Kounosuke Oisaki was born in 1980 in Tokushima, Japan, and received his Ph.D. from The University of Tokyo (UT) in 2008 under the direction of Professor Masakatsu Shibasaki. Then, he moved to the University of California-Los Angeles, USA, for postdoctoral studies with Professor Omar M. Yaghi. In 2010, he returned to Japan and joined Professor Motomu Kanai’s group at UT as an assistant professor. He is currently working as a lecturer. He is one of Scientific Advisory Board member (the only Japanese member) in the emerging chemistry preprint server, ChemRxiv, since 2019.
His current research interest is concerned with the development of new synthetic organic chemistry, with a focus on organoradical-based chemoselective reagents/catalysis for C(sp3)-H functionalizations and protein modifications. His achievements have been evaluated by numerous young scientist awards, such as The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientists (2018), Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award of Encouragement (2018), Chemist Award BCA (2018), Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2019).