Service, mentoring & outreach

Kyoto University service

1. 2020–

   Office for Public Relations

   Member, Institute of Advanced Energy · from April 2020

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2. 2023

   Lecture Planning Committee

   Member, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University · Jan–Dec 2023. Contributed to public lectures, student research presentations and the IAE international symposium, including lecture review, judging and on-site operations.

3. 2015–

   Safety and Health Committee

   Member, Institute of Advanced Energy · from April 2015

   IAE ↗
4. 2015–

   Future Vision Review Committee

   Member, Institute of Advanced Energy · from April 2015

   IAE ↗

Peer review and professional memberships

1. REVIEW

   Journal peer reviewer

   Reviewer for journals including Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Nucleic Acids Research, Chemical Communications, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Nanoscale, Lab on a Chip, Small, PLOS ONE and other chemistry, materials and life-science journals.

2. MEMBER

   Scientific societies

   Chemical Society of Japan · Japan Society of Nucleic Acids Chemistry · Biofunction-Related Chemistry Subcommittee

International Ph.D. Thesis Examination

1. 6 theses

   External Ph.D. Thesis Examiner

   External examiner for six Ph.D. theses: National Institute of Technology Nagaland (3), Visvesvaraya Technological University (2), and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (1).

Mentoring and international exchange

1. 2026–

   Collaborative researcher

   Dr. Gnanaprakasam Janani · Collaborative Researcher from June 2026–present; JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher in Prof. Hiroshi Sakaguchi Laboratory, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University.

   Members ↗
2. 16 Jan 2026

   POSTECH undergraduate research visit

   Hosted Ms. Dana Kim, Ms. Eunseo Heo and Ms. Taerin Kim, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH, Republic of Korea, for a one-day research discussion and laboratory tour under the MSE-POSTECH academic exploration program.

   Members ↗
3. 2025

   VTU visiting students

   Research guidance for Mr. A. N. Vinay (Ph.D.) and Ms. Shaguftha Syed (M.Tech.), Visvesvaraya Technological University, India · 1 July–26 September 2025.

   Members ↗
4. 2024

   VTU internship students

   Research guidance for Ms. M. Nagalakshmee and Mr. Sumanth Shetty, M.Tech. Nanoscience and Technology, VTU, India · 3 June–30 August 2024.

   Members ↗
5. 2019–2022

   Doctoral research co-guidance

   Co-guidance of Mr. Kirankumar Krishnamurthy at the Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, on DNA-origami stabilization and chemical ligation.

   Members ↗
6. 2018

   Visiting doctoral researcher

   Research guidance for Ms. Amulya Giridasappa, visiting Ph.D. student from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India.

   Members ↗
7. 2016

   International master’s research exchange

   Research guidance for Ms. Seojeong Park, visiting master’s student from Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea.

   Members ↗

Outreach and scientific community

1. 7 Dec 2025

   JST Next-Generation Science and Technology Challenge Science Class

   Operations and support · Kyoto Koka Women’s University · 7 Dec 2025.

2. 26 Jan 2025

   JST “Separating Photosynthetic Pigments” Science Activity

   Operations and support for elementary and junior-high-school students · 26 Jan 2025.

3. 23 Jan 2025

   Kyoto Koka Junior High School Visit

   Operations and support for a research/laboratory visit · 23 Jan 2025.

4. 2020

   Faculty development programme

   Invited online lecture on single-molecule analysis using DNA origami, Sona College of Technology, India · 10–14 August 2020

   College ↗
5. 2018

   Young Scientists’ Forum of Nucleic Acids Chemistry

   Organizer and oral presenter, Kyoto University · 6 November 2018

   JSNAC ↗
6. MEDIA

   Open teaching resources

   Recorded lectures and educational resources in chemistry and related topics.

   YouTube ↗