Shigeki Matsunaga
Kyoto University
Biography
Shigeki Matsunaga received his BSc (1998), MS (2000), and PhD (2003) under the supervision of professor Masakatsu Shibasaki from the University of Tokyo, Japan. He started his academic career in 2001 as an associate professor at the University of Tokyo, and was promoted to a senior lecturer (2008) and an associate professor (2011) at the same university. He was appointed as a full professor at Hokkaido University in 2015 and then moved to Kyoto University in 2023. He has been awarded Mukaiyama Award (2020) of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan and others. His research interests are in the areas of homogeneous catalysis with a focus on asymmetric synthesis, C-H functionalization, and the synthesis of biologically active molecules.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry