Personal Profile (Aug 6, 2013 up dated)Japanese version

Name:

Shiro Maeda ( born in Kobe, Japan at September 1953 )

Title:

Professor

Degree:

PhD. (Kyoto University，Japan) 1985

Education:

1972-1977 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

1977-1982 Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Academic Experience:

April 1985 - November 1987: Lecturer (part-time) , College of Liveral Arts and Sciences, Univ. of Tokushima, Japan
April 1987 - November 1987: Lecturer (part-time) , Technical College, Univ. of Tokushima, Japan

　　　　March 1999-May 1999 　Visiting scientist at Kaiserslautern University, Germany ( Professor H.-G. Kuball)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (Professor B. Norden)

December 1987 to February 2012: Associate Professor, Division of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fuku, Japan

　　　March 2012 to present: Professor, Division of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fuku, Japan

Teaching Subject:

Undergraduate course:Physical Chemistry, Quantum Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
Graduate course: Physical Chemistry Adv., Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Research Interest:

(1)Molecular Structure Analysis by using One- and multi-dimensional NMR and Computational Chemistry

(2)Molecular Structure Analysis by using High-Resolution Solid -State NMR

(3)Polarization Modulation Spectroscopy

Publication List

Recent publications:
(1)Books
(1)American Chemical Society, ACS Symposium Series (2011)
Title of Book:NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers: Innovative NMR Strategies for Complex Macromolecular Systems
Editor: H. N. Cheng
Title of Chapter: "Characterization of Microbial Poly(ε-L-lysine) and Its Derivatives by Solid-State NMR"
Authors: Maeda, Shiro*; Sasaki, Chizuru; Kunimoto, Ko-Ki 　　　（*Corresponding Author)

(2)Original Papers with peer review
(1)Title:Formation of carbamates and cross-linking of microbial poly(ε-L-lysine) studied by ¹³C and ¹⁵N solid-state NMR
Authors:Maeda, Shiro*; Oumae, Shingo; Kaneko, Shota; Kunimoto, Ko-Ki
Journal:Polym. Bull. (Springer)

(2)Title:Study of vibrational spectra and molecular structure of intermolecular hydrogen bonded 2-thiohydantoin using Density Functional Theory.
Authors:Anamika Sharma, Vineet Gupta, Rashmi Mishra, Poonam Tandon*, Shiro Maeda and Ko-Ki Kunimoto
Journal:J. Mol. Struct. (Elsevier)

(3)Title:Structural Analysis of Microbial Poly(ε-L-lysine)/Poly(acrylic acid) Complex by FT-IR, DSC, and Solid-State ¹³C and ¹⁵N NMR
Authors:Maeda, Shiro*; Fujiwara, Yasuhiro;Sasaki, Chizuru; Kunimoto, Ko-Ki
Journal:Polym. J.

(4)Title:Characterization of Microbial Polymers and thier Polymer Blends
Authors: Shiro Maeda*. Ko-Ki Kunimoto
Journal: Chemical Engineering, 9, 63-68（Kagaku Kogyosha, in Japanese）.

(5)Title：Solid State NMR Study on Microbial Poly(ε-lysine)/Carboxymethyl Cellulose Blends
Authors:Maeda, Shiro*; Kato, Kumiko; Takag、Ken; Kobayashi, Mina; Kunimoto, Ko-Ki
Journal:International Journal of Modern Physics B

Recent International Conference
Oral Presentation
4th Asia-Pacific NMR Symposium（Beijing, China）
Octorber, 17, 2011)
Title：Formation of Carbamates of Microbial Poly(ε-L-lysine) and Characterization of Its Hydrogel by Solid NMR
Authors：Shiro Maeda*, Ken Takagi, Mina Kobayashi, Ko-Ki Kunimoto

Invited Lectures
(1)6th International Conference on Advanced Materials Development and Performance (AMDP 2011)(Univ. Tokushima, Japan)
July, 16, 2011
Title: I‐115　"Characterization of Microbial Poly(amino acid)s and Their Polymer Blends"
Authors: Shiro Maeda* and Ko-Ki Kunimoto

(2)Int. Chem. Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, (PACIFICHEM　2010)(Honolulu, HI, USA)
December 18, 2011,
Title:Solid-State NMR Structural Study of Microbial Poly(amino acid)s and its Polymer Blends
Authors:Shiro Maeda*, Ko-Ki Kunimoto

(3)3rd Asia-Pacific NMR Symposium（Jeju, Korea）
Octorber 26, 2009
Title:Characterization of Microbial Poly(ε-L-lysine)/Poly(acrylic acid) Complex by Solid-State NMR
Authors:Shiro Maeda*, Ko-Ki Kunimoto

Affiliated with:

The Chemical Society of Japan
The Society of Polymer Science, Japan

American Chemical Society
The Physical Society of Japan
The Biophysical Society of Japan
The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Society of Japan

Mailing Address:

3-9-1 Bunkyo, Fukui 910-8507, Japan

Division of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology,
Graduate School of Engineering,
University of Fukui

E-mail address : smaedaATu-fukui.ac.jp (AT should be replaced by @)
Phone No. : +81-776-27-8635
FAX No.: +81-776-27-8747

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