Kumagai Laboratory, Keio University
Toi Kobayashi
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University
toy_kbys at keio.jp
Toi Kobayashi designs quinoline-based macrocycles and related heteroaromatic systems. His work asks how small changes in ring size, heteroatom placement, and molecular shape can open new chemistry.

Career
- 2019B.S., Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University
- 2024Ph.D., Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University
- 2024-2025Project Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University
- 2025-Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University
Research Interests
- Quinoline and quinazoline oligomers
- Macrocyclic molecular design
- Proton binding and molecular recognition
- Heteroatom-embedded aromatic systems
Selected Recognition
- Poster Award, 33rd Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry, 2023
- Excellent Oral Presentation Award, Symposium on Organic Chemistry, the Next Generation, 2023
- Excellent Oral Presentation Award, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, 2023