Prof. Dr. Shigeyoshi Inoue

Academic Career and Research Areas

Professor Shigeyoshi Inoue’s research interests focus on the synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of main-group compounds featuring unusual structures and distinctive electronic properties. His work aims to uncover new concepts and applications in bond activation, catalysis, and materials science, with a particular emphasis on earth-abundant elements such as silicon and aluminium. 

Professor Inoue studied chemistry at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, where he completed his doctoral studies under the supervision of Professor Akira Sekiguchi and obtained his PhD in 2008. Following postdoctoral research as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Matthias Drieß at Technische Universität Berlin, he established his independent research group there in 2010 through the Sofja Kovalevskaja Program. In 2015, he joined the TUM, where he currently holds the Chair of Silicon Chemistry.

Awards

• Frederic Stanley Kipping Award, The American Chemical Society (2026)
• Christel and Hebert W. Roesky Prize (2025), The German Chemical Society (2025)
• WACKER Silicone Award (2023)
• Eugen und Ilse Seibold Prize, DFG (2020)
• ERC Starting Grant (2014) & ERC Consolidator Grant (2020)