Molecular Chirality Award
A Winner of Molecular Chirality Award 2024 will be announced on Aug. 25, 2024, one day before the opening of Chirality 2024
2024 Molecular Chirality Award is sponsored by JASCO Co.
Molecular Chirality Award is instituted by the Molecular Chirality Research Organization (MCRO), which is a Japanese organization for the research of chirality, to honor distinguished scientists who has made great contribution to the research of chirality. The bronze statue (hand in art) is presented at every domestic Symposium on Molecular Chirality since 1999.
Recipients of Molecular Chirality Award
| Year | Awardee | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Yoshio Okamoto Masakatsu Shibasaki Kazuhiko Saigo | Nagoya University The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo |
| 2000 | Nobuyuki Harada Yuji Ohashi Daiichi Pham. Co. Ltd. | Tohoku Univeresity Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2001 | Hiroyuki Nohira Terumichi Nakagawa Tsutomu Katsuki | Saitama Unviersity Kyoto University Kyushu University |
| 2002 | Fumio Toda Kenso Soai Takasago International Co. | Ehime University Tokyo University of Science |
| 2003 | Reiko Kuroda Hisashi Yamamoto Yoshihisa Inoue Shoji Hara* Domencio Misiti** | The University of Tokyo Chicago University, USA Osaka University Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences University of Roma La Sapienza, Italy |
| 2005 | Masaki Otagiri Tamio Hayashi Eiji Yashima | Kumamoto University Kyoto Universtiy Nagoya University |
| 2006 | Rui Tamura Ryoji Noyori* | Kyoto University Nagoya University |
| 2007 | Hiroshi Tsukube Keiji Maruoka | Osaka City University Kyoto University |
| 2008 | Takuzo Aida Mikiji Miyata | The University of Tokyo Osaka University |
| 2009 | Shizuo Narimatsu | Okayama University |
| 2010 | Isao Azumaya Jun Haginaka Vadim A. Davankov** Wolfgang Lindner** | Tokushima Bunri University Mukogawa Women’s University Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia University of Vienna, Austria |
| 2011 | Hiroaki Sasai | Osaka University |
| 2012 | Takeo Kawabata | Kyoto University |
| 2013 | Toshikazu Takata | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2014 | Masami Sakamoto | Chiba University |
| 2015 | Masahiro Terada | Tohoku University |
| 2016 | Toru Asahi | Waseda University |
| 2018 | Kenji Monde | Hokkaido University |
| 2019 | Michiya Fujiki | Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| 2020 | Michinori Suginome | Kyoto University |
| 2021 | Katsuhiko Tomooka | Kyushu University |
| 2023 | Katsuya Inoue | Hiroshima University |
| 2024 | TBA | Announced on Aug. 25, 2024 |