Handbook of Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids

Naoki Sugimoto received Ph.D. degree in 1985 from Kyoto University, Japan. After postdoctoral work at University of Rochester, USA, he joined Konan University, Kobe, Japan in 1988 and is a full professor since 1994. From 2003, he also holds a director of Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER) at Konan University. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Nucleic Acids Research from 2007 and Scientific Reports from 2015 to the present, was the first President of the Japan Society of Nucleic Acids Chemistry (JSNAC) from 2017 to 2020 and is now the Fellow of JSNAC. He received the Dr. Masao Horiba’s Award in 2004, Distinguished Scientist Award from ICA (International Copper Association), USA in 2005, Hyogo Science Award from Hyogo prefecture, Japan in 2006, the Chemical Society Japan (CSJ) Award for Creative Work in 2007, JSCC Contribution Award, Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC) in 2014, The Iue Cultural Award in Scienceand Technology in 2015, The Imbach-Townsend Award, IS3NA in 2018, The 72th CSJ Award (Top Award in CSJ) in 2019, and so on. His research interests focus on biophysical chemistry, biomaterials, bionano-engineering, molecular design, biofunctional chemistry, biotechnology, and therapeutic application of nucleic acids.