Yoshito Takahashi

Yoshito was born in Tokyo, Japan and was raised in Tokyo. He received a B.S. degree in 2015 from Keio University, and is currently working in his doctoral course at Keio University with Profs. Noritaka Chida and Takaaki Sato. His thesis work is developing an iridium catalyzed reductive nucleophilic addition to amides. This reaction showed high chemoselectivity and was also applied to the total synthesis of complex alkaloids. When Yoshito is not in the lab, he loves reading JoJo's Bizzare Adventure (Japanese manga). Outside the area of organic chemistry, he is interested in AI and machine learning.