OKADA Yohei

Professional Career

2010.04 - 2011.03 : JSPS Research Fellow（DC2）
2011.04 - 2012.03 : JSPS Research Fellow（PD）
2011.04 - 2012.06 : Doctoral Research Fellow, United Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2012.07 - 2014.03 : JSPS Overseas Research Fellow
2012.07 - 2014.09 : Doctoral Researcher Fellow, Stanford University
2014.04 - 2014.09 : JSPS Research Fellow（SPD）（Tokyo Institute of Technology）
2014.10 - 2021.04: Assistant Professor, Division of Applied Chemistry, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2021.05 - 2024.09 : Associate Professor, Division of Applied Biological Chemistry, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2024.10 - present : Professor, Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Academic Degrees

2009/03　Ms.C. in Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2011/03　Ph.D. in Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Research Interests

Life sciences / Bioorganic chemistry / Biological Production Chemistry

Publications

• Morizumi H, Han Y, Bokareva O S, Francke R, Kitano Y, Okada Y. Controlling the reactivity of enol ether radical cations via the substitution pattern: investigation into electrochemically induced Diels-Alder reactions. Catal Sci Technol. 2025, Jun;15:4932. doi: 10.1039/D4CY01192A. Highlighted as an Outside Front Cover.
• Takahashi S, Umakoshi Y, Nakayama K, Okada Y, Zhdankin VV, Yoshimura A, Saito A. Fluorocyclization of N-Propargyl Carboxamides by lambda(3)-Iodane Catalysts with Coordinating Substituents Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis (Adv. Synth. Catal.) 362(14): 2997-3003 (2020).