New Tide of Natural Product Chemistry

Hayato Ishikawa received his Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Science from the Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science in 1999. He received a Ph.D. degree from the Chiba University under the supervision of Professor Hiromitsu Takayama and Professor Norio Aimi in 2004. After postdoctoral work (2004-2006) with Professor Dale L. Boger in The Scripps Research Institute, he was promoted to the rank of assistant professor at the same institute (2006-2007). In 2007, he moved to the Tokyo University of Science as assistant professor. In 2011, he moved to the Kumamoto University and was promoted to associate professor. And he promoted to full professor at Kumamoto University in 2018. He joined the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University in 2021 as full professor. He is a recipient of the Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (2013), Thieme Chemistry Journal Award (2013), and Chemist Award BCA from MSD Life Science Foundation (2016). His research focuses onthe natural product chemistry including isolation, structure elucidation and total synthesis.
Hiromitsu Takayama received his Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Science from Chiba University in 1977 and his PhD from the same university in 1982. After completing postdoctoral work (1982-1984) with Professor Ekkehard Winterfeldt (Hannover University, Germany) courtesy of the financial support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, he joined the research group at Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University as a research associate. He joined the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University in 1986, and was promoted to associate professor in 1994 and to full professor at Chiba University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2004. He has been an emeritus Professor at Chiba University since 2020. He is a recipient of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Divisional Scientific Promotions (2004), The Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy Award (2015), andThe Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award (2018). His research interests include the survey, total synthesis, and medicinal chemistry of biologically active natural products.

石川隼人於1999年獲得東京藥科大學的藥學學士學位。2004年在千葉大學獲得博士學位，指導教授為高山宏光教授和相見則男教授。隨後，他於2004年至2006年間在斯克里普斯研究所與戴爾·L·博格教授進行博士後研究，並於2006年至2007年晉升為該研究所的助理教授。2007年，他轉任東京科技大學助理教授。2011年，他轉至熊本大學並晉升為副教授，並於2018年晉升為熊本大學的正教授。2021年，他加入千葉大學藥學院，擔任正教授。他曾獲得日本合成有機化學獎勵獎（2013年）、蒂梅化學期刊獎（2013年）及來自MSD生命科學基金會的化學家獎BCA（2016年）。他的研究專注於天然產物化學，包括分離、結構鑑定和全合成。

高山宏光於1977年獲得千葉大學的藥學學士學位，並於1982年在同一所大學獲得博士學位。1982年至1984年間，他在德國漢諾威大學的埃克哈德·溫特費爾特教授指導下完成博士後研究，並獲得亞歷山大·馮·洪堡基金會的資助。隨後，他加入富山醫科藥科大學的研究團隊，擔任研究助理。1986年，他加入千葉大學藥學院，並於1994年晉升為副教授，2004年晉升為千葉大學藥學研究所的正教授。自2020年以來，他一直擔任千葉大學的名譽教授。他曾獲得日本藥學會分部科學推廣獎（2004年）、日本藥用植物學會獎（2015年）及日本藥學會獎（2018年）。他的研究興趣包括生物活性天然產物的調查、全合成和藥物化學。