In Good Company!
Professor David Nicewicz was selected as the 2017
winner of the prestigious Hirata Award by the Uni-
versity of Nagoya.
The late Professor Yoshimasa Hirata with Nagoya
University, was a giant of natural product chemis-
try in Japan. Many prominent Japanese professors
are from the Hirata School, including Professors
Koji Nakanishi, Yoshito Kishi, and Daisuke Uemu-
ra. In honor his prominence, the Yoshimasa Hirata
Memorial Lectureship was established in 2004. The
lectureship was awarded every year to a relatively
young chemist who has made significant original
contributions to the field of organic chemistry.
Through its splendid ten-year history, the Hirata
Award has become significant in the field of organic
chemistry. From 2015, the tradition of the memorial
lectureship was renewed as “The Hirata Award” and
it has been sponsored by Institute of Transforma-
tive Bio-Molecules, ITbM.
Past winners are Professors Justin Du Bois, David
Liu, Phil Baran, Peter Seeberger, Scott Miller, Jef-
frey Bode, Jin-Quan Yu, Mohammad Movassaghi,
Tobias Ritter, Martin Burke, Ashraf Brik, and Emily
Balskus. Professor Nicewicz joins a distinguished
fellowship, indeed. Congratulations, David!
Professor David Nicewicz, front left, in the very best of company - his research group.
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