Satoshi Maeda

PhD, Professor

Contact details:

Phone: +81-11-706-4921 Fax: +81-11-706-4921

Education/Career:

2002: B.S. from Tohoku University

2004: M.S. from Tohoku University

2007: Ph.D. from Tohoku University

2007-2010: Postdoc (JSPS PD), Tohoku University - Emory University - Kyoto University

2010-2012: Assistant Professor (Hakubi Project), Kyoto University

2012-2013: Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University

2014-2017: Associate Professor, Hokkaido University

2017-20xx: Professor, Hokkaido University

2017-20xx: Visiting Principal Investigator, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

2018-2028: Director, Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD)

2019-2025: Director of the MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design Discovery (AICReDD) project (JST-ERATO)

Research Interests:

Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry

Development and Application of Automated Reaction Path Search Methods

Awards/Honors:

2004: Research Fellowship for Young Scientists DC1 (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

2007: Aoba Society for the Promotion of Science Award (Tohoku University)

2007: Presidential Prize for Excellent Student (Tohoku University)

2007: Research Fellowship for Young Scientists PD (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

2008: Best Presentation Award (Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Molecular Science)

2010: Hakubi Researcher (Kyoto University)

2012: PCCP Prize (The Royal Society of Chemistry, The Chemical Society of Japan)

2013: CSJ Award for Young Chemists (The Chemical Society of Japan)

2014: NISTEP Award (The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy)

2015: Banyu Chemist Award (Banyu Life Science Foundation International)

2015: Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2016 (Thieme Chemistry)

2015: JSPS Prize (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

2016: Hokkaido University President's Award for Outstanding Research (Hokkaido University)

2016: Merck-Banyu Lectureship Award (Merck Research Laboratories, Banyu Life Science Foundation International)

2016: Morino Award for Molecular Science (Morino Foundation for Molecular Science)

2017: Hokkaido University President's Award for Outstanding Research (Hokkaido University)

2018: Hokkaido University President's Award for Outstanding Research (Hokkaido University)

2019: WATOC 2019 Dirac Medal (World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists)

2021: CSJ Award for Creative Work (The Chemical Society of Japan)

2021: Nagakura Saburo Award (The Chemical Society of Japan)

2022: Distinguished Researcher (Hokkaido University)

2023: JACS Au Outstanding Paper Award (The American Chemical Society)