Dr. Shohei SAITO　齊藤 尚平　ORCID: 0000-0003-1863-9956

Shohei SAITO

Department of Chemistry

Graduate School of Science

Osaka University

1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan

Phone: +81-(0)6-6850-5392

e-mail:    saito.shohei@chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp 

Lab URL:    Under construction

Profile

Shohei Saito was born in 1982 in Tokyo, Japan.

He received his Ph.D. degree in 2010 from Kyoto University under the guidance of Prof. Atsuhiro Osuka.

He was selected as a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in 2007–2010.

During the winter of 2007, he worked as a visiting fellow in the group of Prof. Karl M. Kadish (University of Houston).

In 2010, he started an academic career as an Assistant Professor of Nagoya University in the group of Prof. Shigehiro Yamaguchi.

During 2012–2016, he had been a JST-PRESTO researcher in the field of "Molecular Technology and Creation of New Functions" (Supervisor: Prof. Takashi Kato (The University of Tokyo)).

Since 2016, he has been an Associate Professor of Kyoto University.

Since 2022, he has been a Kyoto University FOREST Principal Investigator. 

Since 2024, he has been a Full Professor of Osaka University.

His research interest is to monitor and control materials properties by nanoscale molecular design.

Bridging the gap between molecular science and materials engineering by photochemistry, 3D printing, and generative AI is our next goal.

Awards

2011    Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists

2011    TOSOH Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

2012    IFOC-7 (The 7th International Forum on Chemistry of Functional Organic Chemicals)

            Best Poster Award

2013    Ishida Prize, Nagoya University

2013    NF Foundation R&D Encouragement Award

2014    KONICA MINOLTA Imaging Science Award

2014    Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) & Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ), 8th PCCP Prize

2014    Japanese Science Ministry (MEXT) Award for Young Scientists

2015    Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award for Young Chemists

2016    Japanese Photochemistry Association (JPA) Prize for Young Scientist 2016

2017    Inoue Science Research Award

2018    Japanese Liquid Crystal Society (JLCS) Distinguished Paper Award 2018 

2018    The Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association (APA) Prize for Young Scientist 2018

2022    Nozoe Memorial Award for Young Organic Chemists