Ph. D. (Science) Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan.
2008
M. A. (Chemistry) University of Tokyo, Japan.
2006
B. S. (Chemistry) Kyoto University, Japan.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2014-present
Special Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN, Japan
2012-2014
Marie Curie Research Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
2011-2012
Visiting Researcher Fellow as a Canon Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2013
Poster Prize at the VIIIth Congress of the Interna-tional Society of Theoretical Chemical Physics
2013
Chemical Soceity of Japan Presentation Award 2013
2012
Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship
2011
Canon European Research Fellowship
2009
Best Poster Award at the 3rd annual meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Chemical Society of Japan, Japan Society for Molecular Science
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Vibrational structure theory for biomolecules
PUBLICATIONS
(Peer reviewed articles)
Distortion of ethyne on coordination to silver acetylide, C2H2⋅⋅⋅ AgCCH, characterised by broadband rotational spectroscopy and ab initio calculations,
S. L. Stephens, D.P. Zaleski, W. Mizukami, D. P. Tew, N. R. Walker and A. C. Legon,
J. Chem. Phys. 140, 124310 (2014).
A second-order multi-reference perturbation method for molecular vibrations,
W. Mizukami, D.P. Tew,
J. Chem. Phys. 139, 194108 (2013).
More π Electrons Make a Difference: Emergence of Many Radicals on Graphene Nanoribbons Studied by Ab InitioDMRG Theory,
W. Mizukami, Y. Kurashige, T. Yanai,
J. Chem. Theory Comput. 9, 401 (2013).
Distortion of ethyne on formation of a π complex with silver chloride: C2H2⋯Ag–Cl characterised by rotational spectroscopy and ab initio calculations,
S. L. Stephens, W. Mizukami, D. P. Tew, N. R. Walker and A. C. Legon,
J. Chem. Phys. 137, 174302 (2012).
The Halogen Bond between Ethene and a Simple Perfluoroiodoalkane: C2 H4⋯ICF3 Identified by Broadband Rotational Spectroscopy,
S. L. Stephens,W. Mizukami, D. P. Tew, N. R. Walker and A. C. Legon,
J. Mol. Spectrosc. 280, 47 (2012).
H2S⋯Ag–I synthesized by a laser-ablation method and identified by its rotational spectrum,
S. Z. Riaz, S. L. Stephens, W. Mizukami, D. P. Tew, N. R. Walker and A. C. Legon,
Chem. Phys. Lett. 531, 1 (2012).
Molecular geometry of OC⋅⋅⋅AgI determined by broadband rotational spectroscopy and ab initio calculations,
S. L. Stephens, W. Mizukami, D. P. Tew, N. R. Walker and A. C. Legon,
J. Chem. Phys. 136, 064306 (2012).
A dual-level approach to four-component relativistic density-functional theory,
W. Mizukami, T. Nakajima, K. Hirao, and T. Yanai,
Chem. Phys. Lett. 508, 177 (2011).
Novel quantum states of electron spins in polycarbenes from ab initio density matrix renormalization group calculations,
W. Mizukami, Y. Kurashige, T. Yanai,
J. Chem. Phys. Communications 133, 091101 (2010).
Ab initio study of the excited singlet states of all-trans α,ω-diphenylpolyenes with one to seven polyene double bonds: Simulation of the spectral data within Franck–Condon approximation,
W. Mizukami, Y. Kurashige, M. Ehara, T. Yanai, and T. Itoh,
J. Chem. Phys. 131, 174313 (2009).