Chiba University has awarded the title of Special Honorary Professor to Makoto Fujita, a former assistant professor of engineering at Chiba University, who received the Wolf Award, which is world-renowned in research in the field of organic chemistry.This is the first time that the title of Special Honorary Professor has been awarded.
According to Chiba University, the award ceremony was held at the Keyaki Kaikan on the Nishi-Chiba Campus in Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba City, and after being handed the title of Special Honorary Professor, Professor Fujita said, "Message from seniors: Let's aim for a researcher! He talked about the commemorative lecture, the experience of turning difficulties into opportunities with a friendly narrative, and the enjoyment of research.
After graduating from the Graduate School of Engineering at Chiba University in 1982, Professor Fujita worked as a researcher at the Sagami Central Chemical Research Institute, and has been an assistant professor and assistant professor at the Faculty of Engineering at Chiba University since 1988.Currently, he is a professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo.
His specialty is organic chemistry. Starting with receiving the Synthetic Organic Chemistry Encouragement Award in 1994, he has received the Chemical Society of Japan Academic Award, the 7th Leo Esaki Prize, the Thomson Reuters 3rd Research Front Award, and the Medal with Purple Ribbon.
In March, he received the Wolf Prize in Chemistry (Chemistry) from Israel, which is said to be the outpost of the Nobel Prize.This is the second Japanese person to receive the Wolf Prize since Ryoji Noyori, a special professor at Nagoya University in 3.It is said to be one of the Nobel Prize candidates that Japan is proud of.
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