2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
Department of Chemistry,
School of Science, Institute of Science Tokyo
Access to Ookayama campus, campus map
East 1 Building,
room 41, 44, 45
Associate Professor
Dr. Yuma Morimoto
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5209-266X
Full CV (to be updated)
Education
2011/4–2013/3 Osaka University, Japan Ph.D. in Chemistry, Advisor: Shunichi Fukuzumi
2013/1–2 University of Washington, USA, Visiting Student, Advisor: Prof. James M. Mayer (Now at Yale U)
2009/10–11, 2011/3 Ewha Womans University, South Korea, Visiting Student, Advisor: Prof. Wonwoo Nam
2009/4–2011/3 Osaka University, Japan M.E. in Chemistry, Advisor: Shunichi Fukuzumi
2005/4–2009/3 Osaka University, Japan B.E. in Chemistry, Advisor: Shunichi Fukuzumi
Professional Career
Associate Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo, October 2024 - current
Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, April 2024 - September 2024
Associate Professor, Nagoya University, September 2022 - March 2024
Assistant Professor, Osaka University, April 2017 - August 2022
Designated Assistant Professor, Osaka University, May 2013 - March 2017
JSPS Research Fellow DC1,PD, Osaka University, April 2011 - April 2013
Awards
2025, Seiichi Tejima Research Award (Fujino-Nakamura Young Researcher Award)
2024, Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC) Research Encouragement Award 2024
2020, PCCP Prize for Outstanding Achievement of Young Scientists in Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics (Royal Society of Chemistry)
2016, GSC Poster Awards on 5th JACI/GSC symposium
2016, Young Researcher Award (Ube Industries, Ltd.)
2015, CSJ Presentation Award
2013, CSJ Student Presentation Award 2013, 93th CSJ Annual Meeting, The Chemical Society of Japan
2011, GCOEBEC-11 Excellent Presentation Award
2011, Presentation Award for Master Thesis (Osaka Univ.)
2011, 61st Japanese Society of Coordination Chemistry, Student Presentation Award
2011, Young Coordination Chemist’s Association Japan, Summer School Poster Award
Societies
Chemical Society of Japan
Research Interest
Bioinorganic Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Catalysis, Spectroscopy
