Hugh Nakamura, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Tel: +852-3469-2552

Career

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2021 Sep. –present
JSPS Oversea Postdoctoral Fellowship, Scripps Research, USA (Prof. Phil S. Baran), 2017–2021
Ph.D., Kyoto University, Japan (Prof. Yoshiji Takemoto), 2014–2017
M.S., Kyoto University, Japan (Prof. Yoshiji Takemoto), 2012–2014
B.S., Keio University, Japan (Prof. Noritaka Chida), 2008–2012

Honors and Awards

Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (by Korea), ICCEOCA-17 in Taiwan, 2024
Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (by Japan), ICCEOCA-17 in Taiwan, 2024
Early Career Award (RGC), Hong Kong, 2024
Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (by China), ICCEOCA-16 in Singapore, 2023
Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (by Taiwan), ICCEOCA-16 in Singapore, 2023
The Interstellar Initiative Early Career Investigators (AMED & NY Academy of Sciences), 2022
Meeting of Minds@HKU Forum for Outstanding Young Scholars, 2019
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad, 2017–2019
The 6th Otsu Academy Award Fellow, 2015
13th Organic Chemistry the Next Generation Symposium: Best Oral Presentation Award, 2015
JSPS Research Fellowship DC1, 2014–2017
134th Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Annual Convention: Best Oral Presentation Award, 2014
The 31st Organic Synthesis Symposium: Best Poster Presentation Award, 2014
Japan Student Services Organization Fellowship, 2012–2014

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