Hiroshi Ohrui
Yokohama University of Pharmacy
Japan
Biography
Hiroshi Ohrui received PhD Degree (1971) from The University of Tokyo. He joined Riken (1966), moved to Tohoku University (1981) and to Yokohama University of Pharmacy (2006). He worked for Dr. J. J. Fox at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (1972-1973) and Dr. J. G. Moffatt at Syntex Research (1973-1974). He received several awards including The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry Award (2004), and Japan Academy Prize (2010). His research interests cover organic synthesis, chemical biology and chiral discrimination.