The progress of mankind is due exclusively to the progress of natural sciences, not to morals, religion or philosophy.
Justus von Liebig, 1866
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
The University of Tokushima
1-78-1 Sho-machi, Tokushima, 770-8505,
Japan
TEL/FAX +81 88 633 7294
E-mail: yoshi@tokushima-u.ac.jp
Masahiro Yoshida was born in Aichi in 1974. He received his B.S. in 1996 from Tohoku University under the direction of Emeritus Professor Keiichiro Fukumoto, and his Ph.D. in 2001 from Tohoku University under the direction of Emeritus Professor Masataka Ihara.
After working with Professor Mark Lautens at the University of Toronto in 2001-2002, he was then hired as a Research Associate at Tohoku University in 2002. In 2005, he moved to the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University of Tokushima, as Associate Professor.
His awards include the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Tohoku Branch Award for Young Scientists (2003), FUJIFILM Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (2005), the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientists (2011), Mitsui Chemicals Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (2011), and the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Chugoku-Shikoku Branch Award for Young Scientists (2012).
His current research interest is focused on a development of novel type of cyclization reactions and the application to the synthesis of biologically active molecules.