Message from the Dean
YAMAUCHI Shigeo
CONTENTS

01 Message from the Dean

		TAKEUCHI Takae

02 Mathematics

		URA Yasuyuki

Greetings, everyone. This is Yamauchi, the dean ofessence and to mobilize all the knowledge that one

		JANG Yeonhee

		YADA Shiho

the Faculty of Science. I specialize in astrophysics.

possesses to think logically about why it occurs.

		KATAGIRI Minyo		YOSHIMURA Tomokazu

		KOBAYASHI Tsuyoshi

24 Biological Sciences

I use X-rays to observe space -- the same rays as

Such an exploration leads to an exciting world

		MATSUZAWA Junichi

		IDA Takashi

those used in radiography .

filled with moments that moves one to exclaim "I		MORITOH Shinya

		IWAGUCHI Shin-ichi

		MURAI Hiroko

		KAGIWADA Satoshi

		OKAZAKI Takeo

understand!" when answers are found and the
The Faculty of Science undertakes education

exhilarating moments of discovering new facts.

		KATANO Izumi		

and research in the natural sciences. There are

In your studies at the Faculty of Science, Nara		SHINODA Masato

		KAWANO-YAMASHITA Emi

many things around us, and various phenomena

Women's University, I hope that you will acquire the		TAKEMURA Tomoko

		NISHII Ichiro

occur. What is the mechanism and structure of thebasic knowledge necessary for inquiry activities,				SAEKI Kazuhikovarious things that exist in nature? And how do thethe ability to think logically, and the ability to solve

various phenomena in nature occur? There must

problems and experience the joy of natural science.

UMEGAKI - ICHIHARA Yumiko

		YAMASHITA Yasushi

		SAKAGUCHI Shuichi

		YANAGISAWA Taku

		SAKAI Atsushi

08 Physics

		SATO Hiroaki

		HACHIYA Takashi

		SATO-NARA Kumi

aims to understand the mechanism and structure

As one of the only two national women's universities

		HIRENZAKI Satoru

		SUGIURA Mayumiof nature and elucidate the laws of the naturalin Japan, Nara Women's University has produced

		ISHII Kunikazu

		WATANABE Toshio

world. The scope of this exploration includes notseveral female human resources in society,

		KITSUNEZAKI So

		YOSHIKAWA Hisao

only what occurs at the level of our daily lives, but

contributing to the realization of a society in which

		MATSUOKA Yuki

		YUSA Yoichi

		MIYABAYASHI Kenkichi

32 Environmental Sciences

also topics ranging from the microscopic world,

men and women can respect one another and fully		NAGAHIRO Hideko

		HAYASHIDA Sachikosuch as that of elementary particles, to the macro

express their individuality and abilities. However,		OHKI Hiroshi

		KUJI Makoto

scale of the outermost edge of the universe. We

unfortunately, the proportion of women in the

		OTA Naomi

		MURAMATSU Kanako

explore them from various perspectives, including

science and technology sector in Japan is still low.

		SHIMOMURA Maya		NOGUCHI Katsuyuki

mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, andTherefore, we are making various efforts to support

		TAKAHASHI Tomohiko

		SETO Mayumi

environmental sciences. The new knowledge

female researchers to improve the educational

		TSUCHIIZU Masahisa

		TAKAHASHI Satoshi

provided by the exploration of natural sciences is

research environment. Under such circumstances,

		YAMAMOTO Kazuki

		TAKASU Fugo

not limited to satisfying our intellectual curiosity, but

the Faculty of Science is engaged in education

it also enriches our lives through application to new

and research with the mission of sending out tosciences and technologies.

society such human beings as those that can

		YAMAUCHI Shigeo
		YOSHIOKA Hideo
17 Chemistry

be some reason behind them. Natural science

work as leaders in solving the challenges of the		FUJII Hiroshi
		HONDA Yuki

Exploring the natural sciences is driven by anext generation through their acquired skills and		HORII Yoji

sense of wonderment that fills one with the "why"knowledge in the natural sciences.

		KAJIWARA Takashi

and "how" questions and a curiosity and desire

		KATAOKA Yasutaka

to know the answers to those questions. We will

Here in Nara, with its abundant nature, rich history,

then examine the phenomena in detail throughand an environment filled with calmness, as wellexperiments and observations, discover the laws,

as in a women-friendly educational and research

		OHTA Yasuhito

and construct theories to explain them. Here, it

environment, let us engage in the exploration of the		TAKASHIMA Hiroshi

is necessary to look closely at a phenomenon

natural sciences together.

		KINUGAWA Kenichi
		MATSUMOTO Arimasa
		NAKAJIMA Takayuki

occurring until one sees through its nature and01

Three-manifold topology, knot theory

Three-manifold topology; Geometry of knots and links

JANG Yeonhee / Associate Professor

KOBAYASHI Tsuyoshi / Professor

yeonheejang@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

tsuyoshi@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 2011 Division of Mathematics, Graduate School of Sciences, Hiroshima University

EDUCATION: 1986 Graduate School of Science, Osaka University

2008 Division of Mathematics,Graduate School of Sciences, Osaka University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1981 Faculty of Science, Osaka University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Hiroshima University

Ph.D. Osaka University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

3. A knot with destabilized bridge spheres of arbitrarily

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

3. Hyperbolic volume and Heegaard distance

3-manifold, knots and links

high bridge number

Low dimensional topology, 3-manifold, knot

Kobayashi T, Rieck Y.

Jang Y, Kobayashi T, Ozawa M, Takao K.

Comm. Anal. Geom., 22(2): 247-268 (2014)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

J. London Math. Soc., 93(2): 379-396 (2016)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Double branched covers of tunnel number one knots

DOI: 10.1112/jlms/jdw004

1. A knot with destabilized bridge spheres of arbitrarily

Jang Y, Paoluzzi L.

4. Heegaard splittings of distance exactly nhigh bridge number

4. Heegaard splittings of distance exactly n

Geom. Dedicata 211: 129-143 (2021)

Ido A, Jang Y, Kobayashi T.

Jang Y, Kobayashi T, Ozawa M, Takao K.

Ido A, Jang Y, Kobayashi T.

DOI: 10.1007/s10711-020-00543-5

Algebr. Geom. Topol., 14(3): 1395-1411 (2014)

J. London Math. Soc., 93(2): 379-396 (2016)

Algebr. Geom. Topol., 14(3): 1395-1411 (2014)

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2014.14.1395

DOI: 10.1112/jlms/jdw004

DOI:10.2140/agt.2014.14.1395

2. Meridional rank and bridge number for a class of links

5. Distance of bridge surfaces for links with essential

Boileau M, Jang Y, Weidmann R.

meridional spheres

2. Strong cylindricality and the monodromy of bundles

Pacific J. Math. 292(1): 61-80 (2018)

Jang Y.

Ichihara K, Kobayashi T, Rieck Y.

DOI: 10.2140/pjm.2018.292.61

Pacific J. Math., 267(1): 121-130 (2014)

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 143: 3169-3176 (2015)

DOI: 10.2140/pfm.2014.267.121

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-2015-12473-2

DOI: 10.4310/CAG.2014.v22.n2.a3

Geometry and Topology

Group Theory, Representation theory

KATAGIRI Minyo / Associate Professor

MATSUZAWA Junichi / Professor

katagiri@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

matsuzawa@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 1994 Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Keio University

EDUCATION: 1989 Division of Mathematics, Graduate School, The University of Tokyo

1990 Faculty of Science and Engineering, Keio University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Science Keio University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Preceedings of the Japan, 78A(4): 40 (2002)

1. Study on categorifications for graph polynomials
2. Study on topology of graphs and curves on surfaces

1983 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. The University of Tokyo

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

3. Hyperbolic Tiling on the Gyroid Surface in a PolymericGroup Theory

Alloy
Dotera T, Matsuzawa J.

3.On conformally flat critical Riemannian metrics for acurvature functional

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Katagiri M.

1. Metallic-mean quasicrystals as aperiodic

1. On the existence of Yang-Mills connections by

Proceedings of the Japan Academy, 81A: 27-29 (2005)

approximants of periodic crystals

4. Representations of the normalizers of maximal tori of

Nakakura J, Ziherl P, Matsuzawa J, Dotera T.

simple Lie groups

cauforwal changes in higher dimensions

RIMS Kokyuroku, 1725: 80-91 (2011)

Katagiri M.

4. Upper bounds for the Roman bondage number of

Nature Communications, volume 10, Article number:

Matsuzawa J, Takahashi M.

Journal of Mathematical Society of Japan, 46(1): 139

graphs on closed surfaces

4235 (2019)

Tukuba Journal of Mathematics, 33(2): 189-237 (2009)(1994)

Katagiri M.
Annual Report of Graduate School of Humanities and2. Hard spheres on the gyroid surface

5. Symmetry and Group Theory

Sciences Nara Women's University, 32 (2016)

Dotera T, Kimoto M, Matsuzawa J.

Matsuzawa J.

functional on 3 manifolds

Interface Focus, 2(5): 575-581 (2012)

Kobunshi (High Polymers, Japan) , 57(February): 66-70

Katagiri M.

DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0092(2008)

2. Oncritical Riemannian metrics for a curvature

02

Mathematics

Mathematics

03

Fourier analysis, wavelet analysis, and function spaces

Number theory and varieties

MORITOH Shinya / Professor

OKAZAKI Takeo / Associate Professor

moritoh (at) cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

okazaki@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 1993 Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
1991 Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. The University of TokyoEDUCATION: 2004 Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Osaka University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

3. Embeddings of Bessel-potential spaces, and Lorentz-

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Applications of Fourier and wavelet transforms to

Karamata spaces (in Japanese)

Automorphic Representation and Number Theory

function spaces

Moritoh S.

3. L-functions of
Okazaki T.

Proceedings of Symposium on Real Analysis 2011

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:(Shinshu),

1. On some Siegel threefold related to the tangent cone

1. Detection of singularities in wavelet and ridgelet

43: 32-36 (2012)of the Fermat quartic surface.

4. Saito-Kurokawa type lift toanalysesJ. Number Theory, 132: 54-78 (2012)

Yamauchi T, Okazaki T.

Yamauchi T, Okazaki T.

Moritoh S.

4. A Further Decay Estimate for the Dziubanski-

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Math. Ann., 208: 589-601 (2008)

RIMS Kokyuroku Bessatsu B57: 1-13 (2016)

Hernandez Wavelets

21(3) (2017)

Moritoh S. Tomoeda K.
2. Comparison of integral and discrete Ostrowski's

Canad. Math. Bull. 53: 133-139 (2010)

5. On L-functions of
2. Endoscopic lifts to the Siegel modular threefold

Okazaki T.

inequalities in the plane

related to Klein's cubic threefold

J. Number theory, 125: 117-132 (2007)

Moritoh S. Tanaka Y.

Yamauchi T, Okazaki T.

Math. Inequal. Appl. 18(1): 125-132 (2015)

Amer. J. Math., 135(1): 183-206 (2013)

Knot theory, 3-Manifold topology, foliations, and Origami

Probabilistic models of statistical mechanics

MURAI Hiroko / Associate Professor

SHINODA Masato / Professor

murai@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

shinoda@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 2007 Graduate School, Doctral Research Course in Human Culture, Nara Women's University

EDUCATION: 1994 Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo

2002 Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1992 Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo

Ph.D. Nara Women’s University

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. The University of Tokyo

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Gap of the depths of leaves of foliations

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Probability Theory and Related Fields,125: 447-456

1. Knots and links in 3-manifolds

Murai H.

Critical behaviors of percolation models, phase transition(2003)

2. Foliations on knot exterior

Proceedings of Intelligence of Low Dimensional

3. Categorification of knot invariants and graph

Topology 2006, Series on Knots and Everything, World

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Sierpinski carpet lattices

polynomials

Scientific, 40: 223-230 (2007)

1. Uniform spanning trees on Sierpinski graphs

Shinoda M.

Shinoda M, Teufl E, Wagner S.

Journal of Applied Probability, 39(1): 1-10 (2002)

3. Depths of the foliations on 3-manifolds each of which

Latin American Journal of Probability and Mathematical

5. Flexible reward plans for crowdsourced tasks

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

admits exactly one depth 0 leaf

Statistics, 11(2): 737-780 (2014)

Sakurai Y, Oyama S, Yokoo M, Shinoda M.

1. Gap of codimension one foliations

Murai H.

2. Optimal strategy for 3×N AB games

PRIMA 2015: Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent

Murai H.

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications, World

Shinoda M.

Systems, the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science,

Kobe Journal of Mathematics, 29: 1-24 (2012)

Scientific, 16(5): 641-669 (2007)

IPSJ Journal, 53(6): 1-6 (2012)

9387: 400-415 (2015)

4. Geometry of Origami

4. Existence of phase transition of percolation on

3. Non-existence of phase transition of oriented
percolation on Sierpinski carpet lattices
Shinoda M.
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Mathematics

Mathematics

05

Probability and stochastic analysis

Study on hyperbolic structures of low-dimensional manifolds

TAKEMURA Tomoko / Associate Professor

YAMASHITA Yasushi / Professor

Sm18031@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

yamasita@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 2010 Graduate School, Doctoral Research Course in Human Culture,

EDUCATION: 1991 Graduate School of science and engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Nara Women's University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Nara Women’s University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Tomisaki M, Takemura T.

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Probability: stochastic process, limit theorem, skew

Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci., 91(1): 9-13 (2015)

Hyperbolic geometry

Ph.D. Tokyo Institute of Technology

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2013.13.927
3. Creating software for visualizing Kleinian groups

product diffusion, harmonic transform
3. Convergence of time changed skew product diffusion

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Yamashita Y.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

processes.

1. Non-hyperbolic automatic groups and groups acting

Lecture Note Ser., IMS, NUS 23: 159-190 (2012)

1. Exponent of inverse local time for harmonic

Takemura T.

on CAT(0) cube complexes

DOI: 10.1142/9789814401364_0005

transformed process

Potential Anal., 38(1): 31-55 (2013)

Nakagawa Y, Tamura M, Yamashita Y.

Tomisaki M, Takemura T.

International journal of algebra and computation

4. Linear slices of the quasi-Fuchsian space ofAnn. Report of Graduate School of Humanities

4. Lévy measure density corresponding to inverse local

Academic Journal Joint 24(6): 795-813 (2014/09)

punctured tori

and Sciences Nara Women's University Bulletin oftime

DOI: 10.1142/S0218196714500349

Komori Y, Yamashita Y.

Universities and Institutes Joint, 31: 127-138 (2016/03)

Tomisaki M, Takemura T.
Publ. Res. Inst. Math. Sci., 49(3): 563-599 (2013)

Conformal geometry and dynamics 16: 89-102 (2012)
2. The link volume of 3-manifolds

DOI: 10.1090/S1088-4173-2012-00237-8

2. Asymptotic behavior of Lévy measure density

Rieck Y, Yamashita Y.

corresponding to inverse local time.

Algebraic and geometric topology 13: 927–958 (2013)

Analytic number theory

Nonlinear PDE and Fluid Mechanics

UMEGAKI - ICHIHARA Yumiko / Professor

YANAGISAWA Taku / Professor

ichihara@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

taku@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION: 1985 Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University

EDUCATION: 2002 Nagoya University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1983 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Nagoya University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:
Number Theory, Automorphic L-function
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

3. The first moment of L-functions of primitive forms on
and a basis of old forms.

Ph.D. Hokkaido University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 207(3):1. Hodge decomposition of vector fields and its

879-905 (2013)

DOI: 10.1007/s00205-012-0583-7

rIchihara Y.

application to fluid dynamics

2. L Helmholtz Decomposition and Its Application to the

Journal of Number Theory, 131(2): 343-362 (2011)

2. Free boundary problems in plasma dynamics

Navier-Stokes Equations

3. Initial boundary value problems for symmetricKozono H, Yanagisawa T.

1. On the density function for the value-distribution of
automorphic L-functions

4. Estimates of a certain sum involving coefficients ofhyperbolic systems

Lectures on Analysis of Nonlinear Partial Differential

Matsumoto K., Umegaki Y.

cusp forms in weight and level aspects

4. Singularities of the solutions to compressible andEquations: Part 3, Morningside Lectures in Mathematics,

Journal of Number Theory, 198: 176--199 (2019)

Ichihara Y.

incompressible Euler equations

International Press, 3: 237-290 (2013)

Lithuanian Math. J., 48(2): 188-202 (2008)

5. Stability of boundary layers

3. Leray’s inequality in general multi-connected domains
in Rn

2. On the value-distribution of the difference between
logarithms of two symmetric power L-functions

5. On the Siegel-Tatuzawa theorem for a class of

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Farwig R, Kozono H, Yanagisawa T.

Matsumoto K., Umegaki Y.

L-functions

1. Global compensated compactness theorem forMath. Ann., 354: 137-145 (2012)

International Journal of Number Theory, 14(07): 2045-

Ichihara Y., Matsumoto K.

general differential operators of first order

DOI: 10.1007/s00208-011-0716-6

2081 (2018)

Kyushu J. Math., 62: 201-215 (2008)

Kozono H, Yanagisawa T.

06

Mathematics

Mathematics

07

Experimental study of new state matter of deconfined quarks andgluons (QGP).

Experimental study for atomic collisions of singly and multiply charged
ions over wide energy ranges from eV to MeV

HACHIYA Takashi / Assistant Professor / hachiya@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

ISHII Kunikazu / Associate Professor
ishii@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 2008 Department of Physical Science, Graduate school of Science, Hiroshima University

EDUCATION: 2002 Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University

1999 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D Hiroshima University

Ph.D. Tokyo Metropolitan University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

C. Aidala et al. (PHENIX Collaboration) Nature Physics

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Hirano Y, Umigishi M, Ishii K, Ogawa H.

1. Properties of QGP using bottom and charm quark(2018)

1. Collision dynamics by low energy highly charged ion

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research

2. Basic and applied studies of MeV energy ions

Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

production in high energy heavy ion collisions.
2. Research and Development of the silicon detector for

3. Heavy Quark Production in p+p and Energy Loss andprecise tracking.

Flow of Heavy Quarks in Au+Au Collisions at

3. Development of an in-air RBS technique using awith a large bore metal capillary

metal capillary

Umigishi M, Hirano Y, Ishii K, Ogawa H.

Ishii K, Fujita N, Ogawa H.

4. Centrality dependence of charm production from

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research

single electrons measurement

Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

B, 354: 64 (2014)

B, 269: 1026 (2011)

Phys. Rev. C84 044905 (2011)

1. Single electron yields from semileptonic charm andbottom hadron decays in Au+Au collisions at=200 GeV. A. Adare et al. (PHENIX Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. C, 93(3) 034904 (2016)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Energy distribution of an ion beam extracted into air=200 GeV. A. Adare et al. (PHENIX collaboration),
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

B, 354: 67 (2014)

in Au + Au collisions at= 200 GeV. S.S. Adler etal.(PHENIX collaboration)
2.Creation of quark-gluon plasma droplets with three

Phys. Rev. Lett.94 082301 (2005)

2. Measurements of an ion beam diameter extracted into
air through a large-bore metal capillary

distinct geometries.

HIRENZAKI Satoru / Professor

Study of deformation and fracture of soft materials and patternformation

zaki@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

KITSUNEZAKI So / Professor

Theoretical study of nucleus

kitsune@ki-rin.phys.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 1991 Division of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University

EDUCATION: 1997 Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

1986 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Science University of Tokyo
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1992 Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Ph.D. Kyoto University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics 2019:

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Tarafdar S.

1. Structure and Formation of Meson–Nucleus bound053D02 (2019)

1. Pattern Formation of Microorganisms

Wiely, ISBN: 978-3-527-41213-6 (2015)

2. Dynamics of Granular Matterials

systems
2. Nuclear reactions at Intermediate and High energy

3. (d, 3He) reactions for the formation of deeply boundregions

pionic atoms

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

3. Deformation and Fracture of Soft Materials

3. Cracking Condition of Cohesionless Porous Materials
in Drying Processes

Hirenzaki S, Toki H, Yamazaki T.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Kitsunezaki S.

Phys. Rev. C, 44: 2472-2479 (1991)

1. Shaking-induced stress anisotropy in the memory

Physical Review E, 87: 052805 (2013)

effect of paste

1. Deeply bound pionic states in heavy nuclei
Yamazaki T, Hirenzaki S, Hayano R S, Toki H.

4. Structure and Formation of Deeply Bound Pionic

Kitsunezaki S, Nakahara A, Matsuo Y.

4. Bioconvection and front formation of Paramecium

Phys. Report, 514: 1 (2012)

Atoms

Europhys. Lett., 114: 64002 (2016)

tetraurelia
Kitsunezaki S, Komori R, Harumoto T.

Toki H, Hirenzaki S, Yamazaki T, Hayano R S.
2. Structure of η′ mesonic nuclei in a relativistic mean

Nucl. Phys. A, 501: 653-671 (1989)

2. Desiccation Cracks and their Patterns: Formation andfield theory

Modelling in Science and Nature.

Jido D, Masutani H, Hirenzaki S.

Goehring L, Nakahara A, Dutta T, Kitsunezaki S,

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Physics

Physical Review E, 76: 046301 (2007)

Physics

09Experimental study of magnetism and metal physics

Theoretical study for the structures and properties of hadrons

MATSUOKA Yuki / Associate Professor

NAGAHIRO Hideko / Associate Professor

matsuoka@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

nagahiro@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 1998 Division of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

EDUCATION: 2001 Graduate School, Doctral Research Course in Human Culture, Nara Women's University

ACADEMIC DEGREES:ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Tohoku University

Ph.D. Nara Women's University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

eta-PRiME/Super-FRS Collaboration (Tanaka Y K. et al.)1. The phase stability of noble metal martensitic alloy

1. Composition dependence of the phase stability in Au-

1. Natures of hadrons (structure, mass generation,(American Physical Society) Phys. Rev. Lett., 117:

2. Research of the effect of mugineic acid on Soil, ESR/

Cd-Ag martensitic alloy

decay properties)

202501. (2016)

EPR, Fe mineral

Matsuoka Y, Fujita M, Nagahara A.

2. eta, eta’(958) mesic nuclei and chiral symmetry

3. ESR measurement of pottery and potter's clay, ESR,

Materials Today Proceeding, 2S: S573-S576 (2015)3+

3. Elementarity of composite systems
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Nagahiro H, Hosaka A.

2. Size effect for phase stability on Au–Cd–Ag of phase

1. Structure of charmed baryons studied by pionic(American Physical Society) Phys. Rev. C, 90: 065201

boundary composition

decays

(2014)

Matsuoka Y, Suzuki K, Kudo N.

Nagahiro H, Yasui S, Hosaka A, Oka M, Noumi H.

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 577S: S521 - S524

(American Physical Society) Phys. Rev. D, 95: 014023

4. Composite and elementary nature of a resonance in(2012)(2017)

the sigma model,

Bizen-pottery, clay, color, Fe3+

Nagahiro H, Hosaka A.
2. Measurement of excitation spectra in the 12C(p,d)(as Editors’ Suggestion)Phys. Rev. C, 88: 055203 (2013)

reaction near eta’ emission threshold

Elementary particle physics experiments, especially CP violation,
heavy-flavored hadron spectroscopy, and particle detector development

Theoretical study of particle phenomenology and dynamics of quantum
gauge theories

MIYABAYASHI Kenkichi / Professor

OHKI Hiroshi / Assistant Professor

miyabaya@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

hohki@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 1994 Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University

EDUCATION: 2010 Division of Physics and Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

1990 Faculty of Science, Nagoya University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Nagoya University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:
1. Study of CP violation in B meson decays at high

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Collaboration),

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Phys. Rev. D 103, 032003 (2021)

1. Study of Particle Phenomenology+ -luminosity asymmetric-energy e e collider
2. Heavy-flavored hadron spectroscopy at B-factory
experiment

2. Evidence of a new narrow resonance decaying to inin

Ph.D. Kyoto University

Springer, 978-3-642-30804-8 (2012)

2. Lattice gauge Theory

2. Light composite scalar in twelve-flavor QCD on the

3. Numerical Simulation of Lattice Quantum Chromo

latticeDynamics

Aoki Y, Aoyama T, Kurachi M, Maskawa T, Nagai K,

3. Research and development of inorganic scintillator

B h a r d w a j V, M i y a b a y a s h i K . e t a l . ( T h e B e l l e

4. String Phenomenology

Ohki H, Rinaldi E, Shibata A,Yamawaki K, Yamazaki T.  

based electromagnetic calorimeter

Collaboration),

5. Non-perturbative dynamics of the quantum gauge

Phys. Rev. Lett., 111(162001): 1-5 (2013)

Phys. Rev. Lett., 111: 032001 (2013)

theory+ -4. Beam background monitoring for high luminosity e ecollider3. Nucleon strange quark content from Nf = 2 + 1 lattice
3. Precise measurement of the CP violation parameter

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Measurement of time-dependent CP violation
parameters indecays at Belle

Kang K H, Miyabayashi K. et al. (The Belle
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Physics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:QCD with exact chiral symmetry

1. An introduction to non-Abelian discrete symmetries

Ohki H, Takeda T, Aoki S, Hashimoro S, Kaneko T,

Adachi I, Miyabayashi K. et al. (The Belle Collaboration),for particle physicists

Matsufuru H, Noaki J, Onogi T.

Phys. Rev. Lett., 108: 171801 (2012)

Ishimori H, Kobayashi T, Ohki H, Okada H, Shimizu Y,

Phys. Rev. D, 87(034509): 1-13 (2013)

indecaysTanimoto M.
Physics

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Observational study of structure formation in the universe;
Observational cosmology

String, string field, quantum field, and unified theories

OTA Naomi / Associate Professor

tomo@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

TAKAHASHI Tomohiko / Professor

naomi@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION: 1997 Division of Physics and Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

EDUCATION: 2001 Division of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
1996 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
ACADEMIC DEGREES:ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. The University of Tokyo

Ph.D. Kyoto University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

with high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

3. Comments on observables for identity-based marginal

1. Observational study of galaxy clusters and large-scale

Ota N, Nagai D, Lau E T.

String particle physics field theory

solutions in Berkovits' superstring field theory

structures in the Universe

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 70 id.

2. Observational cosmology

51 (2018)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

J. High Energy Phys., 2014:31 (2014)

3. Feasibility study of astrophysical observations using

3. Search for gas bulk motions in eight nearby clusters

1. Open String Feilds as Matrices

DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2014)031

future X-ray satellites

of galaxies with Suzaku

Kishimoto I, Masuda T, Takahashi T, Takemoto S.

Ota N, Yoshida H.

Prog Theor Exp Phys, 2015(3): 033B05 (2015)

4. Gauge invariant overlaps for identity-based marginal

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan,

DOI: 10.1093/ptep/ptv023

solutions

1. X-ray properties of high-richness CAMIRA clusters in

68(SP1) id. S19 (2016)

the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program field

4. X-ray spectroscopy of clusters of galaxies

2. Observables for identity-based tachyon vacuum

Prog Theor Exp Phys, 2013(9): 093B07 (2013)

Ota N, Mitsuishi I, Babazaki Y. et al.

Ota N.

solutions

DOI: 10.1093/ptep/ptt073

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 72 id.

Research in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 12(8): 973-994

Kishimoto I, Masuda T, Takahashi T.

1 (2020)(2012)

Prog Theor Exp Phys, 2014(10): 103B02 (2014)

Kishimoto I, Takahashi T.

Kishimoto I, Takahashi T.

DOI: 10.1093/ptep/ptu136

2. Constraining hydrostatic mass bias of galaxy clusters

Experimental study of quark gluon plasma (QGP) created by highenergy heavy ion collisions

Theoretical study of correlation effects in condensed-matter systems

SHIMOMURA Maya / Assistant Professor / maya@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

tsuchiiz@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

TSUCHIIZU Masahisa / Associate Professor

EDUCATION: 2004,2009 Physics, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba
EDUCATION: 2001 Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University

2002 Physics, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University
2001 Physics and Astronomy, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1996 Faculty of Science, Nagoya University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. University of Tsukuba

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Multi-Orbital Molecular Compound (TTM-TTP)I 3:

1. Strong correlations in two-dimensional electron

Effective Model and Fragment Decomposition

GeV

systems

Tsuchiizu M, et al.

A. Adare et al. (PHENIX Collaboration)

2. Electronic correlations in molecular conductors

J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 80: 013703 (2011)

Phys. Rev. C, 93(3): 034904 (2016)

3. Charge ordering in one-dimensional electron systems

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Single electron yields from semileptonic charm and

The boundary condition of the produced QGP matter by

bottom hadron decays in Au+Au collisions at

measuring azimuthal anisotropy in relativistic heavy ion
collisions at RHIC-(s)PHENIX and LHC-ALICESELECTED PUBLICATIONS:=200=200GeV

3. Interchain-Frustration-Induced Metallic State in Quasi-

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034904
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:One-Dimensional Mott Insulators

3. Systematic Study of Azimuthal Anisotropy in Cu+Cu

1. Orbital Nematic Instability in the Two-Orbital Hubbard

Tsuchiizu M, Suzumura Y, Bourbonnais C.

and Au+Au Collisions at

model: Renormalization-Group + Constrained RPA

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99: 126404 (2007)

1. Measurement of the higher-order anisotropic flow
coefficients for identified hadrons in Au + Au collisions at

Ph.D. Nagoya University=62.4 and 200GeV

A. Adare et al. (PHENIX Collaboration)

A. Adare et al. (PHENIX Collaboration)

Analysis

Phys. Rev. C, 93(5): 051902 (2016)

Phys.Rev.C, 92(3): 034913 (2015)

Tsuchiizu M, et al.

4.Phase Diagram of One-Dimensional Extended

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.93.051902

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.92.034914

Phys. Rev. Lett. 111: 057003 (2013)

Hubbard Model at Half Filling
Tsuchiizu M, Furusaki A.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88: 056402 (2002)

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Physics

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Experimental study of crystal structures and physical properties ofquasicrystals and intercalated layered materials

Theoretical study of highly correlated low-dimensional electron
systems

YAMAMOTO Kazuki / Professor

YOSHIOKA Hideo / Professor

kazuki.yamamoto@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

h-yoshi@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 1994 Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tsukuba

EDUCATION: 1993 Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

1991 Graduate School of Science, Niigata University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1988 Faculty of Science, Nagoya University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. University of Tsukuba

Ph.D. The University of Tokyo

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

strains in a Co-rich Al-Ni-Co decagonal phase

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Phase competition, solitons, and domain walls in

1. X-ray Study of Electron Density Distributions inYamamoto K, Yang W, Nishimura Y, Matsuo Y.

1. Theoretical Study on Quasi-One-Dimensional Organic

neutral–ionic transition systems

Crystals.

Materials Transactions, 45(4): 1225-1260 (2004)

Conductors

Tsuchiizu M, Yoshioka H, Seo H.

2. Electronic Correlation in Carbon Nanotubes

J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., 85: 104705(10 Pages) (2016)
DOI: 10.7566/JPSJ.85.104705

2. X-ray Study of Structure for Quasicrystals.
3. X-ray Study of Structure for Intercalated Layered

3. Structure of an Al–Cu–Co Decagonal Quasicrystal

3. Theoretical Study on Strongly Correlated One-

Materials.

Studied by Cs-Corrected STEM

Dimensional Electron System
3. Enhancement of charge ordering by zeeman effect in

Yubuta K, Yamamoto K, Yasuhara A, Hiraga K.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Material Transaction, 55(6): 866-870 (2014)

1. X-ray study of the electron density distributiion for

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

one-dimensional molecular conductors

1. Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid theory for metallic fullurene

Yoshioka H, Seo H, Otsuka Y.

Al6Mn, Yamamoto K, Matsuo Y.

4. The structure of an Al–Rh–Cu decagonal quasicrystal

polymers

Journal of the Korean Physical Society, 63(3): 383-386

Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 12(11): 2359-

studied by spherical aberration (Cs)-corrected scanning

Yoshioka H, Shima H, NodaY, Ono S, Ohno K.

(2013)

2365 (2000)

transmission electron microscopy

Physical Review B, 93: 165431 (2016)

DOI: 10.3938/jkps.63.383

Yubuta K, Yamamoto K, Yasuhara A, Hiraga K.

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.165431

2. Synchrotron X-ray studies of phason and phonon

Philosophical Magazine, 95: 1524–1535 (2015)

Observational study of high-energy phenomena with X-ray satellites
YAMAUCHI Shigeo / Professor
yamauchi@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION: 1991 Division of Astrophysics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
1987 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Nagoya University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Koyama K.

1. Origin of the Galactic Diffuse X-ray Emission

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 68(4):2. Evolution of Supernova Remnants

59 (2016)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

3.The quiet intracluster medium in the core of the

1. Origin of the Galactic Diffuse X-Ray Emission: Iron

Perseus cluster

K-shell Line Diagnostics

The Hitomi collaboration

Nobukawa M, Uchiyama H, Nobukawa K K, Yamauchi S,

Nature, 535: 117-121 (2016)

Koyama K.
The Astrophysical Journal, 833(2): 268 (2016)

4. Iron emission line from the spiral galaxy M101
Yamauchi S.

2. Scale heights and equivalent widths of the iron K-shell

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan,lines in the Galactic diffuse X-ray emission

68(SP1): S18 (2016)

Yamauchi S, Nobukawa K K, Nobukawa M, Uchiyama H,
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Physics

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Elucidation of molecular mechanism between structure and function of
metalloproteins and metalloenzymes

Mathematics

FUJII Hiroshi / Professor
fujii@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION: 1990 Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Kyoto University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Nishikawa K, Honda Y, Fujii H.

Reactivity and selectivity of metalloenzymes relating to

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142, 4980-4984 (2020)

biological oxidation reactions

3. Critical Factors in Determining the Heterolytic versus
Homolytic Bond Cleavage of Terminal Oxidants by

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Iron(III) Porphyrin Complex

1. Rate Limiting Step of Epoxidation Reaction of

Yokota S, Fujii H.

Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin π-Cation Radical Complex:

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 5127-5137 (2018)

Electron Transfer Coupled Bond Formation Mechanism

4. Participation of Electron-Transfer Process in Rate-

Ishimizu Y, Ma Z, Hada M, Fujii H.

Limiting Step of Aromatic Hydroxylation Reactions by

Inorg. Chem., 60, 17687-17698 (2021)

Compound I Models of Heme Enzymes

2. Spectroscopic Evidence for Acid-Catalyzed

Asaka M, Fujii H.

Disproportionation Reaction of Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 8048-8051 (2016)

to Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin π-Cation Radical and Iron(III)Porphyrin

Development of light-driven biocatalytic process

Chemistry

HONDA Yuki / Associate Professor
honda@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION: 2012 Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Octapalladium strings trap C60 and C70 fullerenes
affording metal-chain-wired bucky balls.

Microstructural characterization of foam formedby an amino acid surfactant using small-angle
neutron scattering.

Enhancing single-molecule magnet propertiesof sandwich complexes via ligand oxidation.

Dr.Eng. Waseda University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Inorganic/whole-cell Biohybrid Photocatalyst for1. Inorganic/bio hybrid photocatalytic system forHighly Efficient Hydrogen Production from Waterhydrogen production

Honda Y, Watanabe M, Hagiwara H, Ida S, Ishihara T.

2. Light-driven coenzyme regeneration system

Appl. Catal. B Environ., 210: 400-406 (2017)
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.04.015

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

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1. Coexpression of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Synthase Gene

3. Application to Photocatalytic H 2 Production of a

Facilitates Heterologous Production of Thermostable

Whole-cell Reaction by Recombinant Escherichia coli

Cytochrome P450, CYP119, in Holo Form in Escherichia

Cells Expressing [FeFe]-hydrogense and Maturases

coli

Genes

Honda Y, Nanasawa K, Fujii H.

Honda Y, Hagiwara H, Ida H, Ishihara T.

ChemBioChem, 19: 2156-2159 (2018)

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 55: 8045-8048 (2016).

DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800331

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201600177

Chemistry17

Construction of molecule-based magnetic materials and analyses of
their magnetic properties
HORII Yoji / Assistant Professor

Design and synthesis of high-performance transition metal complex
catalysts and development of novel environmentally friendly syntheticorganic reactions

horiiy20@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

KATAOKA Yasutaka / Professor / kataoka@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 2017 Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

EDUCATION: 1992 Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

2012 Faculty of Science, Tohoku University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1987 Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University

Ph.D. Tohoku University

ACADEMIC DEGREES:SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Dynamics and magnetic properties of NO molecules

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

1. Single-Molecule Magnet

encapsulated in open-cage fullerene derivatives

1. Synthetic Organic Chemistry

2. Metal-Organic Frameworks

evidenced by low temperature heat capacity

2. Organometallic Chemistry

Ph.D. Kyoto University

ChemCatChem, 12, 3946-3955 (2020)
3. Palladium-catalyzed Aerobic anti-Markovnikov

Horii Y, Suzuki H, Miyazaki Y, Nakano M, Hasegawa S,

Oxidation of Aliphatic Alkenes to Terminal Acetals

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Hashikawa Y, Murata Y.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Komori S, Yamaguchi Y, Kataoka Y, Ura, Y.

1. Highly Oxidized States of Phthalocyaninato

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 23: 10251-10256 (2021)

1. Secondary Phosphine Oxide-triggered Selective

J. Org. Chem., 84, 3093-3099 (2019)

Terbium(III) Multiple-Decker Complexes Showing

Oxygenation of a Benzyl Ligand on Palladium

Structural Deformations, Biradical Properties and3. Structural, magnetic and theoretical analyses of

Oka S, Shigehiro Y, Kataoka Y, Ura Y.

Decreases in Magnetic Anisotropy

anionic and cationic phthalocyaninato-terbium(iii)

Chem. Commun., 56: 12977-12980 (2020)

Horii Y, Damjanovic M, Ajayakumar R, Katoh K,

double-decker complexes: magnetic relaxation via

Kitagawa Y, Chibotaru L, Ungur L, Mas-Torrent M,

higher ligand-field sublevels enhanced by oxidation

2. Palladium/Copper-catalyzed Oxidation ofWernsdorfer W, Breedlove K, Enders M, Veciana J,

Horii Y, Damjanovic M, Katoh K, Yamashita M.

Aliphatic Terminal Alkenes to Aldehydes Assisted by

Yamashita M.

Dalton Trans., 50: 9719-9724 (2021)

p-Benzoquinone

Chem. Eur. J., 26: 8621-8630 (2020)

Komori S, Yamaguchi Y, Murakami Y, Kataoka Y, Ura Y.

Research on the physical properties of nano-sized metal complexes ina solid state
KAJIWARA Takashi / Professor

Classical and quantum molecular simulations aiming at a priori design
and investigation of physical properties of molecular ensembles andcondensed matter

kajiwara@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

KINUGAWA Kenichi / Professor / kinugawa@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION: 1988 Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

EDUCATION: 2000 Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1986 Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University

Ph.D. Tohoku University

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Kyoto University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Kobayashi K, Harada Y, Ikenaga K, Kitagawa Y, Nakano

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

dynamics study

Magnetochemistry of lanthanide-based metal complexes

M, Kajiwara T.

Classical and quantum molecular simulations aiming at

Takemoto A, Kinugawa K.

Magnetochemistry, 5(2): 27 (2019)a priori design and investigation of physical properties of

J. Chem. Phys. 149, 204504 (2018)

DOI:10.3390/magnetochemistry5020027

molecular ensembles and condensed matter

doi: 10.1063/1.5053988

Tb3+ Single-Molecule Magnets

3. A Holmium (III)-Based Single-Molecule Magnet with

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

3. Transport coefficients of normal liquid helium-4

Konieczny P, Pel̷ka R, Masuda Y, Sakata S, Kayahara S,

Pentagonal-Bipyramidal Geometry

1. Quantum polyamorphism in compressedcalculated by path integral centroid molecular dynamics

Irie N, Kajiwara T, Baran S.

Kajiwara T.

distinguishable helium-4

simulation

J. Phys. Chem. C, 124(14): 7930–7937 (2020)

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56(38): 11306-11308 (2017)

Kinugawa K, Takemoto A.

Imaoka H, Kinugawa K.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b11057

DOI:10.1002/anie.201703022.

J. Chem. Phys. 154, 224503 (2021)

Chem. Phys. Lett. 671, 174 (2017)

doi: 10.1063/5.0048539

doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.01.034

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Anisotropy of Spin-Lattice Relaxations in Mononuclear

2. Correlation between Slow Magnetic Relaxations andMolecular Structures of Dy(III) Complexes with N5O4

2. Quantumness and state boundaries hidden in

Nona-Coordination

supercritical helium-4: A path integral centroid molecular18

Chemistry

Chemistry

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Research on molecular chirality and organic synthesis usingorganometallic reagents

Computational physical chemistry: Quantum dynamics of molecularsystems

MATSUMOTO Arimasa / Associate Professor

OHTA Yasuhito / Associate Professor

a-matsumoto@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

ohta@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 2012 Graduate School of Science, The University of TokyoEDUCATION: 2001 Kanazawa University

2007 Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
ACADEMIC DEGREES:ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. The University of Tokyo

Ph.D. Kanazawa University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Matsumoto A, Ozaki H, Harada S, Tada K, Ayugase T,

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Iron Particle

Organometallic Chemistry, Chirality

Ozawa H, Kawasaki T, Soai K.

Quantum chemical molecular dynamics simulation of the

Ohta Y, Okamoto Y, Alister J. Page, Stephan Irle,

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 55: 15246–15249 (2016)self-organization reaction of nano materials

Morokuma K.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:ACS NANO, 3: 3413-3420 (2009)

DOI:10.1002/anie.201608955
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Achiral Inorganic Gypsum Acts as an Origin of
Chirality through Its Enantiotopic Surface in Conjunction

3. Crystal Structure of Isopropylzinc Alkoxide of

1. Possible Mechanism of BN Fullerene Formation

3. Density-functional tight-binding molecular dynamics

with Asymmetric Autocatalysis

Pyrimidyl Alkanol: Mechanistic Insights for Asymmetricfrom a Boron Cluster: Density-Functional Tight-Binding

simulations of SWCNT growth by surface carbon

Matsumoto A, Kaimori Y, Uchida M, Omori H, Kawasaki T,

Autocatalysis with Amplification of Enantiomeric Excess

Molecular Dynamics Simulations

diffusion on an iron cluster

Soai K.

Matsumoto A, Abe T, Hara A, Tobita T, Sasagawa T,

Ohta Y.

Ohta Y, Okamoto Y, Stephan Irle, Morokuma K.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 56: 545-548 (2017)

Kawasaki T, Soai K.

Journal of Computational Chemistry, 37: 886-895 (2016)

Carbon, 47: 1270-1275 (2009)

DOI:10.1002/anie.201610099

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54: 15218-15221 (2015)

DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24287

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508036
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2. Asymmetric Induction by Nitrogen N/ N Isotopomer

2. Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Simulation of

in Conjunction with Asymmetric Autocatalysis

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Cap Nucleation on an

Development of new functions and reactions based on organometallic
clusters and synthesis of supramolecules comprised of metal clusters

Design and photofunctionalization of metalloproteins

NAKAJIMA Takayuki / Professor

hiroshi@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

TAKASHIMA Hiroshi / Associate Professor

t.nakajima@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION: 2000 Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University

EDUCATION: 1998 Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Doctor later, Waseda University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1997 Graduate School of Engineering, Doshisha University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Waseda University

Ph. D. Kyushu University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Nakajima T, Noda S, Sakamoto M, Matsui A, Nakamae K,

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Photophysical and elecron-transfer reaction properties

Development of new functions and reactions based

Kure B, Ura Y, Tanase T.

Photoinduced electron transfer reactions in theof tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(II)-based inhibitors thaton organometallic clusters supported by multidentate

Dalton Trans., 45: 4747-4761 (2016)

metalloprotein containing a photofunctional molecule.

covalently bound to the active site of chymotrypsin

ligands and synthesis of supramolecules comprised of

3. Reversible Dioxygen Binding on Asymmetricmetal clusters

Dinuclear Rhodium Centres

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Nakata E, Takashima H

Nakajima T, Sakamoto M, Kurai S, Kure B, Tanase T.

1. Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL)

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, 6: 100027

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Chem. Commun., 49: 5239-5338 (2013)

characteristics of hydrophobic pyrene derivatives/(2021)

1. Tri- and Tetranuclear Copper Hydride Complexes

4. Wheel-Shaped Icosanuclear Homo- andγ-cyclodextrin (γ-CD) complexes in aqueous solution

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpap.2021.100027

Supported by Tetradentate Phosphine Ligands

Heterometallic Complexes of NiII, CoII, and CuII Ionsdissolved by grinding

3. Photoinduced elecron-transfer reactions of tris(2,2’-

Nakajima T, Kamiryo K, Hachiken K, Nakame K, Ura Y,

Supported by Unsymmetrical Aminoalcohol Ligands

Sawai M, Matsumoto S, Mimura Y, Imai Y, Yamazaki S,

bipyridine)ruthenium(II)-based carbonic anhydrase

Tanase T.

Nakajima T, Seto K, Horikawa F, Shimizu I, Scheurer A,

Kanehisa N, Tohnai N, Nakata E, Takashima H

inhibitors tethering plural binding sites

Inorg. Chem., 57, 11005-11018 (2018).

Kure B, Kajiwara T, Tanase T, Mikuriya M.

Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic

Suwa M, Imamura N, Awano P, Nakata E, Takashima H.

2. Oxidative Addition of Aromatic ortho C‒H Bond of

Inorg. Chem., 51: 12503-12510 (2012)

Chemistry, 102: 133-142 (2022)

Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry , 31: e3848(2018)

DOI: 10.1007/s10847-021-01108-z

DOI: 10.1002/poc.3848

Tetraphosphine to Asymmetric Diiridium(I) Centres
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Kimura H, Nagasato N, Kato N, Kojima M, Enomoto C,

Chemistry21Colloid and surface chemistry: Research on properties and nanostructure of molecular assemblies

Unimolecular Dissociation and Ion-Molecule Reaction Dynamics in the Gas
Phase by Combining Mass Spectrometric Studies with Theoretical Methods,
and Development of Software for Fungal Species Identification

YADA Shiho / Assistant Professor

TAKEUCHI Takae / Associate Professor / takeuchi_t@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

yada@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 1985 Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women’s University

EDUCATION: 2019 Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women’s University

1982 Graduate School of Science, Nara Women’s University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Nara Women's University

Ph. D. Nara Women’s University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:(IUPAC Recommendations 2020)

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

1. Theoretical Study of the Fragmentation Mechanism in

Takeuchi T, A. McQuillan J, Shard A, Russell A.E., Hibbert D.B.

1. Structural analysis of micelle, liquid crystal and ionic

Mass Spectrometry: Energetics and Dynamics

Pure and Applied Chemistry, 92: 1781-1860 (2020)

liquid using small angle X-ray and neutron scattering

2. Emulsification, Solubilization, and Detergency Behaviors of

2. Development of Fungal Odor Detection Technique and2. Mechanism for Odd-electron Anion Ggeneration of Dihydroxybenzoic

techniques

Homogeneous Polyoxypropylene-Polyoxyethylene Alkyl Ether Type

Software for Identifying Fungal Species by Ion Mobility and

Acid Isomers in Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass

2. Evaluation of properties and structural analysis of

Nonionic Surfactants

Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Microbial Volatile Organic

Spectrometry with Density Functional Theory Calculations

foams formed by surfactants

Yada S, Matsuoka K, Kanasaki Y, Gotoh K, Yoshimura T.

Compounds (MVOCs) for Conservation of Cultural Properties

Yamagaki T, Takeuchi M, Watanabe T, Sugahara K, Takeuchi T.

3. Structural analysis of amphiphilic compounds

Colloids Surf. A 564: 51–58 (2019)

3. Generation and Reactivity of SiSi Multiple Bonded Ions

Rapid Comm. Mass Spectrom., 30: 2650-2654 (2016)

adsorbed at air/water interface

DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.12.030

Using Mass Spectrometry

3. Analysis of Volatile Metabolites Emitted by Soil-Derived Fungi Using

4. Glossary of methods and terms used in surface chemical

Head Space Solid-Phase Microextraction/ Gas Chromatography/ Mass

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

3. Adsorption and Aggregation Properties of Homogeneous

analysis

Spectrometry I. Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus nidulans, Fusarium

1. Microstructural Characterization of Foam Formed by a Hydroxy Group-

Polyoxypropylene-Polyoxyethylene Alkyl Ether Type Nonionic Surfactantssolani and Penicillium paneum

Containing Amino Acid Surfactant Using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering

Yada S, Suzuki T, Hashimoto S, Yoshimura T.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Takeuchi T, Kimura T, Tanaka H, Kaneko S, Ichii S, Kiuchi M, Suzuki T.

Yada S, Shimosegawa H, Fujita H, Yamada M, Matsue Y, Yoshimura T.

Langmuir 33(15): 3794−3801 (2017)

1. Glossary of methods and terms used in surface chemical analysis

Surf. Interface Anal., 44:694-698 (2012)

Langmuir 36: 7808?7813 (2020)

DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00104

DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00791

Research on the synthesis, reactivity, and catalysis of novel transition
metal complexes toward a sustainable future

Physical chemistry of soft matter: Surfactants, amphiphilic polymers,
ionic liquid, and metal nanoparticles

URA Yasuyuki / Associate Professor / ura@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

YOSHIMURA Tomokazu / Professor
yoshimura@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 2001 Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
1997 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:EDUCATION: 2001 Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph. D. Hokkaido University

Ph.D. Kumamoto University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Oxygenation of a Benzyl Ligand on Palladium

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

1. Development of environmental load-reducing organic

Oka S, Shigehiro Y, Kataoka Y, Ura Y.

1. Design and Synthesis of Novel Surfactants andsynthetic reactions using transition metal catalysts

Chem. Commun., 56: 12977–12980 (2020)

Amphiphilic Polymers with High Functions

2. Aggregate Formation of Glycyrrhizic Acid

2. Synthesis, reactivity, and catalysis of novel transition

DOI: 10.1039/D0CC05572G

2. Study on Solution Properties of Surfactant

Matsuoka K, Miyajima R, Ishida Y, Karasawa S,

3. Study on Self-Assembly Using DLS, SAXS, SANS

Yoshimura T.

3. Palladium/Copper-catalyzed Oxidation ofand cryo-TEM

DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.04.032

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Aliphatic Terminal Alkenes to Aldehydes Assisted by

4. Study on Liquid/Liquid Interface and Emulsion

1. Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic α,β-Dehydrogenation of

p-Benzoquinone

Carboxylic Acids

Komori S, Yamaguchi Y, Murakami Y, Kataoka Y, Ura Y.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

amphiphilic oligomers with several sugar side chains:

Shibatani A, Kataoka Y, Ura Y.

ChemCatChem, 12: 3946–3955 (2020)

1. Adsorption and Aggregation Properties ofsolution properties and nanostructural analysis of

Asian J. Org. Chem., 10:3285-3289 (2021).

DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202000472

Homogeneous Polyoxypropylene–Polyoxyethylene Alkyl

aggregates by SANS

Ether Type Nonionic Surfactants

Yoshimura T, Nakatani Y, Matsuoka K, Akutsu K, Iwase H.

Yada S, Suzuki T, Hashimoto S, Yoshimura T.

Colloid Polym. Sci., 295(5): 793-802 (2017)

Langmuir, 33(15): 3794-3801 (2017)

DOI: 10.1007/s00396-017-4063-3

metal complexes

DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202100637
2. Secondary Phosphine Oxide-triggered Selective
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Colloids Surf. A 500: 112-117 (2016)

3. Single-alkyl and multi-alkyl chain-containing

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Ecology and evolution of plant reproductive strategy, with focuses on
the mutualism between plants and pollinators and resource utilizationof plants

Biomembrane biogenesis and transport in eukaryotic cells
KAGIWADA Satoshi / Professor
kagiwada@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

IDA Takashi / Associate Professor / tyida@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 1993 Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

EDUCATION: 2009 Hokkaido University

1988 Faculty of Science, Kyoto University

2003 Hokkaido University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Hokkaido University

Ph.D. Kyoto University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

grossedentatum

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Kagiwada S, Uno Y, Nishii I, Noguchi T.

1. Plant reproduction

Ida TY, Minato E.

Structure and function of biomembrane

Algal Research, 8: 214-223 (2015)

2. Plant-animal interactions

Plant Ecology, 221: 965-978 (2020)

3. Resource allocation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

3. Coordinated regulation by two VPS9 domain-

3. Intraspecific neighborhood effect: population-level

1. Induction of intranuclear membranes bycontaining guanine nucleotide exchange factors in small

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

consequence of aggregation of highly-defended plants.

overproduction of Opi1p and Scs2p, regulators for yeast

GTPase Rab5 signaling pathways in fission yeast.

1. Seasonal variation in air temperature drives

Tamura M, Ohgushi T, Ida TY.

phospholipid biosynthesis, suggests a mechanism for

Kagiwada S, Tsukamoto Y, Shimazu S, Takegawa K,

reproductive phenology of entomophilous plants in a

Functional Ecology 34: 597-605 (2020)

Opi1p nuclear translocation

Noguchi T, Miyamoto M.

cool-temperate mire community

Masuda M, Ohshima A, Noguchi T, Kagiwada S.

Biochemistry and Biophysics Research Communications

Ida TY, Kudo G.

Journal of Biochemistry, 159(3): 351-361 (2015), 458(4): 802-809 (2015)

Botany, 99: 433-447 (2021)
2. Colony sheath formation is accompanied by shell
2. Multi-cycle synchronous protandry in raceme-likeformation and release in the green alga Botryococcus

inflorescences of a bumblebee-pollinated herb Aconitum

braunii (race B)

Genome structure in fungi. Fungal dimorphism
IWAGUCHI Shin-ichi / Associate Professor

Studies on biodiversity and the maintaining mechanisms in freshwater
ecosystems

iwaguchi@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

KATANO Izumi / Associate Professor
katano@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 1992 Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University

EDUCATION: 2004 Graduate school of Human Culture, Nara Women's University

1988 Graduate School of Science, Okayama University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1998 Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Nagoya University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Medical Mycology, 46(4): 655-663 (2008)

1. Chromosome rearrangement in Fungi chromosome

Ph.D. Nara Women's University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Effects of stream grazers with different functional

1. Studies for biodiversity-environment interactions intraits on the spatial heterogeneity of periphyton matsrearrangement Electrophoretic Karyotype Candida

2. Chromosome translocation induced by the insertion of

freshwater ecosystems

Katano I, Doi H.

albicans

the URA blaster into the major repeat sequence (MRS)

2. Conservation and restoration in river ecosystems

PeerJ 7:e6747 (2019)

2. Ploidy shift in Fungi Candida albicans Ploidy Loss ofin Candida albicans

3. Biodiversity conservation in SATOYAMA ecosystems

heterozygosity

Iwaguchi S, Suzuki M, Sakai N, Nakagawa Y, Magee PT,

3. Dimorphism in fungi Dimorphism Subtractive DNA

Suzuki T.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

distribution in headwater streams, and a comparison ofcloning Candida tropicalis

YEAST, 21: 619-634 (2004)

1. Effects of sediment replenishment on riverbed

water sampling methods

environments and macroinvertebrate assemblages

Katano I, Harada K, Doi H, Souma R, Minamoto T.
PLOS One, 12: e0176541 (2017)

3. Environmental DNA method for estimating salamander

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

3. Pseudohyphal growth induced by exposure of yeast

downstream of a dam

1. The loss of parts of chromosome 7 followed by thecells to subinhibitory levels of antifungal azoles in

Katano I, Negishi JN, Minagawa T, Doi H, Kawaguchi Y,

insertion of URA cassette into RB2 on MRS in Candida

Candida tropicalis

Kayaba Y.

albicans strain CAI-4

Suzuki T, Iwaguchi S, Kamihara T.

Scientific Reports 11, 7525 (2021)

Iwaguchi S, Suzuki M, Sakai N, Yokoyama K, Suzuki T.

Plant Morphology, 13(1): 2-10 (2001)

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Physiological analysis of non-visual photoreception in lower
vertebrates

Plant-microbe interaction, symbiotic and non-symbiotic nitrogen
fixation

KAWANO-YAMASHITA Emi / Associate Professor

SAEKI Kazuhiko / Professor

kawano@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

ksaeki@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 2006 Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women's University

EDUCATION: 1986 Course for Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University

2001 Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Nara Women's University

Ph.D. Osaka University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Koyanagi M, Wada S. Kawano-Yamashita E, HaraSUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Physiological analysis of non-visual photoreception in

Y, Kuraku S, Kosaka S, Kawakami K, Tamotsu S,

Genome biology of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis; rhizobium

lower vertebrates

Tsukamoto H, Shichida Y, Terakita A.

plant-microbe interaction symbiosis

Microbes Environ., 28(2): 275-278 (2013)
3. Rhizobial measures to evade host defense strategies

BMC Biol., 13: 73 (2015)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

and endogenous threats to persistent symbiotic nitrogen
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

fixation: a focus on two legume-rhizobium model

1. Activation of transducin by bistable pigment

3. The evolution and diversity of pineal and parapineal

1. Hijacking of leguminous nodulation signaling by thesystems

parapinopsin in the pineal organ of lower vertebrates.

photopigments.

rhizobial type III secretion system

Saeki K.

Kawano-Yamashita E, Koyanagi M, Wada S, Tsukamoto

Kawano-Yamashita E, Koyanagi M, Terakita A.

Okazaki S, Kaneko T, Sato S, Saeki K.

Cell Mol Life Sci., 68(8): 1327-1339 (2011)

H, Nagata T, Terakita A.

Evolution of visual and non-visual pigments. Springer, 4:

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 110(42): 17131-17136 (2013)

PLOS ONE, 10 (10): e0141280 (2015)

1–21 (2014)
2. Commonalities and differences among symbiosis

2.

Diversification of non-visual photopigment

islands of three Mesorhizobium loti strains

parapinopsin in spectral sensitivity for diverse pineal

Kasai-Maita H, Hirakawa H, Nakamura Y, Kaneko T, Miki

functions.

K, Maruya J, Okazaki S, Tabata S, Saeki K, Sato S.

Evolution of developmental complexities in volvocine algae

Morphogenesis of higher plants and yeasts

NISHII Ichiro / Professor

SAKAGUCHI Shuichi / Associate Professor

ichiron@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

guchi@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 1999 Physiology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University

EDUCATION: 1988 Botany, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
1982 Department of Biology (Botany), Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo

1993 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Osaka University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Osaka University

Ph.D. The University of Tokyo

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

multicellular green alga Volvox carteri.

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Green algae, Volvox and volvocine algae, multicellularity,

S E Prochnik, J Umen, A M Nedelcu, A Hallmann, S M

1. Microtubular stuructures in shoot meristematic cells

1. Microtubules direct the layered structure offolding of multicellular sheet, morphogenesis, germ-

Miller, Nishii I, P Ferris, et al.

2. 3-D analysis of plant cell shapes by micro X-ray

angiosperm shoot apical meristems (SAMs)

soma differentiation

Science, 329: 223-226 (2010)

computer tomography

Sakaguchi S. In: Atlas of plant cell structure. (Noguchi T.

DOI: 10.1126/science.1188800

3. Clonal analysis of leaves using a GUS-Ac transgene

et al. (ed))

4. Correlation of phyllotaxis and localization of Pin1

Springer, 6 Cytoskeletons: pp. 134-135 (2014)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Colony sheath formation is accompanied by shell

3. Volvox: Simple steps to developmental complexity?

auxin transporter in shoot apical meristems

formation and release in the green alga Botryococcus

Nishii I, S M Miller.

5. Posture control of zygomorphic flowers by torsion of

2. Ion gradients in xylem exudate and guttation fluid

braunii (race B).

Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 13: 646–653 (2010)

flower stalks in response to gravity

related to tissue ion levels along primary leaves of barley

Uno Y, Nishii I, Kagiwada S, Noguchi T.

DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2010.10.005

6. Role for calcium in polarized growth in yeasts

Nagai M, Ohnishi M, Uehara T, Yamagami M, Miura

Algal Research, 8:214–223 (2015)

E, Kamakura M, Kitamura A, Sakaguchi S, Sakamoto

DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.02.015

W, Shimmen T, Fukaki H, Reid Robert J, Furukawa A,
Mimura T.

2. Genomic analysis of organismal complexity in the26

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Physiological and Biochemical studies on plant organelles,
photosynthesis, and allelopathy

Environmental regulation of plant growth and development

SAKAI Atsushi / Professor

kumisn@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

SATO-NARA Kumi / Associate Professor

sakai@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION:EDUCATION: 1997 Division of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

1991 Division of Plant Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
1989 Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo

ACADEMIC DEGREES:ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. The University of Tokyo

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Cytologia, 80: 1-9 (2015)

1. Allelopathy

Ph.D. Tohoku University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Diurnal changes in shoot water dynamics are

1. Light regulation of aquaporins and water transport insynchronized with hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis

2. Hyper Sensitive Response

3. Effects of chloroplast dysfunction on mitochondria:

Arabidopsis thaliana.

thaliana.

3. Function of Organelle Genomes

white sectors in variegated leaves have higher

2. Environmental stresses and plant growth

Ishikawa H, Sato-Nara K, Takase T, Suzuki H.

4. Photosynthesis and Respiration in Plants

mitochondrial DNA levels and lower dark respiration

3. Roles of pre-mRNA splicing and microRNAs in plant

Plant Signaling & Behavior, 8(3) eLocation ID: e23

rates than green sectors.

development(2013)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

3. Functionally diversified members of the MIR165/6

Sakai A, Yoshimura H.

1. Accumulation of TIP2;2 aquaporin during dark

gene family regulate ovule morphogenesis in

Current Bioactive Compounds, 8: 90-100 (2012)

adaptation is partially phyA dependent in roots ofArabidopsis thaliana.

Arabidopsis seedlings

Hashimoto K, Miyashima S, Sato-Nara K, Yamada T,

2. Cytological studies on proliferation, differentiation,

Uenishi Y, Nakabayashi Y, Tsuchihira A, Takusagawa M,

Nakajima K.

and death of BY-2 cultured tobacco cells

Hashimoto K, Maeshima M, Sato-Nara K.

Plant and Cell Physiology, 59(5): 1017-1026(2018)

Sakai A, Takusagawa M, Nio A, Sawai Y.

Plants, 3: 177-195 (2014)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Toshoji H, Katsumata T, Takusagawa M, Yusa Y, Sakai A.

1. Monoterpenes of Salvia leucophylla.

Protoplasma, 249: 805-817 (2011)

Ecological and evolutionary studies on populations and communities
SATO Hiroaki / Associate Professor

Studies on cell-cell interaction and the molecular mechanism of sexual
reproduction in ciliates

scarab@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

SUGIURA Mayumi / Associate Professor

EDUCATION: 1987 Division of Environment Conservation, Graduate School of Environmental Science,

msugi@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION: 2003 Graduate School of Human Culture, Nara Women's University

Hokkaido University
1982 Zoological Institute, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1998 Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Hokkaido University

Ph.D. Nara Women's University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:Japan

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Novel specificity of IDO enzyme involved in the

1. Ecological and taxonomic studies of leafminers

Sato H, Nasu Y, Murahana S, Matsumuro H, Ueda K

1. Molecular mechanism of induction of sexual

biosynthesis of mating pheromone in the ciliate

2. Interactions between animals and plants

European Journal of Entomology, 116: 442-449 (2019)reproduction in the ciliates

Blepharisma stoltei.

2. Sexual maturation and mating-type determination in

Sugiura M, Yuasa HJ, Harumoto T.

the ciliate Blepharisma

Protist 168(6): 686-696 (2017)

3. Behavioral and community ecology of dung beetles
3. Differential performance of red admiral butterflies on
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

variants of Japanese nettle populations under intense

1. Intense browsing by sika deer (Cervus nippon)

versus low pressure from sika deer

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

3. Alternative gene expression in type I and type II cells

drives the genetic differentiation of hairy nettle (Urtica

Kohyama T, Horikawa C, Kawai S, Shikata M, Kato T,

1. A single amino acid residue regulates the substrate

may enable further nuclear changes during conjugation

thunbergiana) populations

Sato H.

affinity and specificity of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase.

of Blepharisma japonicum.

Kohyama TI, Yoshida M, Kimura MT, Sato H.

Ecosphere, 8: e01568 (2017)

Yuasa HJ, Sugiura M, Harumoto T.

Sugiura M, Tanaka Y, Suzaki T, Harumoto T.

Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 640: 1-9 (2018)

Protist, 163(2): 204-216 (2012)

Oecologia, 196: 1095-1106 (2021)
2. Differences in the niches of keratin/chitin feeding
moths (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) in bird nests in central
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Functional analysis of small G protein in membrane traffic, chrathrin
assembly protein and protein phosphatase in diseases, andmitochondrial ubiquitin ligase.

Ecological studies on freshwater and marine animals
YUSA Yoichi / Professor
yusa@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

WATANABE Toshio / Professor / toshiwatana@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION: 1987 Graduate School of Science, The University of TokyoEDUCATION: 1995 Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

1982 Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. The University of Tokyo

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Kyoto University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Chlorpromazine eliminates acute myeloid leukemia cells

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Yusa Y, Kitaura J, Cazzaniga N J

1. R o l e s o f s m a l l G p r o t e i n A r fs a n d th e i r GA P i n

by perturbing subcellular localization of FLT3-ITD and KIT-

1.Ecological studies on aquatic invertebrates

Malacologia, 59: 239-245 (2016)

development

D816V.

2.Management of aquatic invertebrate pests

2. Roles of PICALM and protein phosphatase in diseases

Rai S, Tanaka H, Suzuki M, Espinoza JL, Kumode T,

3. Roles of mitochondrial ubiquitin ligase in development andTanimura A, Morita Y, Tatsumi Y, Yokota T, Oritani K,

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

barnacle Octolasmis warwickii (Cirripedia: Pedunculata)

growthWatanabe T, Kanakura Y, Matsumura I.

1. Roles of the seasonal dynamics of ecosystem

Wijayanti H, Yusa Y.

Nature Communications 11(1):4147 (2020)

components in fluctuating indirect interactions on a

Biological Bulletin, 230: 51-55 (2016)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

3. Plastic sexual expression in the androdioecious

rocky shore

1. Arf1 and Arf6 synergistically maintain survival of T cells

3. Ppp6c haploinsufficiency accelerates UV-induced

Wada Y, Iwasaki K, Ida T Y, Yusa Y.

during activation

BRAF(V600E)-initiated melanomagenesis

Ecology, 98:1093-1103 (2017)

Sumiyoshi M, Kotani Y, Ikuta Y, Suzue K, Ozawa M, Katakai T,

Kanazawa K, Kishimoto K, Nomura M, Kurosawa K, Kato

DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1743

Yamada T, Kanaho Y, Watanabe T, Matsuda S.

H, Inoue Y, Miura K, Fukui K, Yamashita Y, Sato, I, Tsuji H,

J Immunology 206, 366-375 (2021)

Watanabe T, Tanaka T, Yasuda J, Tanuma N, and Shima H.

2. Variation in the sex ratio of apple snails (Pomacea

Cancer Science 112, 2233-2244 (2021)

spp.) in their native range

Phylogeny, classification and ultrastructure of protists
YOSHIKAWA Hisao / Associate Professor
h.yoshikawa@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION: 1986 Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
1982 Biology, Graduate School of Science and Technology , Konan University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Yoshikawa H, Tokoro M, Nagamoto T, Arayama S, Puji B

1.Molecular phylogenetic study on the genus

S Asih, Ismail E Rozi, Din Syafruddin

Blastocystis.

Parasitology International, 65: 780-784 (2016)

2.Molecular epidemiological research on human and3. Genetic Diversity of Blastocystis in livestock and zoo

animal Blastocystis infections.

animals.
Alfellani M A, Taner-Mulla D., Jacob A S, Imeede C A,

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Yoshikawa H, Stensvold C R, Clark C G.

1. Blastocystis phylogeny among various isolates fromProtist, 154: 497-509 (2013)humans to insects.

4. Blastocystis: Pathogen or Passenger?

Yoshikawa H, Koyama Y, Tsuchiya E, Takami K.

Mehlhorn H, Tan K S W, Yoshikawa H.

Parasitology International, 65: 750-759 (2016)

Parasitology Research Monographs 4, Springer, (Ed)

2. Molecular survey of Blastocystis sp. from humans and(2012)

associated animals in an Indonesian community with

Molecular and Cellular Biology Unit

Functional Biology ofMulticellular Organisms Unit

Ecology Unit

poor hygiene.
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satellite measurements

Studies on environmental changes over land with analyses of satellite
images

HAYASHIDA Sachiko / Professor

MURAMATSU Kanako / Professor / muramatu@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp

sachiko@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 1993 Graduate school, Human Life and Environmental Science Course, Nara Women’s

EDUCATION: 1985 Graduate School of Science of Atmosphere and Hydrosphere, Nagoya University

University.
1989 Physics, Graduate school of Science, Nara Women’s University

1980 Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Nagoya University

Ph.D. Nara Women's University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Observation of ozone enhancement in the lower

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

southern Kyoto prefectures using multitemporal ALOS/

1. Study of physical and chemical processes of

troposphere over East Asia from a space-borne

Environmental Science, Remote Sensing, Vegetation

AVNIR-2 data.

atmospheric minor species

ultraviolet spectrometerchange detection, Estimation of Gross Primary

Hanaki N, Muramatsu K, Ochiai F, Soyama N, Daigo M,

2. Remote sensing of atmospheric minor species

Hayashida S, Liu X, Ono A, Yang K, Chance K.

Production, Land CoverTadono T.J.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15: 9865–9881
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:(2015)

1. Study of lower tropospheric ozone over central and

The remote sensing society of Japan, 35(2): 77-88
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:(2015) In Japanese.

1. Determination of parameters for shrubs in the global

eastern China: Comparison of satellite observation with

3. Methane concentrations over Monsoon Asia as

gross primary production capacity estimation algorithm

3. Algorithm developing of gross primary production frommodel simulation

observed by SCIAMACHY: Signals of methane emission

Mineshita Y, Muramatu K, Soyama N, Thanyapraneedkul

it's capacity and a canopy conductance index using flux

Hayashida S, Kayaba S, Deushi M, Yamaji K, Ono A,

from rice cultivation,

J, Daigo M.

and global observing satellite data.

Kajino M, Sekiyama T T, Maki T, Liu X.

Hayashida S, Ono A, Yoshizaki S, Frankenberg C,

Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan

Muramatsu K, Furumi S, Daigo M.

"Land-Atmospheric Interactions in Asia", Book Series:

Takeuchi W, Yan X.

36(3): 236-246 (2016)

Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 9637, ISBN: 9781628418477,Remote

Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Editors:

Remote Sensing of Environment, 139: 246-256 (2013)

Vadrevu K P, Ohara T, Justice C, in press (2017)

Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology
2. Determination of bamboo distribution in Nara and

XVII 9637 (2015)

Studies on the atmospheric environment with analyses of
meteorological data

Studies on planetary atmospheres using observational data and numerical simulations

KUJI Makoto / Associate Professor

nogu@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp

makato@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp

EDUCATION: 2004 Division of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of TokyoEDUCATION: 1993 Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:NOGUCHI Katsuyuki / Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Tohoku University

2000 Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. The University of Tokyo

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Kitakoga S, Inoue Y, Kuji M, Hayasaka T.

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

Noguchi K, et al.

1. Remote sensing of cloud, aerosol, and water vapor

J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 92A: 57-69 (2014)

Atmospheric Science

J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 122, 912-926 (2017)

3. Development of a cloud detection method from whole-

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

3. Estimation of changes in the composition of the

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

sky color images

1. Generation of gravity waves from thermal tides in theMartian atmosphere caused by CO 2 condensation

1. Cloud fractions estimated from shipboard whole-sky

Yabuki M, Shiobara M, Nishinaka K, Kuji M.

Venus atmospherefrom GRS Ar measurements and its application to thecamera and ceilometer observations

Polar Science, 8: 315-326 (2014)

Sugimoto N, Fujisawa Y, Kashimura H, Noguchi K,

rederivation of MGS radio occultation measurements

Kuroda T, Takagi T, Hayashi Y-Y.

Noguchi K et al.

Nature Communications, 12, 3682 (2021)

J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 119(12): 2510-2521 (2014)

2. Atmospheric radiation and energy budget

Kuji M, Fujimoto R, Miyagawa M, Funada R, Hori M,
Kobayashi H, Koga S, Matsushita J, Shiobara M.

4. Relationship between trace gases and aerosols fromTrans. JSASS Aerospace Tech. Japan, 14: pp.7 (2016)

biomass burning in Southeast Asia using satellite andemission data

2. Role of stationary and transient waves in CO 2

2. Characteristics of aerosol properties of haze andAzuma Y, Nakamura M, Kuji M.

supersaturation during northern winter in the Martianyellow sand examined from SKYNET measurements

Proc. SPIE, 8523: pp.8 (2012)

atmosphere revealed by MGS radio occultation

over East China Sea
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measurements
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Mathematical approaches to environmental risk assessment andmodeling microbial biogeochemistry

Mathematical and computational modeling of population, behavioral,
and evolutionary biology

SETO Mayumi / Assistant Professor

TAKASU Fugo / Professor

seto@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp

takasu@es.nara-wu.ac.jp, takasu@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION: 1994 Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

EDUCATION: 2008 Division of Earth and Plantary Sciences, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1990 Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Kyushu University

Ph.D. Kyoto University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Sample size allocation for food item radiation

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Spatially explicit model applied to pine wilt disease

1. Thermodynamic and kinetic limitations on microbial

monitoring and safety inspection

1.Spatial population and evolutionary dynamics indispersal based on host plant infestation.

metabolism and growth

Seto M, Uriu K.

continuous space

Nguyen TV, Park YS,Jeoung CS,Choi WI, Kim YK,Jung

2. Risk assessment for aquatic ecosystems

Risk Analysis, 35(3): 409-422 (2015)

2.Theoretical study on avian brood parasitism

IH, Shigesada N, Kawasaki K,Takasu F, Chon TS.

3. Risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis of food

DOI: 10.1111/risa.12276

3.Evolurionary games in space

Ecological Modelling 353:54-62 (2017).

3. The Gibbs free energy threshold for the invasion of a

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

3. Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

microbial population under kinetic constraints

1. How can distinct egg polymorphism be maintained

eggs.

1. Perspectives for ecosystem management based on

Seto M.

in the rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens)-plaintive

Fossøy F, Sorenson MD, Liang W, Ekrem T, Moksnes A,

ecosystem resilience and ecological thresholds against

Geomicrobiology Journal, 31(8): 645-653 (2014)

cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) interactions- a modelingMøller AP, Rutila J, Røskaft E, Takasu F, Yang C, Stokke

multiple and stochastic disturbances

approach.

BG.Nature Communications 7, Article number: 10272.

Sasaki T, Furukawa T, Iwasaki Y, Seto M, Mori S A.

Liang W, Yang C, Takasu F.

Ecological Indicators, 57: 395-408 (2015)

Ecology and Evolution 1-8 (2017).

safety policies

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.05.019

Modeling dynamics and evolution of lateral asymmetry in fish
TAKAHASHI Satoshi / Professor
takahasi@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp
EDUCATION: 1990 Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. Kyoto University

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH:

2. Measuring and evaluating morphological asymmetry

1. Mathematical model of lateral asymmetry

in fish: distinct lateral dimorphism in the jaws of scale-

plymorphisms in fish

eating cichlids

2. Dimension spectra of fractals

Hata H, Yasugi M, Takeuchi Y, Takahashi S, Hori M.

Modeling and simulation of life systems

Daily discussion in the laboratory

Population viability analysis of theJapanese rock ptarmigan

Field Practice of Forest Biology

Field Practice of Marine Biology

Field Practice of Freshwater Biology

Ecology and Evolution, 3: 4641-4647 (2013)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Laterality is universal among fishes but increasingly

3. Sexual systems and dwarf males in barnacles:

cryptic among derived groups

Integrating life history and sex allocation theories

Hori M, Nakajima M, Hata H, Yasugi M, Takahashi S,

Yamaguchi S, Yusa Y, Sawada K, Takahashi S.

Nakae M, Yamaoka K, Kohda M, Kitamura J, Maehata M,

J. Theor. Biol., 320: 1-9 (2013)

Tanaka H, Okada N, Takeuchi Y.
Zoological Science, 34(4): 267-274 (2017)34

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