12月24日，日本东北大学的Prof. Yoshiharu Iwabuchi前来实验室进行学术交流与访问，并为师生们作题为 "Discovery of AZADOs: The Highly Active Organocatalysts for Alcohol Oxidation "的学术报告。
报告人简介：
Professional 
　　2002-present, Professor, Tohoku University 
　　1997-2002, Associate Professor, Nagasaki University 
　　1995-1997, Researcher, Biomolecular Engineering Research Institute 
　　1992-1995, Researcher, Protein Engineering Research Institute 
　　1991-1992, Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute 
　　1989-1991, JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists
Education
　　1991 Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan 
　　1986 B.S., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan
Research Fields 
　　Natural product synthesis, development of synthetic methodology, medicinal chemistry.
Awards 
　　Eisai Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (2000), Japanese Society for Process Chemistry Award for Excellence (2006), Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (2009, Taiwan & Korea), The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Divisional Scientific Promotion (2012).