
Curriculum Vitae

Atsushi TAHARA ( 田原 淳士 )
Current Position
Assistant Professor (PI)
Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences (FRIS),
Tohoku University
[Concurrent] Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University
[Concurrent] Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER), JSPS
Personal Data
Address : Pharm. Bld. B414, 6-3 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Sendai, Miyagi 98-8578, Japan
Tel/ Fax : +81-22-795-6868 / +81-22-795-6864
E-mail : tahara.a.aa@tohoku.ac.jp
Website : https://researchmap.jp/tahara.a.aa
Date of Birth : Jan 2, 1986
Place of Birth : Yamaguchi, Japan
Education
2008. 03 Bachelor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Prof. Hiroharu Suzuki) 2010. 03 Master of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Prof. Hiroharu Suzuki)
2013. 03 Doctor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Prof. Hiroharu Suzuki)
Research Career
2010.06-2011.03 Super Research Assistant (RA-I-S), Global COE (Prof. Keisuke Suzuki)
2011.04-2013.03 Research Fellow (DC2), JSPS
2013.04-2021.03 Assistant Professor, Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, Kyushu University (Prof. Hideo Nagashima)
2016.11-2016.11 Visiting Researcher, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Prof. Atsushi Goto)
2021.01-present Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER), JSPS
2021.04-present Assistant Professor, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University (PI)
2021.07-present Prominent Research Fellow, Tohoku University
Research Field
(expert) Organometallic chemistry, Organic chemistry, Coordination Chemistry
(under studying) Computational study, Bioorganic/inorganic chemistry
Research Interest
· Activation of simple hydrocarbons on organometallic complexes
· CO2 utilization
· Biomass utilization
· [previous works] Replacement of noble metal catalyst to base metals
Selected Papers
1.“Metathesis Reaction of Hydrocarbyl Ligands across the Triruthenium Plane”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49(34), 5898-5901.
● Selected as Highlight (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 5794-5796.)
2.“Non-Precious-Metal Catalytic Systems Involving Iron or Cobalt Carboxylates and Alkyl Isocyanides for Hydrosilylation of Alkenes with Hydrosiloxanes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138(8), 2480-2483 (129 cited by Aug 20, 2022).
● Selected as Front Cover, Spotlight (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138(8), 2455-2456.)
● Selected as “Select Research Articles from 2016” in JACS
3.“s-CAM mechanisms for the hydrogenation of alkenes by cis– and trans-disilametallacyclic carbonyl complexes (M = Fe, Ru, Os): experimental and theoretical studies”, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2017, 90(5), 613-626.
● Selected as BCSJ award (Vol 90, No. 5, 2017)
● Selected as Front Cover
4.“Iridium-PPh3 Catalysts for Conversion of Amides to Enamines”, Organometallics 2019, 38(4), 852-862.
● Selected as Supplementary Front Cover
5.“Sustainable Iron-Making Using Oxalic Acid: The Concept, A Brief Review of Key Reactions, and An Experimental Demonstration of the Iron-Making Process.”, ACS Sus. Chem. Eng. 2020, 8(35), 13292-13301.
6.“Base-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Coupling of Formate Anions to Oxalates: Effect of Alkali Metal Cations” ChemRxiv 2022, doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-6r93n.
Award (*written in Japanese)
2022.07 | 東北大学 | 令和4年度 (第16回) 薬学研究科長賞 |
2021.07 | 東北大学 | 令和3年度 第1回 プロミネントリサーチフェロー |
2018.02 | 有機合成化学協会 | 2017 年 ADEKA 研究企画賞 |
2017.05 | 日本化学協会 | BCSJ Award (2017, Vol. 90, No. 5) |
2014.02 | 東京工業大学 | 平成 25 年度 手島精一記念賞 (博士論文賞) |
2012.09 | 近畿化学協会 | 第 59 回 有機金属化学討論会 ポスター賞 |
2012.09 | 万有生命科学財団 | 第 3 回 大津会議 award fellow (会員番号: 037) |
2012.08 | BASF | 124th International Summer Course 日本代表 |
2012.03 | JSPS | 4th HOPE Meeting “The Best Poster Presentation Award” |
2010.09 | 錯体化学会 | 第 60 回 錯体化学討論会 学生講演賞 |