Norihiro Tokitoh is a professor of chemistry at the Institute for Chemical Research (ICR), Kyoto University. He received his Ph. D. (1985) from the University of Tokyo. After spending some years as Research Associate (1986) and then Assistant Professor (1987) of Tsukuba Univ., and Assistant Professor (1989) and then Associate Professor (1994) of The University of Tokyo, he was appointed as Professor of the Institute for Fundamental Organic Chemistry, Kyushu Univ. in 1998 and moved to ICR, Kyoto University in 2000. He served as Guest Professor at Institute for Molecular Science (2001-2003), Technische Universität Braunschweig (2004-2007), and Universität Bonn (2013-), and Director of ICR (2008-2012, 2014-).

His main research interest is focused on novel bonding and structures in heavier main group element chemistry. He received Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (1992), Progress Award in Silicon Chemistry, Japan (1996), Japan IBM Science Award (1998), Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work (2003), Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2003), Lectureship Award of National Science Council, Republic of China (2007), Kim Yong Hae Lectureship Award of KAIST, Korea (2010), BCSJ Awards (2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2013), Best Reviewer Commendation (JSPS; 2010), and Re-invitation by AvH Research Award (2013). He contributed to several chemistry journals, such as Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry (Associate Editor for Asia, 1998-2006), Organometallics (Advisory Board Member, 2006-2009), Journal of Sulfur Chemistry (Editorial Board Member, 2001-), Main Group Metal Chemistry (Editorial Board Member, 2011-) and Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan (Editor-in-chief, 2013-).

1) Synthesis and Characterization of a Stable Dibismuthene: Evidence for a Bi-Bi Double Bond, Tokitoh, N.; Arai, Y.; Okazaki, R.; Nagase, S. Science, 1997, 277, 78-80.

2) A Stable Neutral Silaaromatic Compound, 2-{2,4,6-Tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl}-2-silanaphthalene, Tokitoh, N.; Wakita, K.; Okazaki, R.; Nagase, S.; Schleyer, P. v. R.; Jiao, H. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 6951-6952.

3) New Progress in the Chemistry of Stable Metallaaromatic Compounds of Heavier Group 14 Elements, Tokitoh, N. Acc. Chem. Res. 2004, 37, 86-94.

4) Synthesis and Reactions of a Stable 1,2-Diaryl-1,2-dibromodisilene: A Precursor for Substituted Disilenes and a 1,2-Diaryldisilyne, Sasamori, T.; Hironaka, K. ; Sugiyama, Y.; Takagi, N.; Nagase, S.; Hosoi, Y. ; Furukawa, Y.; Tokitoh, N. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 13856-13857.

5) Stable Heavier Carbene Analogues, Mizuhata, Y.; Sasamori, T.; Tokitoh, N. Chem. Rev. 2009, 109, 3479-351.

・Noda, et al., “Trapping and emission of photons by a single defect in a photonic bandgap structure”, Nature, vol. 407, No. 6804, pp.608-610 (OCT 5 2000)

・Noda, et al., “Full three-dimensional photonic bandgap crystals at near-infrared wavelengths”, Science, vol.289 No. 5479, pp. 604-606 (JUL 28 2000)

・Imada, Noda, et al., “Coherent two-dimensional lasing action in surface-emitting laser with triangular-lattice photonic crystal structure”, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol.75, No.3, pp. 316-318 (JUL 19 1999).

・Akahane, Noda, et al., “High-Q photonic nanocavity in a two-dimensional photonic crystal”, Nature, vol. 425, No. 6961, pp. 944-947 (OCT 30 2003).

・Hirose, Noda, et al, “Watt-class high-power, high-beam-quality photonic-crystal lasers”, Nature Photonics, vol.8, No.5, pp. 406-411(May 2014).

and over 410 other publications
Total citation: over 13,500

● Papers

[1] Inequality of Bogomolov-Gieseker type on arithmetic surfaces. Duke Math. J. 74 (1994), no. 3, 713-761.

[2] Geometric height inequality on varieties with ample cotangent bundles. J. Algebraic Geom. 4 (1995), no. 2, 385-396.

[3] Remarks on rational points of varieties whose cotangent bundles are generated by global sections. Math. Res. Lett. 2 (1995), no. 1, 113-118.

[4] Arithmetic Bogomolov-Gieseker’s inequality. Amer. J. Math. 117 (1995), no. 5, 1325-1347.

[5] Relative Bogomolov’s inequality and the cone of positive divisors on the moduli space of stable curves. J. Amer. Math. Soc. 11 (1998), no. 3, 569-600.

[6] The continuity of Deligne’s pairing. Internat. Math. Res. Notices 1999, no. 19, 1057-1066.

[7] Arithmetic height functions over finitely generated fields. Invent. Math. 140 (2000), no. 1, 101-142.

[8] A generalization of conjectures of Bogomolov and Lang over finitely generated fields. Duke Math. J. 107 (2001), no. 1, 85-102.

[9] The Q-Picard group of the moduli space of curves in positive characteristic. Internat. J. Math. 12 (2001), no. 5, 519-534.

[10] Continuity of volumes on arithmetic varieties. J. of Algebraic geometry 18 (2009), 407-457.

[11] Big arithmetic divisors on the projective spaces over Z. Kyoto J. of Math., 51 (2011), 503-534.

[12] Zariski decompositions on arithmetic surfaces, Publ. RIMS Kyoto Univ., 48 (2012), 799-898. (DOI) 10.2977/PRIMS/89.

[13] Toward Dirichlet’s unit theorem on arithmetic varieties, Kyoto J. of Math., 53 (2013), 197-259. (DOI) 10.1215/21562261-1966116.

[14] Semiample invertible sheaves with semipositive continuous hermitian metrics, to appear in Algebra and Number Theory, (arXiv:1409.8533 [math.AG]).

● Books

[15] Arakelov geometry. Translations of Mathematical Monographs, vol 244, (2014), American Mathematical Society.

1.Kohshima, S. (1984): Novel cold-tolerant insect found in a Himalayan glacier. Nature, 310, 225-227.

2.Hiromi Kobayashi and Shiro Kohshima (1997): Unique Morphology of the Human Eye. Nature Vol. 387, No 6635, pp767-768.

3.Yoshimura, Y., Kohshima, S., Takeuchi, N., Y., Seko and Fujita, K. (2000):Himalayan ice core dating with snow algae. Journal of Glaciology, Vol.46, No.153, 335-340

4.Kobayashi, H. and Kohshima, S. (2001): Unique morphology of the human eye and its adaptive meaning: comparative studies on external morphology of the primate eye. Journal of Human Evolution 40, 419-435.

5.Matsubayasi, H., Bosi, E. & Kohshima, S. (2002): Activity and habitat use of lesser mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus). Journal of Mammalogy, Vol.84, No.1, pp.234-242.

6.Kuze, N., T.I.Malim, and Kohshima, S. (2005): Developmental change of the face-morphology in Borneo Orangutan, American Journal of Primatology, 65, 353-376.

7.Sekiguchi, Y., Arai, K., Kohshima, S. (2006): Sleep in continuously active dolphins. Nature, Vol. 441, E9-10.

8.Sakai, M., Hishii, T., Takeda, S. and Kohshima, S. (2006): Laterality of flipper rubbing behaviour in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus): Caused by asymmetry of eye use? Behavioural Brain Research ,170, 204-210.

9.Kobayashi S, Asai T , Fujimoto Y, Kohshima S. (2008) Anti-herbivore structures of Paulownia tomentosa: morphology, distribution, chemical constituents, and changes during shoot and leaf development. Annals of Botany 101 (7): 1035-1047.

10.Ikeda, T., Kohshima, S. (2009) Why is the neon tetra so bright? Coloration for mirror-image projection to confuse predators? “Mirror-image decoy” hypothesis. Environmental Biology of Fishes 86:3, 427-441.

11.Sasaki-Yamamoto Y, Akamatsu T, Ura T, Sugimatsu H, Kojima J, Bahl R, Behera S, Kohshima S (2013) Diel changes in the movement patterns of Ganges River dolphins monitored using stationed stereo acoustic data loggers. Marine Mammal Science 10/2013; 29(4).

12.Ueda S, Kumagai G, Otaki Y, Yamaguchi S, Kohshima S (2014) A Comparison of Facial Color Pattern and Gazing Behavior in Canid Species Suggests Gaze Communication in Gray Wolves (Canis lupus). PLoS ONE 06/2014; 9(6):e98217.

13.Yoshida Y, Morisaka T, Sakai M, Iwasaki M, Wakabayashi I, Seko A, Kasamatsu M, Akamatsu T, Kohshima S (2014) Sound variation and function in captive Commerson’s dolphins (Cephalorhyncus commersonii) Behavioural Processes 09/2014; DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.08.017

14.Uetake J, Tanaka S, Hara K, Tanabe Y, Samyn D, Motoyama H, Imura S, Kohshima S (2014) Novel biogenic aggregation of moss gemmae on a disappearing African glacier. PLoS ONE 11/2014; 9(11):e112510.

15.Murakami T, Segawa T, Bodington D, Dial R, Takeuchi N, Kohshima S, Hongoh Y (2015) Census of bacterial microbiota associated with the glacier ice worm Mesenchytraeus solifugus. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 01/2015; DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiv003

・The molecular logic for planarian regeneration along the anterior-posterior axis. Y. Umesono, J. Tasaki, Y. Nishimura, M. Hrouda, E. Kawaguchi, S. Yazawa, O. Nishimura, K. Hosoda, T. Inoue, and K. Agata Nature, 500, 73-76 (2013)

・Survey of the differences between regenerative and non-regenerative animals. K. Agata and T. Inoue Dev. Growth Differ., 54, 143-152 (2012)

・Planarian Hedgehog/Patched establishes anteroposterior polarity by regulating Wnt signaling. S. Yazawa, Y. Umesono, T. Hayashi, H. Tarui and K. Agata Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 106, 22329-22334 (2009)

・Brain regeneration from pluripotent stem cells in planarian. K. Agata and Y. Umesono Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci., 363, 2071-2078 (2008)

・Unifying principles of regeneration I: epimorphosis versus morphallaxis. K. Agata, Y. Saito and E. Nakajima Dev. Growth Differ., 49, 73-78. (2007)

・Two different evolutionary origins of stem cell systems and their molecular basis. K. Agata, E. Nakajima, N. Funayama, N. Shibata Y. Saito and Y. Umesono Semin Cell & Dev. Biol., 17, 503-509 (2006)

・FGFR-related gene nou-darake restricts brain tissues to the head region of planarians. F. Cebria, C. Kobayashi, M. Nakazawa, K. Mineta, K. Ikeo, T. Gojobori, M Ito, M. Taira, A. Sanchez Alvarado, and K. Agata Nature, 419, 620-624 (2002)

・Structure of the planarian central nervous system (CNS) revealed by neuronal cell markers. K. Agata, Y. Soejima, K. Kato, C. Kobayashi, Y. Umesono and K. Watanabe Zool. Sci., 15, 433-440 (1998)

1) Yumoto T, Terakawa M, Terada S, Boupoya A, Nzabi T (2015) Species composition of a middle altitude forest in Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon. Tropics 23: 205-213.

2) Yumoto T, Iwata Y, Morimoto Y (2013) Evaluating cultural value of Satoyama using the preference method. Global Environment Research 17(2): 105-117.

3) Tsujino R, Yumoto T (2013) Vascular plant species richness along environmental gradients in a cool temperate to sub-alpine mountainous zone in central Japan. Journal of Plant Research 126: 2-3-214.

4) Yumoto T (2012) Human-environment interaction and climate in the Japanese Archipelago. PAGES News 20 (2): 84-85.

5) Yumoto T (2012) Why is satoyama and satoumi a concern? In: Satoyama- Satoumi Ecosystems and Human Well-Being (Anantha KD, Nakamura K, Takeuchi K, Watanabe M, Nishi M Eds.) pp. 125-154.

6) Hosaka T, Yumoto T, Chen YY, Sun IF, Wright SJ, Md Noor NS (2011) Abundance of insect seed predators and intensity of seed predation on Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae) in two consecutive masting events in Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27: 651-655.

7) Kusaka S, Nakano T, Yumoto T, Nakatsukasa M (2011) Strontium isotope evidence of migration and diet in relation to ritual tooth ablation: a case study from Inariyama Jomon site, Japan. Journal of Archaeological Science 38: 166-174.

8) Yumoto T (2011) Historical perspectives on the relationships between humanity and nature in Japan. In: Landscape Ecology in Asian Culture (Hong SK, Wu J, Kim JE, Nakagoshi N Eds.) pp. 3-10. Springer.

9) Yumoto, T., Uesedo, Y. (2011) A future for tradition: cultural preservation and transmission on Taketomi Island, Okinawa, Japan. In: Island Futures (Baldacchino G, Niles D Eds.) pp. 139-152. Springer.

10) Kusaka S, Hyodo F, Yumoto T, Nakatsukasa M (2010) Carbon and nitrogen analysis on the diet of Jomon populations from two coastal regions of Japan. Journal of Archaeological Science 37: 1968-1977.

11) Kawase D, Hayashi K, Takeuchi Y, Yumoto T (2010) Population genetic structure of Lilium japonicum and serpentine plant Lilium japonicum var. abeanum by using developed microsatellite DNA polymorphism marker. Plant Biosystems 144: 29-37.

12) Tsujino R, Ishimaru E, Yumoto T (2010) Distribution patterns of five mammals in the Jomon period, middle Edo period, and the present, in the Japanese Archipelago. Mammal Study 35: 179-189.

13) Hosaka T, Yumoto T, Kojima H, Komai F, Md Noor NS (2009) Community structure of pre-dispersal seed predatory insects on eleven Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae) species. Journal of Tropical Ecology 25: 625-636

14) Terakawa M, Isagi Y, Matsui K, Yumoto T (2009) Microsatellite analysis of the maternal origin of Myrica rubra seeds in the feces of Japanese macaques. Ecological Research 25: 663-670.

15) Tsujino R, Yumoto T (2009) Topography-specific seed dispersal by Japanese macaques in a lowland forest on Yakushima Island, Japan. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 119-125.

Shoko Suzuki, Dr. Phil., is Professor at Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University in Japan. Dr. Suzuki is also a member of the Science Council of Japan, the Board of Education in Kyoto and the Board of Directors of the Japanese Society for the Philosophy of Education. She was the academic leader of a program in Kyoto University’s Global Center of Excellence, titled “Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds (2007-2012)”. Prior to that, Dr. Suzuki was involved in research activities at the University of Cologne, Germany from 1982 to 1989 and enjoyed a guest professorship at the Free University of Berlin, Germany from 2009 to 2010.

1) Suzuki, Shoko(2014): Ernährungspädagogik in Japan. In: Althans, B./ Schmidt, F./ Wulf, Chr.: Nahrung als Bildung. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf einen anthropologischen Zusammenhang, Beltz Juventa; Weinheim/Basel 2014, S.128-138.

2) Suzuki(2014): Takt, in: Chr.Wulf / J. Zirfas (Hrsg.): Handbuch Pädagogische Anthropologie, Wiesbaden S. 295-304.

3) Suzuki, S. / Wulf, Ch. (2013): Auf dem Weg des Lebens – West- östliche Meditation. Logos Verlag; Berlin.

4) Suzuki, S. (2013): Wisdom on the Pursuit of Happiness in Daily Life: Christmas Celebration in the German Family, Klien, S./ Wulf, Chr.(Hrsg.) Paragrana- Internationale Zeitschrift für Historische Anthropologie, Band 22, Heft1: Well-Being – Emotions, Rituals, and Performances in Japan, P.235-248.

5) Suzuki, Shoko (2012): ‚The Kyoto School and J.F.Herbart‘. In: P. Standish, /N. Saito, (ed.): Education and the Kyoto School of Philosophy. Pedagogy for Human Transformation, Heidelberg/New York/London, P.41-53.

6) Suzuki, S./ Wulf, Chr. u. anderen (2011):Glück der der Familie. Wiesbaden; VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften; Wiesbaden.

7) Suzuki, S. (2010):　Sein und Werden – Poiesis in Gesten, in: Wulf Chr./ Fischer-Lichte, E. (Hrsg.): Geste, Wilhelm Fink, S. 116-122.

8) Suzuki, S. (2010): Takt in Modern Education. Münster/New York; Waxmann

9) Suzuki, S. (2008): Die Zukunft verhandeln. Aus der Sicht der Wissenschafts-kommunikation in der Risikoforschung und Bioethik Japans, in: Paragrana-Internationale Zeitschrift für Historische Anthropologie. Bd.17: Das Menschliche Leben, S.187-194.

10) Suzuki, S . (2008): Takt als Medium, in: Paragrana- Internationale Zeitschrift für Historische Anthropologie, Bd.16, S. 145-167.

11) Suzuki, S./ Wulf, Chr. (ed.) (2007): Mimesis/ Poiesis/ Performativity. Münster/New York; Waxmann.

12) Suzuki, S., (2007): Über die ‘Musse’ aus japanischer Sicht, in: Paragrana- Internationale Zeitschrift für Historische Anthropologie(Akademie Verlag),Band 15, S.114-124,

13) Suzuki, S.(2007): Brush Calligraphy. Mimesis and Poiesis in Rinsho. Imai,Y. /Wulf, Chr.(eds.), “Concepts of Aesthetic Education. Japanese and European Perspektives”, Waxmann, pp.149-161.