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Ei-ichi Negishi
USINFO | 2013-11-20 10:02
| Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010) Laureate | ||
 Negishi in 2010 |
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| Born |
July 14, 1935 (age 78) Hsinking, Manchukuo (now Changchun, China) |
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| Residence | United States | |
| Nationality | Japan | |
| Institutions |
Teijin Purdue University Syracuse University Hokkaido University |
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| Alma mater |
University of Tokyo University of Pennsylvania |
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| Doctoral advisor | Allan R. Day | |
| Known for | Negishi coupling | |
| Influences | Herbert Charles Brown | |
| Notable awards |
Sir Edward Frankland Prize Lectureship (2000) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010) Person of Cultural Merit (2010) Order of Culture (2010) |
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Negishi was born in Hsinking, capital of Manchukuo, now Changchun of China, and raised in Seoul of Korea under Japanese rule. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1958, and did his internship at Teijin. He went on to study in the United States and obtained his PhD from University of Pennsylvania in 1963 under the supervision of professor Allan R. Day. In 1966, He became a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University, and became assistant professor in 1968, working with Nobel laureate Herbert C. Brown. In 1972, he went on to become associate professor at Syracuse University where, in 1979, he was promoted to professor. In the same year, he went back to Purdue University.
In 2000, he was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's Sir Edward Frankland Prize Lectureship.
In 2011, he was awarded the honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
