Birth:1957
University Address:
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University,
Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara 630-8506, Japan
Phone: +81.742.20.3966 FAX: +81.742.20.3966
E-mail:
[EDUCATION]
1980-1982:
M.Sc. in Chemistry, Nara Women's University, Graduate School of Science
Thesis: Studies on the Fragmentation Mechanisms of Organic Ions in EI Mass Spectrometry".
1982-1985:
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Nara Women's University, Graduate School of Human Culture
Thesis: Physicochemical Studies on the Fragmentation Mechanisms of Organic Ions in Mass Spectrometry"
[ACADEMIC POSITIONS]
1985-1986:
Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University.
1986-1987:
Post Doctoral, Department of Chemistry, University of Liege, with J.C. Lorquet.
1987-March 31, 2000:
Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University.
1995;1996;1998:
Visiting Scientist, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, University of Amsterdam.
April 1, 2000-March 31, 2002:
Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University.
April 1, 2002-present:
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University.
[RECENT PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS]
1995-present:
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan.
April 1, 1995-31 March, 1997:
Member of the Committee in the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan.
1997: Member, Executive Committee, the 45th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry.
1997: Member, Organizing Committee, the 24th BMS Conference.
1998-2002:
Member(1998-2002) and Chairperson(1999-2000) of the Public Relations Section in the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan.
1998-present:
Chairperson of the Division of Fundamentals, Ionization and Ion Chemistry in the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan.
1999: Member, Executive Committee, the 47th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry.
1999: Chairman, Organizing Committee, the 31st Workshop on Fundamentals, Ionization and Ion Chemistry in Mass Spectrometry.
April 1, 1999-March 31, 2003:
Member of the Committee in the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan.
2000: Member, Executive Committee, the 27th BMS Conference.
2001: Member, Local Organizing Committee, "International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules"
2001: Member, Executive Committee, "13th International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and Related Topics (SIMS XIII)"
2001-2002:
Member, Executive Committee, the 50th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Kyoto, May 15-17, 2002.
2005: Member, Executive Committee, "International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterization for New Materials and Devices '05 (ALC '05), Hawaii, 2005.
[RESEARCH ACTIVITIES]
Major research interests are:
Mass Spectrometry, Gas Phase Ion Chemistry, Reaction Dynamics, Photoionization, Organic Silicon Coumpounds, Steroid and Small Peptides.
The research involves experiments combined with theoretical modelling.
[Recent Publications]
[Recent Plenary Lecture]
2005: Invited Lecture at the 15th International Workshop on Inelastic Ion-Surface Collisions (IISC-15)
"Mass Spectrometric and Theoretical Studies on the Fragmentation Mechanisms of Organic Ions in the Gas Phase ---Generation and Characterization of Silicon-Silicon Triply Bonded Ions---"
1998: Plenary Lecture at the 1st Symposium sponsored by the Committee of Mass Spectrometry Technique in the Japanese Association for Water Resources and Environment
"Ab Initio MO Studies on Mass Spectra and Molecule Structures".
[AWARDS, HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS]
2001: 第60回注目発明選定賞（文部科学大臣）
1997: Research Award of the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan
"Unimolecular Dissociation of Gaseous Ions in EI Mass Spectrometry"
1994: Hayashi Memorial Foundation for Female Natural Scientists
"Fundamental Study on the Molecular Design of Functional Organosilicon Compounds"
1991: Hayashi Memorial Foundation for Female Natural Scientists
"An MO Study of Fragmentation Mechanism of Ethylmethylsilane and Methylpropylsilane Cation Radicals"
1985: 'Under-27 prize' at the 10th International Mass Spectrometry Conference (U.K.)
"Theoretical Study of Electron Impact Mass Spectrometry"