Functional Organic Materials Laboratory Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules

Phone: +81-52-789-2291
E-mail: yamaguchichem.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Shigehiro Yamaguchi graduated from Kyoto University in 1991 and received his Dr. Eng. from Kyoto University in 1997. He worked with Professor Kohei Tamao at the Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University as an Assistant Professor from 1993. He also spent a year to work with Professor Timony M. Swager in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA as a visiting scholar from 2000 to 2001. He joined Nagoya University as an Associate Professor in 2003, and promoted to a full Professor in 2005. Prof. Yamaguchi's research interests include the materials chemistry on the basis of main group chemistry. Making use of specific effects of main group elements, particularly boron, silicon and phosphorus, he has so far produced a range of molecules with both fascinating structures and properties, which can serve numerous purposes, such as anion sensors, light emitters, and electron-transporting materials. He is also currently engaged in a project that aims at the development of fluorescence probes for bioimaging. His contributions have been recognized with a number of research awards, such as the JSPS Award (2013), the Mukaiyama Award (2015), the Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work (2016), Merck-Karl Pfister Visiting Professor in Organic Chemistry, MIT (2017), Humboldt Research Award (2019), and Russel Lecture, Queen's University.