Staff
Shinsuke Shigeto
Professor
School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University
E-mail: shigeto_at_kwansei.ac.jp (Please replace "_at_" by "@")
Tel: +81-79-565-7460
Education & Professional Experience
| March 2001 | B. Sc. (Chemistry), The University of Tokyo, Japan |
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| March 2006 | D. Sc. (Chemistry), The University of Tokyo, Japan Supervisor: Prof. Hiro-o Hamaguchi |
| April 2006 - July 2007 |
Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Supervisor: Prof. Dana D. Dlott |
| August 2007 - July 2012 | Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan |
| August 2012 - March 2015 | Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan |
| April 2015 - March 2021 | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan |
| April 2016 - March 2021 | Japan Science and Technology Agency ERATO "Nomura Microbial Community Control" Project Sub-Group Leader |
| April 2021 - present | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan |
Awards & Honors
| 2005 | Student Presentation Award, 2005, Chemical Society of Japan |
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| 2007 | Recruiting International Outstanding Junior Scholar Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (Taiwan) |
| 2012 | Award of Research Excellence for Junior Faculties, College of Science, National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) |
| 2015 | The Spectroscopical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientists, 2015, Spectroscopical Society of Japan |
| 2017 | Young Scientist Award of the Japan Society for Molecular Science, 2017, Japan Society for Molecular Science |
| 2021 - | Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy |
| 2025 | The Morino Foundation for Molecular Science Research Fund |
Keisuke Koga
Assistant Professor
School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University
E-mail: keisuke.koga_at_kwansei.ac.jp (Please replace "_at_" by "@")
Education & Professional Experience
| March 2021 | B.Pharm., Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan |
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| April 2025 - March 2026 | JSPS Research Fellow (DC2) |
| March 2026 | Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan Supervisor: Prof. Takakazu Nakabayashi |
| April 2026 - present | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan |
Students
Satrio Sahasraya
Master 2nd year (Fall enrollment)
Research topic: Label-free molecular imaging of plant–mycorrhizal fungal associations
Yota Itoi
Master 2nd year
Research topic: Low-frequency Raman microspectroscopic study of 2D perovskite single crystals under high pressure
Hayato Ohno
Master 2nd year
Research topic: Raman imaging study of the effect of fatty acids on the asymbiotic sporulation of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus
Favorites: NBA, breeding, scuba diving
Yui Ogawa
Master 2nd year
Research topic: In vivo, label-free lipid analysis of Fusarium filamentous fungi using Raman microspectroscopy and deuterium probing
Yojiro Kumashiro
Master 2nd year
Research topic: Development of a Raman- and machine learning-based method for identification of carotenoid-producing microbes using a multi-wavelength excited Raman microscope
Chiharu Furumoto
Master 2nd year
Research topic: Elucidation of a novel membrane component in the sporangia of rare actinomycetes using multimodal molecular imaging
Yumeto Kikumoto
Master 1st year
Research topic: Linear and nonlinear Raman imaging of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus-infected plant roots in combination with spectral phasor analysis
Favorites: Comics
Hayate Nagai
Master 1st year
Research topic: Raman imaging analysis of Aurantiochytrium limacinum grown with the addition of ethanol and surfactants
Shuta Fukuzaki
Master 1st year
Research topic: Tracking the structural changes in meltable coordination polymers during melting
Favorites: Trip
Hiroto Murata
Master 1st year
Research topic: Identification of plasmid-harboring and -free bacterial cells using AI-assisted Raman spectroscopy
Koki Yoshida
Master 1st year
Research topic: Long-term and wide-range Raman imaging of anion exchange membranes
Favorites: Tinkering with machines
Takatoki Umeda
Undergraduate 4th year
Research topic: To be decided
Izuki Oda
Undergraduate 4th year
Research topic: To be decided
Rena Sugihara
Undergraduate 4th year
Research topic: To be decided
Hiroki Senoo
Undergraduate 4th year
Research topic: To be decided
Takaya Higuchi
Undergraduate 4th year
Research topic: To be decided
Ruka Hirakawa
Undergraduate 4th year
Research topic: To be decided
Koki Hirota
Undergraduate 4th year
Research topic: To be decided
Alumni
- Dr. Erwan Darussalam (April 2025 - March 2026, Postdoc)
- Dr. Nanako Kanno (January 2020 - March 2022, Postdoc; April 2022 - March 2024, Project Assistant Professor; April 2024 - March 2025, Assistant Professor)
- Dr. Tsung-Han Liu (April 2018 - October 2022, Assistant Professor, International Master's Program)
- Dr. Mitsuru Yasuda (April 2016 - March 2020, Project Assistant Professor)
- Athhar Faris Khairi (M.Sc. March 2026)
- Hiyori Okamoto (B.Sc. March 2024; M.Sc. March 2026)
- Karin Saito (B.Sc. March 2024; M.Sc. March 2026)
- Yuta Sugihara (B.Sc. March 2024; M.Sc. March 2026)
- Moka Ogawa (B.Sc. March 2023; M.Sc. March 2025)
- Amu Sofue (B.Sc. March 2023; M.Sc. March 2025)
- Rin Miyasaka (B.Sc. March 2023; M.Sc. March 2025)
- Ryuto Yumiba (B.Sc. March 2023; M.Sc. March 2025)
- Kohei Terayama (B.Sc. March 2025)
- Kotaro Yotsumoto (B.Sc. March 2025)
- Keisuke Usami (B.Sc. March 2022; M.Sc. March 2024)
- Tatsuya Ohtani (B.Sc. March 2022; M.Sc. March 2024)
- Megu Takemoto (B.Sc. March 2022; M.Sc. March 2024)
- Yuka Nishigaki (B.Sc. March 2022; M.Sc. March 2024)
- Takuya Miyagawa (B.Sc. March 2022; M.Sc. March 2024)
- Jun-ichi Iwakawa (B.Sc. March 2024)
- Nodoka Oda (B.Sc. March 2021; M.Sc. March 2023)
- Tsutomu Takaki (B.Sc. March 2021; M.Sc. March 2023)
- Taiki Maeda (B.Sc. March 2021; M.Sc. March 2023)
- Itsuki Sato (B.Sc. March 2023)
- Akane Takahashi (B.Sc. March 2023)
- Hiroki Inoue (M.Sc. March 2022)
- Risa Sasaki (B.Sc. March 2020; M.Sc. March 2022)
- Yuto Shimizu (M.Sc. March 2022)
- Momoka Nakatsukasa (B.Sc. March 2020; M.Sc. March 2022)
- Yasuhiro Miyamae (B.Sc. March 2020; M.Sc. March 2022)
- Masataka Yamaguchi (B.Sc. March 2020; M.Sc. March 2022)
- Yumeno Taniguchi (B.Sc. March 2022)
- Moe Fujiyama (B.Sc. March 2022)
- Shogo Toda (B.Sc. March 2016; M.Sc. March 2018; D.Sc. March 2021)
- Tomoki Ishida (B.Sc. March 2019; M.Sc. March 2021)
- Kanako Takahashi (B.Sc. March 2019; M.Sc. March 2021)
- Hiroto Horiue (B.Sc. March 2019; M.Sc. March 2021)
- Naoya Yanagita (B.Sc. March 2019; M.Sc. March 2021)
- Masashi Yamamoto (B.Sc. March 2019; M.Sc. March 2021)
- Tomoaki Segawa (B.Sc. March 2021)
- Yuto Nishikawa (B.Sc. March 2021)
- Runa Matsuoka (B.Sc. March 2021)
- Kazuki Matsumoto (B.Sc. March 2021)
- Kohei Shigeyoshi (B.Sc. March 2018; M.Sc. March 2020)
- Takayuki Hiraoka (B.Sc. March 2018; M.Sc. March 2020)
- Yuki Yoshikawa (B.Sc. March 2018; M.Sc. March 2020)
- Akihiro Oda (B.Sc. March 2020)
- Yukako Hamasaki (B.Sc. March 2020)
- Rikako Motte (B.Sc. March 2020)
- Himanshu Yadav Kumar (M.Sc. March 2019)
- Misaki Kawato (B.Sc. March 2019)
- Naoko Sakaguchi (B.Sc. March 2019)
- Mai Sasaki (B.Sc. March 2016; M.Sc. March 2018)
- Yosuke Shimabata (B.Sc. March 2016; M.Sc. March 2018)
- Yoshihito Kowada (B.Sc. March 2018)
- Tatsuro Shirohata (B.Sc. March 2018)
- Tomoyo Fukumaru (B.Sc. March 2018)
- Ami Matsuda (B.Sc. March 2018)
- Hiroyuki Suga (B.Sc. March 2017)
- Suzuka Fujita (B.Sc. March 2017)
- Ayaka Yokokura (B.Sc. March 2017)
