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Nakamura Eiichi
Eiichi Nakamura Lab 中村栄一
Prof. Nakamura earned his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. After postdoctoral research at Columbia University, he returned to his alma mater as an Assistant Professor in 1980, before moving to the University of Tokyo in 1995. He currently holds the positions of University Professor and the Molecular Technology Innovation Endowed Chair and Lecture Professor of Nankai University, Tianjin.
His research spans synthetic and physical chemistry, focusing on the functions of organic and inorganic substances. In 2007, he pioneered the use of atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy to study molecular motions and reactions at the single-molecule level, known as single-molecule atomic-resolution time-resolved electron microscopy (SMART-EM). His work has earned multiple awards, including Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008), the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (2010) from the American Chemical Society, the 55th Fujiwara Award (2014), and the Royal Society of Chemistry's Centenary Prize (2014). He has received The Medal with Purple Ribbon (2009), The Order of the Sacred Treasure Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon from His Majesty the Emperor (2024), and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (2025).
