Curriculum Vitae
04/2017 - 03/2021
Nagoya University, Faculty of Science, B. Sc. (Prof. Kenichiro Itami)
04/2021 - 03/2023
Nagoya University, Faculty of Science, M. Sc. (Prof. Kenichiro Itami) 04/2023 - 03/2026
PhD Thesis in the group of Prof. Hideto Ito (Prof. Akiko Yagi), Nagoya University, Faculty of Science 10/2024 - 01/2025
Research stay in the group of Prof. Dr. Ryan Gilmour, Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität Münster 05/2026 - present
Postdoctoral Fellow (JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship), Prof. Dr. Ryan Gilmour, Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität Münster
Awards and Honors
- 04/2023 - 03/2026 JST Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation (SPRING)
- 04/2023 - 03/2026 Japan Securities Scholarship Foundation Scholarship student 1
- 2/2023 Joint Doctoral Students Exchange Meeting; Ice-Break Short Presentation Award/ Research Presentation Award
- 09/2025 Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Oral Presentation Award
- 09/2025 The 59th Young Researchers' Award in Organic Reactions
Publications
Small Molecules Modulating Mammalian Biological Clocks: Exciting New Opportunities for Synthetic Chemistry
K. Amaike, T. Oshima, N. S. Skoulding, Y. Toyama, T. Hirota and K. Itami, Chem 2020, 6, 2186-2198. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2020.08.011Synthesis of Diamondoids through Hydrogenation of Adamantane-Annulated Arenes
Y. Toyama, T. Yoshihara, H. Shudo, H. Ito, K. Itami and A. Yagi, Chem. Lett. 2024, 53, upad037. DOI: 10.1093/chemle/upad037Birch reductive arylation by mechanochemical anionic activation of polycyclic aromatic compounds
Y. Toyama, A. Yagi, K. Itami and H. Ito, Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 5044.Rh-Catalyzed Mechanochemical Transfer Hydrogenation for the Synthesis of Periphery-Hydrogenated Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
Y. Toyama, T. Nakamura, Y. Horikawa, Y. Morinaka, Y. Ono, A. Yagi, K. Itami and H. Ito, Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 9117-9124.Lithium-Mediated Mechanochemical Annulative Dimerization of Diarylacetylenes for Synthesis of 1,4-Dihydrodinaphthopentalenes
K. M. Hori,# Y. Toyama,# T. Nakamura, Y. Ono and H. Ito, RSC Mechanochem. 2026, Advance Article. # Equal contributions. DOI: 10.1039/D5MR00145EAlkali/Alkaline Earth Metal-Mediated Mechanochemical Wurtz Reactions
Y. Toyama and H. Ito, Org. Chem. Front. 2026, Advance Article. ChemRxiv 2026, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2026-ppqmj.Fundamentals and Social Implementation of Mechanochemical Reactions: Process Development, Chemical Synthesis, Materials Development, Environmental Applications, and Equipment Overview,
NTS Publications, 2026 ISBN:978-4-86043-516-5 C3043