Education
- 2003: Bachelor of Science
Humboldt State University, Botany - 2006: Master of Science
Hokkaido University, Environmental Ecology - 2009: Doctor of Philosophy
Hokkaido University, Life Science (Prof. Jun Minagawa & Prof. Ayumi Tanaka) - 2009 – 2012: Postdoctoral Fellow
RIKEN, Live Cell Molecular Imaging Research (Prof. Akihiko Nakano) - 2015 – 2018: Postdoctoral Fellow
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging (Prof. Krishna K. Niyogi)
Professional Experience
- 2022 – Present: Research Scientist (Career)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging, Berkeley, USA - 2021 – Present: Visiting Scientist
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, Berkeley, USA - 2018 – 2022: Research Scientist (Career-track)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging, Berkeley, USA - 2015 – 2018: Biologist Postdoc Fellow
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging, Berkeley, USA - 2012 – 2015: Project Researcher
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Saitama, Japan - 2012 – 2015: Visiting Researcher
RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, Live Cell Super-Resolution Imaging Research Team, Saitama, Japan - 2009 – 2012: Special Postdoctoral Researcher
RIKEN, Advance Science Institute, Saitama, Japan
Publication
* = corresponding author(s)
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Fe starvation induces a second LHCI tetramer to photosystem I in green algae
Liu HW†, Khera R†, Grob P, Gallaher SD, Purvine SO, Nicora CD, Lipton MS, Niyogi KK, Nogales E, Iwai M*, Merchant SS*
bioRxiv - preprint (2024)
†Authors contributed equally
DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.11.624522 -
Too dim, too bright, and just right: Systems analysis of the Chlamydomonas diurnal program upon acclimation to light stress and limitation
Dupuis S†, Ojeda V†, Gallaher SD, Purvine SO, Glaesener AG, Ponce R, Nicora CD, Bloodsworth K, Lipton MS, Niyogi KK, Iwai M*, Merchant SS*
bioRxiv - preprint (2024)
†Authors contributed equally
DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.22.618525 -
Chlorophyll to zeaxanthin energy transfer in nonphotochemical quenching: An exciton annihilation-free transient absorption study
Lee T-Y†, Lam L†, Patel-Tupper D†, Roy PP, Ma SA, Lam HE, Lucas-DeMott A, Karavolias NG, Iwai M, Niyogi KK, Fleming GR*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2024)
†Authors contributed equally
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2411620121
bioRxiv - preprint (2023)
DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.11.561813 -
Bidirectional energy flow in the photosystem II supercomplex
Leonardo C†, Yang S-J†, Orcutt K, Iwai M, Arsenault EA, Fleming GR*
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2024)
†Authors contributed equally
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c02508
bioRxiv - preprint (2023)
DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.30.569278 -
Chlamydomonas cells transition through distinct Fe nutrition stages within 48 h of transfer to Fe-free medium
Liu HW, Urzica EI, Gallaher SD, Schmollinger S, Blaby-Haas CE, Iwai M, Merchant SS*
Photosynthesis Research (2024)
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-024-01103-8
bioRxiv - preprint (2024)
DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.13.579691 -
A hemoprotein with a zinc-mirror heme site ties heme availability to carbon metabolism in cyanobacteria
Grosjean N, Yee EF, Kumaran D, Chopra K, Abernathy M, Biswas S, Byrnes J, Kreitler DF, Cheng J-F, Ghosh A, Almo SC, Iwai M, Niyogi KK, Pakrasi HB, Sarangi R, van Dam H, Yang L, Blaby IK, Blaby-Haas CE*
Nature Communications 15: 3167 (2024)
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47486-z -
Structural diversity in eukaryotic photosynthetic light harvesting
Iwai M*, Patel-Tupper D, Niyogi KK
Annual Review of Plant Biology 75: 9.1–9.34 (2024)
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-070623-015519 -
Macroscale structural changes of thylakoid architecture during high light acclimation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Broderson M, Niyogi KK, Iwai M*
Photosynthesis Research (2024)
DOI: 0.1007/s11120-023-01067-1
bioRxiv - preprint (2021)
DOI: 10.1101/2021.06.26.450046 -
Phycobilisome protein ApcG interacts with photosystem II and regulates energy transfer in Synechocystis
Espinoza-Corral R, Iwai M, Zavřel T, Lechno-Yossef S, Sutter M, Červený J, Niyogi KK, Kerfeld CA*
Plant Physiology kiad615 (2023)
DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad615 -
Photoprotection
Iwai M†, Wakao S†, Niyogi KK
Chapter 25 In The Chlamydomonas Sourcebook (Third Edition), ed AR Grossman, F-A Wollman, pp. 807-828. London: Academic Press (2023)
†Authors contributed equally
ISBN: 978-0-12-821430-5
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821430-5.00025-0 -
From antenna to reaction center: Pathways of ultrafast energy and charge transfer in photosystem II
Yang S-J, Arsenault EA, Orcutt K, Iwai M, Yoneda Y, Fleming GR*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119: e2208033119 (2022)
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208033119 -
The initial charge separation step in oxygenic photosynthesis
Yoneda Y, Arsenault EA, Orcutt K, Iwai M, Fleming GR*
Nature Communications 13: 2275 (2022) - selected as an Editor's Highlight
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29983-1
arXiv - preprint (2021)
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2107.11112 -
Role of an ancient light-harvesting protein of PSI in light absorption and photoprotection
Lu Y*, Gan Q, Iwai M, Alboresi A, Burlacot A, Dautermann O, Takahashi H, Crisanto T, Peltier G, Morosinotto T, Melis A, Niyogi KK*
Nature Communications 12: 679 (2021)
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-20967-1 -
Variable optical properties of light-harvesting complex II revisited
Iwai M*, Chen JJ, Park S, Yoneda Y, Schmid EM, Fletcher DA, Fleming GR, Niyogi KK
bioRxiv - preprint (2020)
DOI: 10.1101/2020.10.05.312405 -
The role of mixed vibronic Qy-Qx states in green light absorption of light-harvesting complex II
Arsenault EA, Yoneda Y, Iwai M, Niyogi KK, Fleming GR*
Nature Communications 11: 6011 (2020) - selected as an Editor's Highlight
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19800-y
Research Square - preprint (2020)
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-46465/v1 -
Atomic force microscopy visualizes mobility of photosynthetic proteins in grana thylakoid membranes
Onoa B*, Fukuda S, Iwai M, Bustamante C, Niyogi KK*
Biophysical Journal 118: 1-11 (2020)
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.02.029
bioRxiv - preprint (2018)
DOI: 10.1101/426759 -
Vibronic mixing enables ultrafast energy flow in light-harvesting complex II
Arsenault EA, Yoneda Y, Iwai M, Niyogi KK, Fleming GR*
Nature Communications 11: 1460 (2020)
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14970-1 -
The Mars1 kinase confers photoprotection through signaling in the chloroplast unfolded protein response
Perlaza K, Toutkoushian H, Boone M, Lam M, Iwai M, Jonikas MC, Walter P*, Ramundo S*
eLife 8: e49577 (2019)
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.49577 -
Hexokinase is necessary for glucose-mediated photosynthesis repression and lipid accumulation in a green alga
Roth MS*, Westcott D, Iwai M, Niyogi KK*
Communications Biology 2: 347-357 (2019)
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0577-1 -
The PSI-PSII megacomplex in green plants
Yokono M*, Takabayashi A, Kishimoto J, Fujita T, Iwai M, Murakami A, Akimoto S, Tanaka A
Plant & Cell Physiology 60: 1098-1108 (2019)
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz026 -
Chlorophyll-carotenoid excitation energy transfer and charge transfer in Nannochloropsis oceanica for the regulation of photosynthesis
Park S, Steen C, Lyska D, Fischer AL, Endelman B, Iwai M, Niyogi KK, Fleming GR*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 116: 3385-3390 (2019)
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1819011116 -
Regulation of oxygenic photosynthesis during trophic transitions in the green alga Chromochloris zofingiensis
Roth MS*, Gallaher SD, Westcott DJ, Iwai M, Louie KB, Mueller M, Walter A, Foflonker F, Bowen BP, Ataii NN, Song J, Chen J-H, Blaby-Haas CE, Larabell C, Auer M, Northen TR, Merchant SS, Niyogi KK*
The Plant Cell 31: 579-601 (2019)
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00742 -
A unique supramolecular organization of photosystem I in the moss Physcomitrella patens
Iwai M†*, Grob P†, Iavarone AT, Nogales E, Niyogi KK*
Nature Plants 4: 904-909 (2018)
†Authors contributed equally
DOI: 10.1038/s41477-018-0271-1 -
Chlorophyll-carotenoid excitation energy transfer in high-light-acclimating thylakoid membranes investigated by snapshot transient absorption spectroscopy
Park S, Fischer AL, Steen C, Iwai M, Morris JM, Walla PJ, Niyogi KK, Fleming GR*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 140, 11965-11973 (2018)
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b04844 -
Subdiffraction-resolution live-cell imaging for visualizing thylakoid dynamics
Iwai M*, Roth MS, Niyogi KK*
The Plant Journal 96, 233-243 (2018)
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14021 -
Light-harvesting antenna complexes in the moss Physcomitrella patens: implications for the evolutionary transition from green algae to land plants
Iwai M*, Yokono M
Current Opinion in Plant Biology 37, 94-101 (2017)
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2017.04.002 -
Improving photosynthesis and crop productivity by accelerating recovery from photoprotection
Kromdijk J, Głowacka K, Leonelli L, Gabilly S, Iwai M, Niyogi KK*, Long SP*
Science 354, 857-861 (2016)
DOI: 10.1126/science.aai8878 -
Live-cell visualization of excitation energy dynamics in chloroplast thylakoid structures
Iwai M*, Yokono M, Kurokawa K, Ichihara A, Nakano A
Scientific Reports 6, 29940 (2016)
DOI: 10.1038/srep29940 -
Toward understanding the multiple spatiotemporal dynamics of chlorophyll fluorescence
Iwai M*, Yokono M, Nakano A
Plant Signaling & Behavior 10:6, e1022014 (2015)
DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2015.1022014 -
Light-harvesting complex Lhcb9 confers a green alga-type photosystem I supercomplex to the moss Physcomitrella patens
Iwai M*, Yokono M, Kono M, Noguchi K, Akimoto S, Nakano A
Nature Plants 1, 34-40 (2015)
DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2014.8 -
Visualizing structural dynamics of thylakoid membranes
Iwai M*, Yokono M, Nakano A
Scientific Reports 4, 3768 (2014)
DOI: 10.1038/srep03768 -
Photosystem II antenna phosphorylation-dependent protein diffusion determined by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
Iwai M*, Pack C-G, Takenaka Y, Sako Y, Nakano A
Scientific Reports 3, 2833 (2013)
DOI: 10.1038/srep02833 -
Isolation of the elusive supercomplex that drives cyclic electron flow in photosynthesis
Iwai M†, Takizawa K†, Tokutsu R, Okamuro A, Takahashi Y, Minagawa J*
Nature 464: 1210-1213 (2010)
†Authors contributed equally
DOI: 10.1038/nature08885 -
Live-cell imaging of photosystem II antenna dissociation during state transitions
Iwai M, Yokono M, Inada N, Minagawa J*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 107: 2337-2342 (2010)
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908808107 -
Characterization of photosystem I antenna proteins in the prasinophyte Ostreococcus tauri
Swingley WD, Iwai M, Chen Y, Ozawa S, Takizawa K, Takahashi Y, Minagawa, J*
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1797: 1458-1464 (2010)
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.04.017 -
CP29, a monomeric light-harvesting complex II protein, is essential for state transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Tokutsu R, Iwai M, Minagawa J*
The Journal of Biological Chemistry 284: 7777–7782 (2009)
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m809360200 -
Molecular remodeling of photosystem II during state transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Iwai M, Takahashi Y, Minagawa J*
The Plant Cell 20: 2177-2189 (2008)
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.059352 -
Distinct physiological responses to a high light and low CO2 environment revealed by fluorescence quenching in phototrophically grown Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Iwai M, Kato N, Minagawa J*
Photosynthesis Research 94: 307-314 (2007)
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-007-9220-y -
Identification of the mobile light-harvesting complex II polypeptides for state transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Takahashi H†, Iwai M†, Takahashi Y, Minagawa J*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 103: 477-482 (2006)
†Authors contributed equally
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509952103
Professional Presentations
- 2024
NSLS-II & CFN Users' Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY, USA (Invited Talk)
LBNL Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA, USA (Poster)
33rd Western Photosynthesis Conference, Biosphere 2, AZ, USA (Poster)
- 2023
Department of Energy 2023 Photosynthetic Research PI Meeting, Rockville, MD, USA (Talk)
LBNL Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA, USA (Invited Talk)
32nd Western Photosynthesis Conference, Bodega Bay, CA, USA (Invited Talk)
Quantum Biology Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, TX, USA (Invited Talk)
- 2022
31st Western Photosynthesis Conference (Online Poster)
- 2020
Department Seminar at Northern Illinois University (Invited online talk)
Big Quantum in Proteins International Meeting (Invited online talk)
Bioenergetics Seminar, Berkeley, CA, USA (Online talk)
29th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Bodega Bay, CA, USA (Talk) - 2019
28th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Friday Harbor, WA, USA (Talk & Poster) - 2018
Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA, USA (Invited Talk) - 2016
Bioenergetics Seminar, Berkeley, CA, USA (Talk)
The 13th Annual Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop, Berkeley, CA, USA (Poster) - 2015
Plant & Microbial Biology Department Student & Postdoc Seminar, Berkeley, CA, USA (Talk)
The 56th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Plant Physiologists, Tokyo, Japan (Talk)
The 17th Plant Organelle Workshop, Tokyo, Japan (Invited Talk)
Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology Project Research Seminar, Tokyo, Japan (Talk)
RIKEN 4D Symposium, Saitama, Japan (Poster) - 2014
Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology/Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology Joint Project Meeting, Tokyo, Japan (Talk)
RIKEN Symposium for Advanced Photonics, Saitama, Japan (Poster)
The 40th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Laser Microscopy, Saitama, Japan (Talk)
Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology Project Meeting, Shizuoka, Japan (Talk)
RIKEN Symposium for Advanced Photonics, Saitama, Japan (Poster)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Project Seminar (Invited Talk) - 2013
Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology/Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology Joint Project Meeting, Tokyo, Japan (Talk)
RIKEN Symposium for Advanced Photonics, Saitama, Japan (Poster)
Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology Project Meeting, Kyoto, Japan (Talk)
The 4th Annual Symposium of The Japanese Society of Photosynthesis Research, Nagoya, Japan (Invited Talk)
The 54th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Plant Physiologists, Okayama, Japan (Talk)
RIKEN Kibo Symposium, Saitama, Japan (Invited Talk) - 2012
RIKEN Extreme Photonics Research Symposium, Saitama, Japan (Poster)
Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology Project Meeting, Tokyo, Japan (Talk)
RIKEN Symposium, Saitama, Japan (Invited Talk)
Okayama University International Symposium, Okayama, Japan (Poster)
The 50th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan, Nagoya, Japan (Poster)
Japanese-Finnish Photosynthesis Research Conference, Turku, Finland (Invited Talk)
Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology/Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology Joint Project Meeting, Hokkaido, Japan (Invited Talk)
Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology Project Meeting, Shizuoka, Japan (Talk)
Photosynthesis Gordon Research Conference, Davidson, NC, USA (Poster)
The 15th Annual Moss International Conference, The Bronx, NY, USA (Poster)
The 53rd Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Plant Physiologists, Kyoto, Japan (Talk)
Kyoto University Research Seminar, Kyoto, Japan (Invited Talk)
Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology Kick-Off Meeting, Kyoto, Japan (Talk) - 2011
The 8th Chlamydomonas Workshop, Tokyo, Japan (Talk)
The 24th Japanese Association of Plant Lipid Researchers Annual Symposium, Tokyo, Japan (Poster)
RIKEN Extreme Photonics Research Seminar, Saitama, Japan (Poster)
The 52rd Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Plant Physiologists, Sendai, Japan (Talk)
Institute for Protein Research Seminar, Osaka, Japan (Poster) - 2010
RIKEN Extreme Photonics Research Seminar, Saitama, Japan (Poster)
Tokyo University Research Seminar, Tokyo, Japan (Invited Talk)
The 51st Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Plant Physiologists, Kumamoto, Japan (Talk)
RIKEN Advanced Science Institute-Yokohama Joint Research Forum, Yokohama, Japan (Poster) - 2009
RIKEN Advanced Science Institute- BioResource Research Center Joint Research Forum, Saitama, Japan (Poster)
RIKEN Extreme Photonics Research Seminar, Saitama, Japan (Poster)
RIKEN Seminar, Saitama, Japan (Talk)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology Symposium, Nara, Japan (Invited Talk)
The 50th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Plant Physiologists, Nagoya, Japan (Talk)
- 2008
Nara Institute of Science and Technology Symposium, Nara, Japan (Invited Talk)
The 49th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Plant Physiologists, Sapporo, Japan (Talk) - 2007
The Hokkaido Branch Meeting for Botanical Society of Japan, Sapporo, Japan (Invited Talk)
Satellite Meeting of the 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis "State Transitions", London, UK (Invited Talk)
The 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis, Glasgow, Scotland (Poster)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology Workshop, Nara, Japan (Talk) - 2006
Japanese-Finnish Seminar, Nara, Japan (Talk & Poster)
The 47th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Plant Physiologists, Tsukuba, Japan (Talk)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology Workshop, Nara, Japan (Talk) - 2005
The 5th Chlamydomonas Workshop, Tsukuba, Japan (Talk)
The 46th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Plant Physiologists, Niigata, Japan (Talk) - 2004
The 13th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research, Montreal, Canada (Poster)
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
- 2024 – Present: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Laboratory Directed Research and Development
Molecular Dissection of Photosynthesis Repair Mechanisms (Lead PI with Nathalie Elisabeth and Crysten Blaby-Haas) - 2021 – Present: U.S. Department of Energy - Field Work Proposal 449B
Regulation of Photosynthesis (Co-PI/Lead PI with Krishna K. Niyogi and Graham R. Fleming) - 2021 – Present: U.S. Department of Energy - Field Work Proposal SDOEMF
Multidisciplinary Tools for Illuminating the Details of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting Systems (Co-PI with Matthew B. Francis, Naomi S. Ginsberg, Phillip L. Geissler, and Jeffrey B. Neaton) - 2019: Talk Award - Western Photosynthesis Conference 2019 (Friday Harbour, WA)
The role of Lhcb9 in the unique photosystem I supercomplex formation in the moss Physcomitrella patens - 2014 – 2015: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research -
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Development of proteoliposome reconstitution imaging of thylakoid membrane proteins - 2012 – 2015: Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology -
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Study of plant photoadaptation mechanisms by using live cell imaging techniques - 2011 – 2013: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A) -
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Investigation of light energy redistribution mechanisms under stress environments in the moss Physcomitrella patens - 2011: Individual Collaborative Research Projects -
National Institute of Basic Biology
Spectroscopy analysis of photoacclimation mechanisms in Physcomitrella patens - 2010: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) -
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Visualization of photosynthetic protein complex network during photoacclimation mechanisms (Withdrawn) - 2010: Individual Collaborative Research Grant - Institute of Low Temperature Science,
Hokkaido University
The study of photosynthetic activities of giant chloroplasts in Physcomitrella patens - 2010: Collaboration Seed Fund - RIKEN
Nano-scale analysis of chloroplast thylakoid membranes using atomic force microscopy - 2009 – 2010: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up) -
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Development of live-cell imaging for photosystem proteins by using the Physcomitrella patens giant chloroplasts - 2009 – 2011: Grant for Special Postdoctoral Researchers -
RIKEN
Visualization of thylakoid membrane dynamics during photoacclimation - 2006 – 2009: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC1) -
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Investigation of photoacclimation mechanisms of light-harvesting complex proteins using the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii - 2005 – 2006: Nara Institute of Science and Technology "Plant Science Education Project" -
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Proteomics and visualization of photosynthetic proteins during state transitions - 2004: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Director Leadership Fund (by Prof. Takeo Hondoh) - Travel award for The 13th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research, Montreal, Canada
Service - Outreach - Professional Activities
- Served as a reviewer
For Scientific Journals
Algal Research
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
Biophysical Journal
Botany Letters
Current Opinion in Plant Biology
Environmental and Experimental Botany
Food and Energy Security
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Journal of Visualized Experiments
Langmuir
Nature Plants
Planta
The Plant Cell
Plant & Cell Physiology
Plant Methods
Plant Physiology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
Scientific Reports
For Funding Agencies for Research
The French National Research Agency (ANR)
National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Hungary (NRDI)
The Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science
- Outreach
October 2023: STEM Career Pathways Interview at The Berkeley Lab Director’s Apprenticeship Program (BLDAP), CA, USA
October 2023: Science & Career Talk for Hanazono Senior High School Students visiting UC Berkeley, CA, USA
October 2020: Online Science & Career Talk at The International Education Center at Diablo Valley College, CA, USA (Invited)
August 2020: Online Science & Career Talk at NIC International College in Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Invited)
June 2020: Online Science & Career Talk at NIC International College in Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Invited)
2019-Present: Global Science Supervisor, Hanazono Junior & Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan
August 2017: Career Talk at Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA, USA (Invited)
July 2014: Science & Career Talk at NIC International College in Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Invited)
July 2014: Science Lecture at Seishin High School, Ibaraki, Japan (Invited)
June 2013: Science & Career Talk at NIC International College in Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Invited)
April 2013: Science & Career Talk at NIC International College in Japan, Osaka, Japan (Invited)
July 2012: Science & Career Talk at NIC International College in Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Invited)
April 2012: Science & Career Talk at NIC International College in Japan, Osaka, Japan (Invited)
April 2012: ‘Aesthetic’ Panel Science Exhibition 2012, Tokyo, Japan
July 2011: Science & Career Talk at NIC International College in Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Invited)
June 2011: A column in In-Cube (Leave a Nest), No. 14, June 2011
February 2011: A column in The Business & Technology Daily News, Feb. 1st, 2011
November 2010: Science Presentation Contest in Science Agora 2010 at The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo, Japan (Invited)
October 2010: Editing Adviser, White Paper on Science and Technology for Children 2010, JST
October 2010: Science & Career Talk at NIC International College in Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Invited)
September 2010: A column in RIKEN News, Sept. 2010
July 2010: Science & Career Talk at NIC International College in Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Invited)
February 2010: Science & Career Talk at NIC International College in Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Invited)
January 2010: Science Talk at The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo, Japan (Invited)
November 2009: Science Presentation Contest in Science Agora 2009 at The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo, Japan (The 1st place winner)
- Mentorship and Research Training
Liu E, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (January 2024 – Present)
Hairston W, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (January 2024 – Present)
Han G, Research Assistant, LBNL (September 2023 – Present)
Zhang N, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (March 2023 – Present)
Sendan S, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (January 2023 – May 2024)
Hooper K, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (November 2022 – Present)
Lucas A, Lab Technician, UC Berkeley (October 2022 – June 2023)
Velilla S, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (August 2022 – May 2024)
Chu A, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (June 2022 – August 2022)
Ponce R, Lab Technician, UC Berkeley (March, 2022 – Present)
Liu J, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (February, 2022 – May, 2022)
Schwartz S, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (February, 2022 – May, 2022)
Ogburn M, Lab Technician, UC Berkeley (February, 2021 – January, 2022)
Ren K, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (March, 2020 – December, 2021)
Chapman M, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (January, 2020 – May, 2022)
Kim V, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (November, 2019 – May, 2021)
Lam V, Undergraduate Researcher, Lab Technician, UC Berkeley (October, 2019 – December, 2020)
Pagotan C, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (October, 2019 – March, 2020)
Wong V, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (May, 2019 – May, 2021)
Yanagihara K, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (August, 2018 – December, 2019)
Broderson M, Lab Technician, UC Berkeley (September, 2017 – Aprril, 2020)
Chan A, Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley (February, 2017 – August, 2018)
Watanabe H, Lab Technician, RIKEN (April, 2012 – March, 2015)
Kotoshiba K, Lab Technician, RIKEN (April, 2012 – March, 2015)
