Prof. Itami has been selected as this year’s Job Lecturer at Memorial University at Newfoundland, Canada! He delivered three lectures entitled “Synthesis of carbon nanorings and carbon nanobelts” (July 12th, 2023), “Crafting super molecules: Creativity is just connecting things (public lecture)” (July 12th, 2023), “Catalyst-enabled molecular nanocarbon synthesis and nanocarbon biology” (July 13th, 2023). He is the first Japanese chemist receiving this recognition.