Zhaomin HOU

Physical Science
Steering Committee

Chief Scientist, Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research; Group Director, Advanced Catalysis Research Group; Deputy Center Director, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science

Research Area: Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Polymer Chemistry, Organic Chemistry

Location: Japan


Zhaomin Hou graduated from China University of Petroleum in 1982 and received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Kyushu University in 1989. His current research focuses on the development of new catalysts for efficient and selective chemical transformations, including asymmetric C-H functionalization, copolymerization of non-polar and polar olefins, and activation and functionalization of small molecules such as CO2 and N2. He has been serving as an Executive Editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society since 2021. He is a recipient of Japan Academy Prize (2022), The Chemical Society of Japan Award (2019), Nagoya Silver Medal (2016), Chinese Chemical Society Yaozeng Huang Award in Organometallic Chemistry (2014), The Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (2012), Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (2008), JSPS Prize (2007), and Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award (2007).

Webpage: http://www2.riken.jp/lab/organometallic/HP2015e/index.html

Last updated on: April 2024

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