Curriculum Vitae

Sunao Shoji
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD)
Hokkaido University
Address: North 13, West 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
E-mail: s-shoji[at]icredd.hokudai.ac.jp

EDUCATION
April, 2012 – September, 2014

Doctor Degree
Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University

April, 2010 – March, 2012

Master Degree
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University

April, 2006 – March, 2010

Bachelor Degree
Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science and Engineering,
Ritsumeikan University

ACADEMIC CAREER
January, 2021 – Present

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor,
Advanced Materials Chemistry Lab. (Prof. Yasuchika Hasegawa),
Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD),
Hokkaido University

April, 2019 – December, 2020

Postdoctoral Fellow,
Advanced Materials Chemistry Lab. (Prof. Yasuchika Hasegawa),
Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering,
Hokkaido University

January, 2018 – March, 2018

Visiting Researcher,
Organic Materials and Nanosystems Chemistry (Prof. Frank Würthner),
Institut für Organische Chemie,
Universität Würzburg

April, 2016 – March, 2019

Postdoctoral Fellow
Bioorganic Chemistry Lab. (Prof. Hitoshi Tamiaki),
Research Organization of Science and Technology,
Ritsumeikan University

October, 2014 – March, 2016

JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientist (PD),
Bioorganic Chemistry Lab. (Prof. Hitoshi Tamiaki),Ritsumeikan UniversityApril, 2014 – September, 2014

JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientist (DC2),
Bioorganic Chemistry Lab. (Prof. Hitoshi Tamiaki),Ritsumeikan University

PUBLICATIONS
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D. Funakoshi, Y. Nomura, S. Shoji, H. Tamiaki, "Zinc 7,8-dihydroxylated chlorophyll-a derivatives as asynthetic model of natural bacteriochlorophyll-a," Chem. Lett., 49, 1403–1405 (2020).
DOI: 10.1246/cl.200585
2.   Y. Hasegawa, T. Sawanobori, Y. Kitagawa, S. Shoji, K. Fushimi, Y. Nakasaka, T. Masuda, I. Hisaki, "An
Europium (III) luminophore with pressure-sensing units: Effective back energy transfer in coordination
polymers with hexadentate porous stable networks," ChemPlusChem, 85, 1989–1993 (2020).
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000513
3.   S. Shoji, Y. Nomura, H. Tamiaki, "Covalent heterodyads of synthetic chlorophyll derivatives linked withlinear rigid substituents at the 20-positions constructing photoexcited energy transfer systems," Tetrahedron,76, 131130 (2020).
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2020.131130
4.   D. Funakoshi, Y. Nomura, S. Shoji, H. Tamiaki, "Synthetic substituted boronates of dihydroxybacteriochlorin absorbing and emitting far-red to near-infrared light as bacteriopheophytin-a analogs," Dyes
Pigm., 175, 108155 (2020).
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.108155
5.   S. Shoji, T. Ogawa, S. Matsubara, H. Tamiaki, "Bioinspired supramolecular nanosheets of zinc chlorophyllassemblies," Sci. Rep., 9, Article number: 14006 (2019).
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50026-1
プレスリリース(立命館大学) http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/profile/pressrelease_detail/?id=2536.   S. Shoji, Y. Nomura, H. Tamiaki, "Heterodimers of zinc and free-base chlorophyll derivatives co-assembled
in biomimetic chlorosomal J-aggregates," Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 18, 555–562 (2019).
DOI: 10.1039/C8PP00468D
7.   S. Shoji, H. Tamiaki, "Supramolecular light-harvesting antenna system by co-aggregates of zinc(bacterio)chlorophyll-a derivatives with biomimetic chlorosomal self-assemblies," Dyes Pigm., 160, 514–518 (2019).
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.08.026
8.   S. Shoji, T. Ogawa, T. Hashishin, H. Tamiaki, "Self-assemblies of zinc bacteriochlorophyll-d analogues
having amide, ester and urea groups as Substituents at 17-position and observation of lamellar supramolecularnanostructures," ChemPhysChem, 19, 913–920 (2018).
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201701044[Selected as Inside Cover]
9.   S. Matsubara, S. Shoji, H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation of synthetic chlorophyll-c derivative and effect of C17acrylate residue on bridging green gap in chlorosomal model," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. Chem., 340, 53–61 (2017).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.02.021
10.   S. Shoji, T. Ogawa, T. Hashishin, S. Ogasawara, H. Watanabe, H. Usami, H. Tamiaki, "Nanotubes of
biomimetic supramolecules constructed by synthetic metal chlorophyll derivatives," Nano Lett., 16, 3650–3654 (2016).
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00781
11.   S. Shoji, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, "In vitro self-assemblies of bacteriochlorophylls-c from Chlorobaculum
tepidum and their supramolecular nanostructures," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. Chem., 331, 190–196 (2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.11.003
12.   H. Tamiaki, K. Fukai, H. Shimazu, S. Shoji, "Synthesis of zinc chlorophyll homo/hetero-dyads and theirfolded conformers with porphyrin, chlorin and bacteriochlorin π-systems," Photochem. Photobiol., 90, 121–128 (2014).
DOI: 10.1111/php.12173
13.   K. Sadaoka, S. Shoji, Y. Tsukatani, T. Yoshitomi, H. Tamiaki, S. Kashimura, Y. Saga, "Pheophytinization
kinetics of chlorophyll c under weakly acidic conditions: Effects of acrylic acid residue at the 17-position,"
Bioorg. Med. Chem., 21, 6915–6919 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.09.032
14.   S. Shoji, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, "Reconstruction of rod self-aggregates of natural bacteriochlorophyllsc from Chloroflexus aurantiacus," Chem. Phys. Lett., 578, 102–105 (2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2013.06.012

15.   M. Numata, M. Takayama, S. Shoji, H. Tamiaki, "Microflow-driven temporal self-assembly of amphiphilicmolecules," Chem. Lett., 41, 1689–1691 (2012).
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2012.1689
16.   Y. Kashiyama, A. Yokoyama, Y. Kinoshita, S. Shoji, H. Miyashita, T. Shiratori, H. Suga, K. Ishikawa, A.
Ishikawa, I. Inouye, K. Ishida, D. Fujinuma, K. Aoki, M. Kobayashi, S. Nomoto, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki,"Ubiquity and quantitative significance of detoxification catabolism of chlorophyll associated with protistan
herbivory," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 109, 17328–17335 (2012).
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207347109[Selected as Feature Article, Front Cover]
17.   S. Shoji, T. Hashishin, H. Tamiaki, "Construction of chlorosomal rod self-aggregates in the solid state on
any substrates from synthetic chlorophyll derivatives possessing an oligomethylene chain at the 17propionate residue," Chem. Eur. J., 18, 13331–13341 (2012).
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201935[Selected as Back Cover]18.   N. Takahashi, S. Shoji, H. Tamiaki, Y. Saga, "Self-assembly of zinc bacteriochlorophyll d derivatives
possessing a triethoxysilyl group at the 17-propionate residue," Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 85, 989–994 (2012).
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20120043
19.   H. Tamiaki, Y. Okamoto, Y. Mikata, S. Shoji, "Photooxidative cleavage of zinc 20-substituted chlorophyll
derivatives: conformationally P-helix–favored formation of regioselectively 19–20 opened linear
tetrapyrroles," Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 11, 898–907 (2012).
DOI: 10.1039/C1PP05301A

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AWARDSOctober, 2020

The Hokkaido University Research Encouragement Award 2020

November, 20142014 International Conference on Artificial Photosynthesis (ICARP) Excellent
Poster Award

March, 2014

Excellent Doctoral Student Presentation Award (Ritsumeikan University)

March, 2013

Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Student Presentation Award 2013

March, 2012

Excellent Thesis for Master Degree(Graduate School of Life Science, Ritsumeikan University)