Prof. Dr. Satoshi Maeda

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietTheoretische Chemie: Moleküle, Materialien, Oberflächen,Theoretische Chemie: Elektronenstruktur, Dynamik, Simulation
KeywordsArtificial Force Induced Reaction Method, Theoretical Chemistry
Auszeichnungen

2023: JACS Au Outstanding Paper Award (The American Chemical Society)

2021: CSJ Award for Creative Work (The Chemical Society of Japan)

2021: Nagakura Saburo Award (The Chemical Society of Japan)

2019: WATOC 2019 Dirac Medal (World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists)

2016: Lectureship Award MBLA (Banyu Life Science Foundation International)

2016: Morino Award for Molecular Science (Morino Foundation for Molecular Science)

2015: Banyu Chemist Award (Banyu Life Science Foundation International)

2015: JSPS Prize (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

2015: Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2016 (Thieme Chemistry)

2014: NISTEP Award (The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy)

2013: CSJ Award for Young Chemists (The Chemical Society of Japan)

2012: PCCP Prize (The Royal Society of Chemistry, The Chemical Society of Japan)

2010: Hakubi Researcher (Kyoto University)

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandJapan
OrtSapporo
Universität/InstitutionHokkaido University
Institut/AbteilungInstitute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Benjamin ListAbteilung Homogene Katalyse, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr
Beginn der ersten Förderung28.07.2025

Programm(e)

2025Forschungspreis-Programm auf Gegenseitigkeit für Wissenschaftler*innen aus dem Ausland

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Maeda is one of the leading researchers in theoretical and organic chemistry. He has made outstanding contributions in developing the first computational reaction prediction method. With this achievement, he has opened up the possibility of building a database of predicted chemical reactions. He has also made significant contributions to mechanism elucidation and reaction discovery in the field of chemical synthesis. Professor Maeda´s work focuses on establishing a methodology for predicting unknown chemical reactions from first principles. He actively collaborates with researchers across disciplines to accelerate reaction design with computer scientists and to discover new chemical reactions with organic synthetic chemists. In Germany his work will focus on the mechanism elucidation of asymmetric reactions using organocatalysts.