Personnel Information

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MURAKAMI KEI

Organization
School of Science Department of Chemistry Professor
Research Fields, Keywords
反応開発, 有機合成, 生物活性分子
Teaching and Research Fields
新たな反応開発を基盤として、生物活性分子創出に取り組んでいます。具体的には、遷移金属触媒反応と光触媒反応の開発を行い、含窒素分子の変換反応を行なっています。
Syllabus information URL
https://syllabus.kwansei.ac.jp/uniasv2/UnSSOLoginControlFree?REQ_ACTION_DO=/AGA030PLS01Action.do?REQ_FUNCTION_JUMP_START_FLG=1&SLB_LINK_DISP_FLG=689&TCH_NO=200032&REQ_PRFR_FUNC_ID=AGA030
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Degree 【 display / non-display 】

  • Degree name:博士（工学）
    Classified degree field:Nanotechnology/Materials / Structural organic chemistry and physical organic chemistry
    Conferring institution:Kyoto University
    Acquisition way:Coursework
    Date of acquisition:2012.03

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Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • Affiliation:Kwansei Gakuin University
    Department:School of Science Department of Chemistry
    Title:Professor
    Date:2025.10 -

  • Affiliation:Kwansei Gakuin University
    Department:School of Science
    Title:Professor
    Date:2025.10 -

  • Affiliation:Kwansei Gakuin University
    Department:School of Science and Technology
    Title:Associate Professor
    Date:2020.09 - 2025.09

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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Research field:Nanotechnology/Materials / Structural organic chemistry and physical organic chemistry

  • Research field:Life Science / Bioorganic chemistry

  • Research field:Nanotechnology/Materials / Synthetic organic chemistry

  • Research field:Nanotechnology/Materials / Synthetic organic chemistry

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Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • Title: Switchable diversification of quaternary ammonium salts using photocatalysis
    Journal name: Chem  vol.11  (4)
    Date of publication: 2025.04
    Author(s): Takumi Kinoshita, Yota Sakakibara, Tomoko Hirano, Kei Murakami

    DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2024.11.004
    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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  • Title: Chemical inhibition of stomatal differentiation by perturbation of the master-regulatory bHLH heterodimer via an ACT-Like domain
    Journal name: Nature Communications  vol.15  (1)
    Date of publication: 2024.10
    Author(s): Ayami Nakagawa, Krishna Mohan Sepuru, Shu Jan Yip, Hyemin Seo, Calvin M. Coffin, Kota Hashimoto, Zixuan Li, Yasutomo Segawa, Rie Iwasaki, Hiroe Kato, Daisuke Kurihara, Yusuke Aihara, Stephanie Kim, Toshinori Kinoshita, Kenichiro Itami, Soon-Ki Han, Kei Murakami, Keiko U. Torii

    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53214-4
    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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  • Title: Synthesis of N-β-brominated alkenyl isothiocyanates via dehydrogenation of alkyl isothiocyanates
    Journal name: Chemical Communications  vol.60  (47)  (p.6015 - 6018)
    Date of publication: 2024.06
    Author(s): Maeda, B., Akiyoshi, R., Tanaka, D., Sato, K., Murakami, K.

    DOI: 10.1039/d4cc01666a
    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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  • Title: Switchable Decarboxylation by Energy- or Electron-Transfer Photocatalysis
    Journal name: Journal of the American Chemical Society  vol.146  (2)  (p.1554 - 1562)
    Date of publication: 2023.12
    Author(s): Yota Sakakibara, Kenichiro Itami, Kei Murakami

    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11588
    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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  • Language: English
    Title: Copper‐Catalyzed Heterocyclic Recombination of Aziridine and Diazetidine for the Synthesis of Imidazolidine**
    Journal name: Chemistry – A European Journal  vol.29  (43)  (p.e202301071 - )
    Date of publication: 2023.06
    Author(s): Daiki Higuchi, Satoshi Matsubara, Hiroki Kadowaki, Daisuke Tanaka, Kei Murakami

    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301071
    Type of publication: Research paper (scientific journal)

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Industrial Property Rights 【 display / non-display 】

  • Property type:Patent
    Title:植物気孔開口調節剤
    Inventor(s)/Creator(s):村上慧　、前田文平、後藤栞奈

    Application number:特願2024-517306, 2024.10.15
    Publication number:WO2023/210570, 2023.11.02
    Country:Japan

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Awards 【 display / non-display 】

  • Prize: Synthesis Best Paper Award
    Date awarded:2025.05
    Awarding organization：Thieme
    Award-winner (group):Rina Tonedachi, Aoi Yoshita, Yota Sakaibara, Kei Murakami

  • Prize: 村尾育英会学術奨励賞
    Date awarded:2025.03
    Award-winner (group):村上慧

  • Prize: 宇部興産学術振興財団 第62回学術奨励賞
    Date awarded:2022.04
    Award-winner (group):村上慧

  • Prize: 科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰 若手科学者賞
    Date awarded:2021.04

  • Prize: Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2021
    Date awarded:2021.01
    Award-winner (group):村上慧

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Research Projects 【 display / non-display 】

  • Research category:挑戦的研究（萌芽）
    Project year：2025.04 - 2028.03
    Title:バイオスティミュラント応用を切り拓くための光触媒反応開発

  • Research category:基盤研究(B)
    Project year：2024.04 - 2027.03
    Title:第4級アンモニウム塩の多様性合成を指向したラジカル反応開発

  • Project year：2022 - 2023
    Title:新規な構造を有する第４級アンモニウム塩の合成手法の開発および化合物ライブラリーの構築
    Awarding organization：NEDO
    System name：官民による若手研究者発掘支援事業

  • Project year：2020 - 2023
    Title:ポリアミンの新合成反応開発と気孔活性植物分子の創出
    Awarding organization：JST 科学技術振興機構
    System name：さきがけ

  • Research category:Challenging Research (Exploratory)
    Project year：2019.06 - 2021.03
    Title:ヘテロ官能基化芳香環による気孔運動制御
    Awarding organization：Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
    System name：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Challenging Research (Exploratory)

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Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

  • Conference name:内閣府男⼥共同参画局Youtube
    Presentation date：2025.07.07
    Title:進路で⼈⽣どう変わる？理系で広がる私の未来2025

  • Conference name:Thieme Cheminar, Thieme Chemistry Best Paper Awards
    Presentation date：2025.06.12
    Title:Catalytic synthesis of nitrogen-containing molecules and plant chemical biology

  • Conference name:Organic Synthesis in the Era of ‘Sustainability’, the ACS Meetings Global Virtual Symposia (GVS) Spring 2025
    Presentation date：2025.03.23
    Title:Photoredox-catalyzed quaternary ammonium salts diversification

  • Conference name:第14回 CSJ化学フェスタ2024
    Presentation date：2024.10.22
    Title:有機合成化学よ、分子に多様性を与えよ!

  • Conference name:8th UK-Japan Catalysis Meeting
    Presentation date：2024.09.25
    Title:Harnessing catalytic synthesis of nitrogen-containing molecules and plant chemical biology

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