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		Tsuneomi KAWASAKI Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science (Department of Applied Chemistry)

Contact	Address	Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
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	E-mail	tkawa(a)rs.kagu.tus.ac.jp [change (a) to @]

Tsuneomi KAWASAKI was born in Yamanashi, Japan on July 26, 1976. He got B. Sc. degree in 1999 and Ph. D. degree in 2004 both from The University of Tokyo under the direction of Prof. Takeshi KITAHARA. During his Ph. D. course, he also served as Junior Research Associate of RIKEN (2001–2004). In 2004, he got the position of Junior Assistant Professor at Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, and joined the group of Prof. Kenso SOAI. In 2009, he was promoted to Assistant Professor at Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science.

Career	B. Sc	1999: The University of Tokyo
	Ph. D.	2004: Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Professor Takeshi Kitahara)
	Junior Research Associate	2001–2004: RIKEN (Dr. Isamu Yamaguchi)
	Research Associate	2004–2009: Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science (Professor Kenso Soai)
	Assistant Professor	2009–present: Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science

Honors	2004	Nissan Chemical Industries Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
	2006	International Molecular Chirality Conference in Toyama (MC2006) Poster Award “Spontaneous asymmetric autocatalysis in the presence of achiral amine”
	2007	Royal Society of Chemistry Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Poster Award (International Conference “Chirality at the Nanoscale 2007”) “Discrimination of carbon isotope chirality by asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of enantiomeric excess”
	2008	4th Symposium on Chemical Approaches to Chirality Poster Award Chiral Discrimination of Carbon Isotope Substituted Chiral Compounds by Asymmetric Autocatalysis
	2008	15th International Conference on the Origin of Life (Florence ISSOL’08) Poster Award "Chiral crystals of achiral biological compounds as an origin of homochirality of biomolecules in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis"
	2009	23th Lectureship Award of Young Generation Special Forum from Chemical Society Japan
	2010	The Chemical Society of Japan Award For Young Chemists for 2009
	2010	The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Young Scientists’ Prize 2010)
	2011	Banyu Chemist Award (BCA 2011) "Asymmetric Synthesis Induced by Carbon and Oxygen Isotopomers and Highly Sensitive Chiral Discrimination by Using Asymmetric Autocatalysis."
Publications
Original papers	(1)	Total synthesis of (±)-cocculolidine. Kawasaki, T.; Onoda, N.; Watanabe, H.; Kitahara, T. Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 8003-8006. [Link]
	(2)	Asymmetric autocatalysis initiated by chiral ephedrine immobilized on silica gel in a diisopropylzinc addition to pyrimidine-5-carbaldehyde. Sato, I.; Shimizu, M.; Kawasaki, T.; Soai, K. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2004, 77, 1587-1588.
	(3)	Enantioselective synthesis of substituted 3-quinolyl alkanols and their application to asymmetric autocatalysis. Sato, I.; Nakao, T.; Sugie, R.; Kawasaki, T.; Soai, K. Synthesis 2004, 1419-1428.
	(4)	Enantioselective synthesis induced by chiral organic-inorganic hybrid silsesquioxane in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis. Kawasaki, T.; Ishikawa, K.; Sekibata, H.; Sato, I.; Soai, K. Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 7939-7941.
	(5)	Enantioselective synthesis induced by chiral epoxides in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis. Kawasaki, T.; Shimizu, T.; Suzuki, K.; Sato, I.; Soai, K. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2004, 15, 3699-3701.
	(6)	Asymmetric amplification using chiral cocrystals formed from achiral organic molecules by asymmetric autocatalysis. Kawasaki, T.; Jo, K.; Igarashi, H.; Sato, I.; Nagano, M.; Koshima, H.; Soai, K. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 2774-2777.
	(7)	Enantioselective synthesis of near enantiopure compound by asymmetric autocatalysis triggered by asymmetric photolysis with circularly polarized light. Kawasaki, T.; Sato, M.; Ishiguro, S.; Saito, T.; Morishita, Y.; Sato, I.; Nishino, H.; Inoue, Y.; Soai, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 3274-3275.
	(8)	Small amounts of achiral beta-amino alcohols reverse the enantioselectivity of chiral catalysts in cooperative asymmetric autocatalysis. Lutz, F.; Igarashi, T.; Kawasaki, T.; Soai, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 12206-12207.
	(9)	Screening of putative oxygenase genes in the Fusarium graminearum genome sequence database for their role in trichothecene biosynthesis. Tokai, T.; Koshino, H.; Kawasaki, T.; Igawa, T.; Suzuki, Y.; Sato, M.; Fujimura, M.; Eizuka, T.; Watanabe, H.; Kitahara, T.; Ohta, K.; Shibata, T.; Kudo, T.; Inoue, H.; Yamaguchi, I.; Kimura, M. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2005, 251, 193-201.
	(10)	Asymmetric autocatalysis of a ferrocene-containing chiral compound with amplification of chirality. Lutz, F.; Kawasaki, T.; Soai, K. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2006, 17, 486-490.
	(11)	Enantioselective synthesis mediated by chiral crystal of achiral hippuric acid in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis. Kawasaki, T.; Suzuki, K.; Hatase, K.; Otsuka, M.; Koshima, H.; Soai, K. Chem. Commun. 2006, 1869-1871.
	(12)	Chiral discrimination of cryptochiral saturated quaternary and tertiary hydrocarbons by asymmetric autocatalysis. Kawasaki, T.; Tanaka, H.; Tsutsumi, T.; Kasahara, T.; Sato, I.; Soai, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 6032-6033.
	(13)	Spontaneous absolute asymmetric synthesis in the presence of achiral silica gel in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis. Kawasaki, T.; Suzuki, K.; Shimizu, M.; Ishikawa, K.; Soai, K. Chirality 2006, 18, 479-482.
	(14)	Asymmetric autocatalysis and the origin of homochirality. Soai, K.; Kawasaki, T. Shokubai (Catalysts & Catalysis) 2006, 48, 346-352.
	(15)	Discovery of asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of chirality and its implications in chiral homogeneity of biomolecules. Soai, K.; Kawasaki, T. Chirality 2006, 18, 469-478.
	(16)	Enantioselective synthesis induced by tetrathia-[7]-helicenes in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis. Kawasaki, T.; Suzuki, K.; Licandro, E.; Bossi, A.; Maiorana, S.; Soai, K. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2006, 17, 2050-2053.
	(17)	The distribution of chiral asymmetry in meteorites: an investigation using asymmetric autocatalytic chiral sensors. Kawasaki, T.; Hatase, K.; Fujii, Y.; Jo, K.; Soai, K.; Pizzarello, S. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2006, 70, 5395-5402.
	(18)	Asymmetric autocatalysis induced by octahedral tris(acetylacetonato)chromium(III) complex as a homogeneous chiral initiator. Kawasaki, T.; Omine, T.; Sato, M.; Morishita, Y.; Soai, K. Chem. Lett. 2007, 36, 30-31.
	(19)	Determination of absolute configurations of amino acids by asymmetric autocatalysis of 2-alkynylpyrimidyl alkanol as a chiral sensor. Sato, I.; Ohgo, Y.; Igarashi, H.; Nishiyama, D.; Kawasaki, T.; Soai, K. J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692, 1783–1787.
	(20)	Chiral secondary alcohol-induced asymmetric autocatalysis: correlation between the absolute configuration of the chiral initiators and the product Takanori Shibata, Kimiko Iwahashi, Tsuneomi Kawasaki and Kenso Soai Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2007, 18, 1759-1762.
	(21)	Achiral nucleobase cytosine acts as an origin of homochirality of biomolecules in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis. Kawasaki, T.; Suzuki, K.; Hakoda, Y.; Soai, K. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 496-499.
	(22)	Mechanistic Insights in the Reversal of Enantioselectivity of Chiral Catalysts by Achiral Catalysts in Asymmetric Autocatalysis Francois Lutz, Takashi Igarashi, Tomoyuki Kinoshita, Mai Asahina, Koichi Tsukiyama, Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Kenso Soai J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 2956-2958.
	(23)	Chemical Approaches to the Elucidation of the Origins of Homochirality by Asymmetric Autocatalysis. Kenso Soai, Tsuneomi Kawasaki Fine Chemicals, 2008, 37, 5-16.
	(24)	Enantioselective Synthesis Utilizing Enantiomorphous Organic Crystal of Achiral Benzils as a Source of Chirality in Asymmetric Autocatalysis. Kawasaki, T.; Harada, Y.; Suzuki, K.; Tobita, T.; Florini, N.; Palyi, G.; Soai, K. Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 4085-4088.
	(25)	Highly enantioselective asymmetric autocatalysis using chiral ruthenium complex-ion-exchanged synthetic hectorite as a chiral initiator. T. Kawasaki, T. Omine, K. Suzuki, H. Sato, A. Yamagishi, K. Soai Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7, 1073-1075. [Hot Article] [Cover Picture]
	(26)	Asymmetric Autocatalysis Triggered by Carbon Isotope (¹³C/¹²C) Chirality T. Kawasaki, Y. Matsumura, T. Tsutsumi, K. Suzuki, M. Ito, K. Soai Science 2009, 324, 492-495 [electronic reprint is available]. Picked up: C&EN 2009, 87(13), 29. [March 30, 2009; Science & Technology Concentrates] Synfacts 2009, 2009(08), 0760. Nature Chemistry [Research Highlights] Synform 2009/06.
	(27)	Asymmetric Autocatalysis Induced by Meteoritic Amino Acids with Hydrogen Isotope Chirality T. Kawasaki, M. Shimizu, D. Nishiyama, M. Ito, H. Ozawa, K. Soai Chem. Commun. 2009, 4396-4398 (Hot Article). PDF: Open science. Picked up: Highlights in Chemical Science 2009, 6(8), C60. 2009 ChemComm web theme issue: "Selective Catalysis for Organic Synthesis"
	(28)	Discrimination of Cryptochirality in Chiral Isotactic Polystyrene by Asymmetric Autocatalysis T. Kawasaki, C. Hohberger, Y. Araki, K. Hatase, K. Beckerle, J. Okuda, K. Soai Chem. Commun. 2009, 5621-5623. PDF: Open science.
	(29)	Asymmetric Autocatalysis Induced by Chiral Crystals of Achiral Tetraphenylethylenes T. Kawasaki, M. Nakaoda, N. Kaito, T. Sasagawa, K. Soai Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 2010, 40, 65-78.
	(30)	Generation of Absolute Controlled Crystal Chirality by the Removal of Crystal Water from Achiral Crystal of Nucleobase Cytosine T. Kawasaki, Y. Hakoda, H. Mineki, K. Suzuki and K. Soai J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 2874-2875. PDF: ACS AuthorChoice.
	(31)	Spontaneous absolute asymmetric synthesis promoted by achiral amines in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis. K. Suzuki, K. Hatase, D. Nishiyama, T. Kawasaki and K. Soai J. Systems Chem. 2010, 1, 5.
	(32)	Enantioselective Synthesis induced by Compounds with Chirality Arising from Partially Deuterated Methyl Groups in Conjunction with Asymmetric Autocatalysis. Kawasaki, T.; Ozawa, H.; Ito, M.; Soai, K. Chem. Lett. 2011, 40, 320-321. [Editor's Choice]
	(33)	Reversal Phenomenon of Enantioface Selectivity by the Cooperative Operation of Two Chiral Catalysts. T. Kawasaki, Y. Wakushima, M. Asahina, K. Shiozawa, T. Kinoshita, F. Lutz and K. Soai Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 5277-5279.
	(34)	Enantioselective Synthesis Induced by Chiral Crystal Composed of DL-Serine in Conjunction with Asymmetric Autocatalysis T. Kawasaki, T. Sasagawa, K. Shiozawa, M. Uchida, K. Suzuki and K. Soai Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 2361-2363.
	(35)	Enantioselective C-C Bond Formation Arising from Oriented Prochirality of Achiral Aldehyde at the Single Crystal Face by the Treatment of Dialkylzinc Vapor Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Sayaka Kamimura, Ai Amihara, Kenta Suzuki, Kenso Soai Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 6928-6930. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 6796-6798. PDF: Open Access
	(36)	Asymmetric Autocatalysis: Triggered by Chiral Isotopomer Arising from Oxygen Isotope Substitution Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Yasushi Okano, Etsuharu Suzuki, Shizuka Takano, Shotaro Oji, Kenso Soai Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 8281-8283. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8131-8133.

Reviews and Books	(1)	Enantioselective addition of organozinc compounds. Soai, K.; Sato, I.; Kawasaki, T. in The Chemistry of Organozinc Compounds, Ed. by Rappoprt, Z., Marek, I. John Wiley & Sons, (2007) pp. 555-593.
	(2)	Asymetric Autocatalysis and Its Implications in the Origin of Chiral Homogeneity of Biomolecules. Soai, K.; Kawasaki, T. in Asymmetric Synthesis -The Essentials, Ed. by Christmann, M.; Brase, S. Wiley-VCH, (2007) pp. 212-216.
	(3)	Asymetric Autocatalysis with Amplification of Chirality and Origin of Chiral Homogeneity of Biomolecules Soai, K.; Kawasaki, T.; Sato, I. in New Frontiers in Asymmetric Catalysis, Ed. by Mikami, K.; Lautens, M., Wiley-Interscience, (2007) pp. 259-274.
	(4)	S-Diphenyl(1-methylpyrrolidin-2-yl)methanol Soai, K.; Kawasaki, T. in Electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Ed. by Paquette, L.: Fuchs, P.: Molander, G., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, (2007).
	(5)	Asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of chirality. Soai, K.; Kawasaki, T. Top. Curr. Chem. 2008, 284, 1-33. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
	(6)	Symmetry Breaking in Asymmetric Autocatalysis of Pyrimidyl Alkanol Kenso Soai, Tsuneomi Kawasaki in Recent Developments in Physical Chemistry, Ed by Enrique Diaz-Herrera, Eusebio Juaristi, American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, (2008) pp. 68-79.
	(7)	Chemical approach to the origin of chirality by asymmetric autocatalysis. Soai, K.; Kawasaki, T. Chemistry and Education 2008, 56, 384-385.
	(8)	Asymmetric Autocatalysis of Pyrimidyl Alkanol Using an Organozinc Reagent Kenso Soai, Tsuneomi Kawasaki In Organometallic Chirality. Ed. by Palyi, G., Zucchi, C., Caglioti, L., Mucchi Editore, Modena, Chap. 6, pp. 107-125 (2008).
	(9)	Asymmetric synthesis triggered by carbon isotope (13C/12C)-substituted chiral compounds. Employing asymmetric autocatalytic reactions Kawasaki, T. Chemistry & Chemical Industry 2009, 62(8), 898-900.
	(10)	New truth of asymmetric phenomena formation of polarization of optical isomers with carbon isotopes Soai, K.; Kawasaki, T. Kagaku (Chemistry) 2009, 64(10), 38-43.
	(11)	Kenso Soai, Tsuneomi Kawasaki Organometallic News 2009, (1), 20-21.
	(12)	Perspective: Asymmetric autocatalysis triggered by isotope chirality. –Isotope chirality as the origin of homochirality– Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Kenso Soai Isotope News 2009, Nov., (667), 2-6.
	(13)	Amplification of chirality as a pathway to biological homochirality Tsuneomi Kawasaki and Kenso Soai J. Fluor. Chem. 2010, 131, 525-534.
	(14)	Asymmetric autocatalysis. Automultiplication of chiral molecules Kenso Soai, Tsuneomi Kawasaki Chimica Oggi (Chemistry Today, supplement: Chiral Technologies) 2009, 27(6), 3-7.
	(15)	Asymmetric Amplification and Autocatalysis Soai, K.; Kawasaki, T.; Shibata, T. in Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis, Third Edition, Ed. by Ojima, I., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, Chap. 12, pp. 891-930 (2010).
	(16)	Generation of chirality by crystallization of achiral organic compounds and asymmetric autocatalysis induced by chiral organic crystals. Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Kenso Soai 日本結晶学会誌, 2011, 53, 201-206.
	(17)	The approaches to the origin of chiral molecules and homochirality. Kenso Soai, Tsuneomi Kawasaki Kagaku (Chemistry), 2011, 66(8), 49-53.
	(18)	Asymmetric Induction Arising from Enantiomerically Enriched Carbon-13 Isotopomers and Highly Sensitive Chiral Discrimination by Asymmetric Autocatalysis. Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Kenso Soai Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2011, 84, 879-892. [PDF]

Invited Lectures	(1)	[Invited Lecture] 2nd TUS International Collaboration Workshop -Joint Symposium with International Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration-, Dec. 2008, Tokyo, Japan. "Asymmetric Autocatalysis Induced by Chiral Crystals Composed of Achiral Organic and Inorganic Compounds as the Possible Route for the Origin and Evolution of Chirality " T. Kawasaki, K. Suzuki, Y. Araki, Y. Hakoda, Y. Harada, T. Tobita, K. Soai
	(2)	[Invited Lecture] 23th Lectureship Award of Young Generation Special Forum from Chemical Society Japan (The 89th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan), Funabashi Campus, Nihon University, Chiba, Japan. March, 2009. Generation of Chirality in Crystallization of Achiral Compound and Highly Enantioselective Synthesis in Combination with Asymmetric Autocatalysis.
	(3)	[Invited Lecture] Young Coordination Chemist's Association Japan, Kanto Branch Meeting. Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan. November, 2009. Asymmetric autocatalysis triggered by the compound with the chirality arising from carbon isotope substitution.
	(4)	[Award Lecture] The Chemical Society of Japan Award For Young Chemists for 2009. (The 90th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan). Kinki University, Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan. March 2010. Asymmetric Induction Arising from Enantiomerically Enriched Carbon-13 Isotopomers and Highly Sensitive Chiral Discrimination
	(5)	[Invited Lecture] Specified nonprofit organization Science Knowledge Integration Laboratory (SKIL) 23th meeting, August, 2010, Tokyo, Japan. Highly sensitive discrimination of chiral compound using asymmetric autocatalysis.
	(6)	[Requested Lecture]　4th Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan, Kanto Branch (2010), Augst, 2010, Tsukuba, Japan. "Chiral sencing using asymmetric autocatalysis" T. Kawasaki, K. Suzuki, T. Tsutsumi, Y. Matsumura, M. Ito, H. Ozawa, H. Mineki, T. Sasagawa, K. Soai
	(7)	[Invited Lecture] 3rd Microsymposium on Asymmetric Synthesis, Warsaw, Polish Academy of Science Sept. 2010 "Asymmetric Autocatalysis Triggered by Carbon and Hydrogen Isotope Chirality" Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Kenta Suzuki, Takashi Tsutsumi, Yukari Matsumura, Takayuki Tobita, Masateru Ito, Hitomi Ozawa, Kenso Soai
	(8)	[Keynote Lecture] 2nd International Symposium on the Soai Reaction and Related Topic, Sept. 2010, Mocslad, Budapest, Hungary. "Recent Aspects of Asymmetric Autocatalysis" Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Kenso Soai
	(9)	[Invited Lecture] 8th Symposium on Chemical Approaches to Chirality, December 1, 2010, Tokyo, Japan. "Chiral Discrimination of Carbon and Hydrogen Isotope Enantiomers by Asymmetric Autocatalysis" Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Kenta Suzuki, Yukari Matsumura, Masateru Ito, Hitomi Ozawa, Takayuki Tobita, Taisuke Sasagawa, Kenso Soai
	(10)	[Invited Lecture] Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry, Kanto Branch (2010) 2th Branch Meeting. Symposium. January, 2011. The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Asymmetric induction by the chiral compound due to carbon isotope substitution and highly sensitive chiral discrimination by asymmetric autocatalysis.
	(11)	[Invited Lecture] 2８ｔｈ Chiba Regional Seminar for Young Researchers, Mar. 2011, Tokyo University of Science, Noda campus, Chiba, Japan. "Asymmetric Autocatalysis Induced by Chiral Compounds arising from Carbon and Hydrogen Isotope Substitution"