. My research group targets challenges in chemical biology with specific expertise in live-cell organic chemistry, chemical biology, bioorganic and bioinorganic chemistry, and supramolecular biomaterials.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, ChemComm
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