Designated Professor Minoru Isobe

Graduate School of Bioagricultural Science, Nagoya University 

Education

March 1967   Bachelor of Agriculture, Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Nagoya Univ.

March 1969   Master of Agriculture, Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Nagoya Univ.

January 1970  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Nagoya Univ.

May 1973   PhD (Doctor of Agriculture), Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Nagoya Univ.

August 1973〜June 1975  Postdoctoral fellow, Columbia University (New York, U.S.A.), Dept Chem.

Appointments

January 1970  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Nagoya Univ.

August 1975  Assosiate Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Nagoya Univ.

June 1991  Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Nagoya Univ.

April 1993  Professor, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya Univ.

April 2008 Designated Professor, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya Univ.

Awards and Honors
April 1980  Young Chemists Award from the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan "Stereocontrolled Syntheses of Complex Bioactive Natural Products"

February 1996  Award from Japan Society of Organic Synthesis "Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Multi-stereogenic and Bioactive Compounds"

March 2000  Award from the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan "Bioorganic Studies on Chemical Communication in Biological System"

May 22, 2007 Honorary Director, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica

August 2007 Appreciation of Service for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Worldwide Chemistry, IUPAC

April 2008 Honorary Professor, Nagoya Univ.

April 2008 Purple Ribbon Medal

Field of Research and Research Interests
Selected Publications