Yumiko Suzuki

Professor

Faculty of Science & Technology
Department of Materials & Life Sciences
Sophia University

Research Field

• Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Organocatalysis, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry

Research Interests

• Development of new synthetic methodologies
  Synthesis of new molecules with interesting properties
  
• Yumiko Suzuki was born in Shizuoka. She is a dedicated Baptist Christian, and believes Christianity and science are compatible. She has a license to practical pharmacy. She received her undergraduate and graduate training at University of Shizuoka; where she started research in area of organic synthesis, especially, pioneering study on N-heterocyclic carbene-catalysis, and did her Ph.D. research with Professor Takeo Higashino and Professor Akira Miyashita. The Ph.D. thesis title is “Studies on the Reactions Related to Benzoin Condensation and Activities of Their Catalysts.”
  

Education

• B.A., Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 1991
  M.A., Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 1993
  Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 1996
  

Career

• Executive board member of the Tokai region branch of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, 2009
  Representative of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2014
  Board member of the Kanto region branch of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2014
  Associate Professor, Sophia University, 2012-present
  General affairs secretary of the Tokai region branch of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, 2011
  Lecturer, University of Shizuoka, 2010-2012
  Member of the steering committee Chubu Chemistry-Related Society and Association Branch Council, 2011
  Post-doctoral Researcher, Columbia University (Professor R. Breslow), 1999-2000
  Assistant Professor, University of Shizuoka, 1997-2010
  

Professional Society Memberships and Service

• American Chemical Society
  The Chemical Society of Japan
  Internal Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry
  The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
  The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
  
• Board Member of Tokai branch, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, 2009-2011
  Steering Committee Member of Union of Chemistry-Related Societies in Chubu Area, Japan, 2011
  Board Member of Kanto branch, The Chemical Society of Japan, 2014-present
  Executive board member of the Tokai region branch of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, 2009
  General affairs secretary of the Tokai region branch of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, 2011
  Member of the steering committee of Chubu Chemistry-Related Society and Association Branch Council, 2011
  Representative of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2014
  Board member of the Kanto region branch of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2014

Awards and Honors

• Tetrahedron Most Cited Paper 2006-2009 Award, 2009
  Tetrahedron Most Cited Paper 2005-2008 Award, 2008
  The PSJ Tokai Region Award for Young Scientists, 2007
  
• The Shiseido Female Researcher Science Grant, 2013
  For further information, click here:Shiseido News Release (Japanese, PDF 297KB),
  Sophia University Website, Sophia University Newsletter(Japanese, PDF 615KB),
  Office for Promotion of Gender Equality, Sophia School Corporation (Japanese website),
  Newsletter (Japanese, PDF 6,120KB)
• Nagase Foundation Award 2022
  For further information, click here: 財団等助成金採択情報 | ニュース | 上智大学　Sophia University

Contact

• 7-1 Kioi-Cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8554, Japan
  Phone +81-3-3238-3089
  Fax +81-3-3238-3361
  Email yumiko_suzuki[at]sophia.ac.jp