An article on an interview with Professor Kenso Soai of the Department of Applied Chemistry in the Faculty of Science Division I was included in Chemical Science (dated March 31, 2008). In the interview, Professor Soai discusses the significance of asymmetric autocatalysis, the background leading up to its discovery, and his values as a chemist. Chemical Science is a monthly organ published by the Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing, and past interviews featured in the magazine include 14 scientists, 2 of whom were Nobel Prize winners. Professor Soai is the first Japanese scientist to be interviewed for this magazine.
Article of the interview published in Chemical Science
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2008/05/Kenso_Soai_interview.asp
Website for the Soai Research Group
http://www.rs.kagu.tus.ac.jp/soai/