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Postdoctoral Researcher

Kenta Yamada

EDUCATION
2012
Ph.D. (Information Science) Nagoya University, Japan.
2005
M.A. (Informatoin Science) Nagoya University, Japan.
2003
B.S. (Informatics and Sciences) Nagoya University, Japan.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2015.4-present
Postdoctral Researcher, RIKEN, Japan
2013.4-2015.3
Postdoctral Fellow, Fukui Institute of Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan
2012.12-2013.3
Designated Assistant Professor, Yokohama City University, Japan
2012.5-2012.11
Designated Research Associate, Yokohama City University, Japan
2012.4
Researcher, Nagoya University, Japan
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2012
Grant for Scientific Research, Yokohama Academic Foundation
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Chemical Society of Japan
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Biomolecular science, Theoretical chemistry
  1. Molecular dynamics simulations and QM/MM calculations of membarane-integrated nitric oxide reductase
  2. Development of a high-efficiency QM/MM method
  3. Development of a new analytical approach for detailed understanding
PUBLICATIONS
  1. Dynamics of nitric oxide controlled by protein complex in bacterial system.

    E. Terasaka, K. Yamada, P.-H. Wang, K. Hosokawa, R. Yamagiwa, K. Matsumoto, S. Ishii, T. Mori, K. Yagi, H. Sawai, H. Arai, H. Sugimoto, Y. Sugita, Y. Shiro, and T. Tosha.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A., 114, 9888-9893 (2017).

  2. Quantum simulation for muoniated and deuterated methyl radicals in implicit water solvent: combined ab initio path integral molecular dynamics and the polarizable continuum model simulation study.

    Yamada, K.; Kawashima, Y.; Tachikawa, M.*
    Mol. Simul., DOI:10.1080/08927022.2014.938070

  3. Molecular dynamics simulation of self-assembled nanocubes in methanol.

    Mashiko, T.; Yamada, K.; Hiraoka, S.; Nagashima, U.; Tachikawa, M.*
    Mol. Simul., DOI:10.1080/08927022.2014.940523

  4. Accurate Prediction of Hyperfine Coupling Constants in Muoniated and Hydrogenated Ethyl Radicals: Ab Initio Path Integral Simulation Study with Density Functional Theory Method.

    Yamada, K.; Kawashima, Y.; Tachikawa, M.*
    J. Chem. Theory. Comput., 10, 2005-2015 (2014).

  5. Analysis of Photoexcitation Energy Dependence in the Photo Luminescence of Firefly Luciferin.

    Hiyama, M.*; Akiyama, H.; Mochizuki, T.; Yamada, K.; Koga, N.
    Photochem. Photobio., 90, 820-828 (2014).

  6. Molecular dynamics and principal component analysis for a self-assembled nanocube in aqueous solution.

    Mashiko, T.; Yamada, K.; Kojima, T.; Hiraoka, S.; Nagashima, U.; Tachikawa, M.*
    Chem. Lett., 43, 366-368 (2014).

  7. Theoretical Study of Fluorescence Spectra Utilizing the pKa Values of Acids in Their Excited States.

    Hiyama, M.*; Akiyama, H.; Yamada, K.; Koga, N.
    Photochem. Photobio., 90, 35-44 (2014).

  8. Muon-electron hyperfine coupling constants of muoniated ethyl radical: a path integral simulations study with semiempirical molecular orbital method.

    Yamada, K.; Kawashima, Y.; Tachikawa, M.*
    Chin. J. Phys., 52, 126-137 (2014).

  9. Theoretical Study of Firefly Luciferin pKa -Relative Absorption Intensity in Aqueous Solutions.

    Hiyama, M.*; Akiyama, H.; Yamada, K.; Koga, N.
    Photochem. Photobio., 89, 571-578 (2012).

  10. Variationally Determined Electronic States for the Theoretical Analysis of Intramolecular Interaction. II. Qualitative Nature of the P-O Bond in Phosphine Oxides.

    Yamada, K.; Koga, N.*
    J. Comput. Chem., 34, 149-161 (2012).

  11. Theoretical Study of Absorption and Fluorescence Spectra of Firefly Luciferin in Aqueous Solutions.

    Hiyama, M.*; Akiyama, H.; Yamada, K.; Koga, N.
    Photochem. Photobio., 88, 889-898 (2012).

  12. Variationally determined electronic states for the theoretical analysis of intramolecular interaction: I. Resonance energy and rotational barrier of the C-N bond in formamide and its analogs.

    Yamada, K.; Koga, N.*
    Theor. Chem. Acc., 131, 1178-1195 (2012).

  13. Toward a New Approach for Determination of Solute's Charge Distribution to Analyze Interatomic Electrostatic Interactions in QM/MM Simulations.

    Yamada, K.; Koyano, Y.; Okamoto, T.; Asada, T.; Koga, N.*; Nagaoka, M.*
    J. Comput. Chem., 32, 3092-3104 (2011).

  14. A Minimal Implementation of the AMBER-GAUSSIAN Interface for Ab Initio QM/MM-MD Simulation.

    Okamoto, T.; Yamada, K.; Koyano, Y.; Asada, T.; Koga, N.; Nagaoka, M.*
    J. Comput. Chem., 32, 932-942 (2011).

  15. Theoretical Study on the Reaction Mechanism for the Formation of 2-Methylpyridine Cobalt(I) Complex from Cobaltacyclopentadiene and Acetonitrile.

    Dahy, A. A.; Yamada, K.; Koga, N.*
    Organometallics, 28, 3636-3649 (2009).

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