About SSOCJ
The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (SSOCJ)
The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (SSOCJ), was initially founded in 1942 by about four hundred members from military, government and the private sector with the aim to promote industrial applications of synthetic organic chemistry. The society was configured into its current form, and it has been a major contributor to the successful advancement of organic chemistry in Japan ever since.
In 2022 the SSOCJ celebrated its 80th anniversary. In those 80 years the SSOCJ has grown to become an interdisciplinary academic organization of approximately 4,100 members that include many talented experts from industry, and encompasses a variety of disciplines including engineering, science, pharmacy, agriculture, biochemistry and medicinal chemistry.
The SSOCJ remains committed to solving many challenging problems confronting people worldwide, by advancing innovative technologies in artificial intelligence, biological chemistry, environment and energy.
Board
- President
- Kazuhiko Ohrai (Nissan Chemical Corporation)
- Vice Presidents
- Kazumasa Aoki (Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.)
Kimiko Sodeoka (RIKEN, Japan)
Yujiro Hayashi (Tohoku University)
- Directors
- Mitsuhiro Asakura (Nard Institute, Ltd.)
Satoshi Ichikawa (Hokkaido University)
Masayuki Inoue (The University of Tokyo)
Ryo Irie (Kumamoto University)
Tadashi Ema (Okayama University)
Mitsuru Ohno (Daicel Corporation)
Tatsuhiko Obayashi (Fujifilm Corporation)
Ken Ohmori (Institute of Science Tokyo)
Fumitoshi Kakiuchi (Keio University)
Yoshiko Kagoshima (Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.)
Takanori Shibata (Waseda University)
Norio Shibata (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
Masaru Takayanagi (Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)
Kazuo Takimiya (Tohoku University)
Kazunori Tsubaki (Kyoto Prefectural University)
Takayuki Tsuritani (Shionogi & Co., Ltd.)
Kazuo Nagasawa (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Koichi Fukase (Osaka University)
Takashi Matsumoto (Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences)
Akira Mitani (Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.)
- Auditors
- Shigeru Ieda (Juzen Chemical Corporation)
Noritaka Chida (Professor Emeritus of Keio University)
Takeshi Furuchi (Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd.)
- Director Secretary General
- Ichiro Nagai (SSOCJ)