title: Eiichi Nakamura (chemist)
text: # Eiichi Nakamura (chemist)
  
  Eiichi Nakamura (中村 栄一, Nakamura Eiichi, born 24 February 1951) is a Japanese chemist and professor of chemistry at University of Tokyo in Japan.
  
  ## Education
  
  * 1973 BS Faculty of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Professor Teruaki Mukaiyama)
  * 1978 PhD in chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Professor Isao Kuwajima)
  * 1978-1980 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York (Professor Gilbert Stork)
  
  ## Major research interests
  
  * catalyst chemistry, fullerene chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, organic solar cells, Transmission electron microscopy.
  
  ## Academic experience
  
  * 1980-1984 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  * 1984-1993 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  * 1989-1991 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Applied Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science
  * 1993-1995 Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  * 1995–present Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
  * 2004-2010 ERATO Nakamura Functional Carbon Cluster program research director, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  * 2007- The University of Tokyo, Chemistry Innovation Global COE Program Leader
  * 2008-2009 Chairman, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
  
  ## Professional functions
  
  * 2003-2006 Senior Program Officer in Chemistry, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Research Center for Science Systems
  * 2006-2008 Corresponding Member of the Science Council of Japan
  * 2006-2007 Senior Program Officer (on funding scheme study), The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
  * 2011- Program Director and Chair, Japan Agency for Science and Technology (JST)
  * 2009-2011 Kaiteki Institute Co. Advisory board member
  * 2012 Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists, ICCAS, Beijing, China
  * May 21, 2015 Visiting Professorship for Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
  * May 23, 2015 Visiting Professorship for Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China
  
  ## Awards and honors
  
  * Young Chemists Award (Chemical Society of Japan, 1984)
  * Yamanouchi Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (1991)
  * Tejima Memorial Award (Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1992)
  * The Japan IBM Science Prize (1993)
  * Nagoya Silver Medal for Organic Chemistry (2001)
  * The Chemical Society of Japan Award (2003)
  * Humboldt Research Award (2006)
  * The Medal with Purple Ribbon (Shiju Hosho) (His Majesty of Japan, 2009)
  * the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award of ACS (2010)
  * Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998)
  * Elected Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (U. K., 2005)
  * Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
  * Honorary Member of the Israel Chemical Society (2009)
  
  ## Special lectureships
  
  * R. C. Fuson Visiting Professor, University of Illinois (1990)
  * Syntex Distinguished Lectureship. Colorado State University (1996)
  * Parke Davis-Warner Lambert Distinguished Lectureship, Ohio State University (1997)
  * Troisieme Cycle Lectureship, Switzerland (2000)
  * Van der Kerk Lectureship, University of Utrecht (2001)
  * Lady Davis Fellowship, Technion, Israel (2002-3)
  * Alfred Blomquist Lectureship, Cornell (2003)
  * Rhodia Lecturer, French Chemical Society (2004)
  * Chinese Academy of Science Lectureship, (Beijing, 2004)
  * Gilbert Stork Lecture, Columbia University (2006)
  * William Dauben Memorial Lectureship, University of California, Berkeley (2006)
  * Novartis Chemistry Lectureship (2006-7)
  * Wyeth Lectureship, University of Pennsylvania (2007)
  * Campus Lecturer, Institut Catala d’Investigacle Quimica (Tarragona, 2007)
  * H. C. Brown Lecture, Purdue University (2008)
  * W. S. Johnson Lecture, Stanford University (2008)
  
  ## Editorial service
  
  ### Associate editor
  
  * Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan (1986–88 and 1998-2000)
  * Chemistry Letters (1992–98)
  * Organic Letters (2000-2005)
  * Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009-)
  
  ### Editorial board
  
  * Journal of Molecular Catalysis (1994-2003)
  * Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (1994-2003)
  * Topics in Stereochemistry (1996-2006)
  * Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (2002-2005)
  * Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (2003-2012)
  * Organic Letters (2006-2008)
  * Accounts of Chemical Research (2006-2008)
  * Chemistry-An Asian Journal (2006-2009)
  * Angewandte Chemie (International Advisory Board: 2006-2009)
  * Chemistry-An Asian Journal (International Advisory Board: 2009-)
  
  ## Other
  
  * Chairman/Founder, Tateshina Conference on Organic Chemistry (2000-2010)
  * Advisory Committee, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2001-2007)
  * International Advisory Board, The Sixteenth International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (2002)
  