On March 13th, 2018, Prof. Kazuaki Ishihara from Nagoya University, at the invitation of State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry (SKLEOC), paid a visit in the name of chair professor of the "Nankai University Organic Chemistry Lectureship". The Lectureship is an all-day academic activity. Aside from having face-to-face academic communications with faculties and students of the SKLEOC, Prof. Ishihara made a lecture titled “Rational Design of High Performance Catalysts Based on Acid–Base Combination Chemistry” in the Academic Lecture Hall of Synthesis Building of the Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry at 16:00 p.m.
Before the lecture, Prof. Qilin Zhou, conferred upon Prof. Ishihara the metal of “The Nankai Lecture in Organic Chemistry” on behalf of SKLEOC. Prof. Ishiharademonstrated a series of high performance catalysts based on acid-base combination chemistry they have developed and the use of their methods in asymmetric catalytic reactions. Prof. Ishihara provided the attendees an illuminating lecture by virtue of his rich knowledge, meticulous illustration, and humorous language. After the lecture, faculties and students of SKLEOC had in-depth discussion with Prof. Ishihara on details.
Prof. Kazuaki Ishihara received Doctor of Engineering degree (1991) at Nagoya University in Japan, working with Prof. Hisashi Yamamoto. He is currently professor of chemistry at the department of biotechnology, Nagoya University and a fellow of RSC. Prof. Ishihara is a recipient of many prestigious awards, including JSPS Prize（2005）、Japan IBM Science Prize (2007)、Mukaiyama Award (2009)、Yazaki Academic Award (2013)、Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award (SSOCJ，2016)、CSJ Award (2017). He is on the editorial and advisory board of Letters in Organic Chemistry, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, and Topic I Current Chemistry.
