Kenichiro Itami(born in 1971) is an organic chemist in Japan. He received his Ph.D.from Kyoto University under the guidance of Prof. Yoshihiko Ito. In 1998, he began his academic career at Kyoto University as an Assistant Professor (with Prof. Jun-ichi Yoshida). He moved to Nagoya Univer...
who also happens to be this interviewer’s boss atNagoya University. Professor Itami has been creating a variety of structures at the molecular level under the motto “synthetic chemistry is unified”.