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Shun Dekura

Shun Dekura

Associate Professor

Akutagawa Laboratory, Division of Hybrid Material Creation, Measurement and Hybrid Research Center, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University

Focusing primarily on molecular solids, he is working on exploring properties related to hydrogen in solid materials. Additionally, he is interested in dynamic intermediate phases between solids and liquids, epecially plastic crystals.
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East Building 2, IMRAM, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0812, Japan

022-217-5654

s.dekura [at] tohoku.ac.jp

Education

Mar. 2009

Graduated from Osaka Prefectural Kozu High School

Mar. 2013

B.S., Faculty of Science, Kyoto University

Mar. 2015

M.S., Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan (Prof. Hiroshi Kitagawa)

Mar. 2018

Completion of doctoral course requirements, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan

Jan. 2019

Ph.D. in Science, Kyoto University, Japan (Supeurvisor: Prof. Hiroshi Kitagawa)

Career

Apr. 2015

JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), Kitagawa Laboratory, Kyoto University, Japan

Apr. 2018

Research Assistant, Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan

Oct. 2018

Project Research Associate, Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan (Prof. Hatsumi Mori)

Apr. 2023

Assistant Professor, IMRAM, Tohoku University, Japan (Prof. Tomoyuki Akutagawa)

Apr. 2026 (Present)

Associate Professor, IMRAM, Tohoku University, Japan (Prof. Tomoyuki Akutagawa)

Specialties

Solid-State ChemistryPhysical ChemistryMolecular SolidsHydrogen ScienceNanomaterials ChemistrySolid-State NMR

Professional Societies

  • The Chemical Society of Japan
  • The Physical Society of Japan
  • Japan Society for Molecular Science
  • Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
  • The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Society of Japan
  • Hydrogenomics — Hydrogen Science and Technology Collaborative Association

Awards

Sep. 2024

17th Japan Society for Molecular Science Young Scientist Award, Japan Society for Molecular Science, Japan

Jun. 2024

13th JACI Encouragement Award, Japan Association for Cchemical Innovation, Japan

Oct. 2023

12th R&D Encouragement Award, NF Foundation, Japan

Nov. 2021

Best Young Researcher Award, 15th Joint Research Meeting of MEXT National Projects on Condensed-Matter Science, Japan

Mar. 2018

Student Presentation Award, The 98th CSJ Annual Meeting, Japan

Sep. 2017

Presentation Award, The 11th Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science, Japan

Sep. 2017

Young Researcher Oral Presentation Award, 68th Divisional Meeting of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Japan

Mar. 2017

Student Presentation Award, The 97th CSJ Annual Meeting, Japan

Feb. 2016

Best Presentation Award, 2016 KYOTO-KAIST-NTHU Junior Chemist Symposium, Japan

Research Grants

Apr. 2025 - Mar. 2028

JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) JP25K08582, 'Elucidation of Filling Effects in Organic Proton Conductors', PI, 4,550K JPY

Oct. 2023 - Mar. 2026

JST ACT-X JPMJAX23DF, 'Creation of Organic Nano Plastic Crystals and Emergence of Dynamic Functionalities', PI, 6,000K JPY

Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2025

[Completed] JSPS KAKENHI Early-Career Scientists JP23K13715, 'Exploration of Anhydrous Super-Proton Conductors Based on Proton Tautomerism in Molecular Crystals', PI, 4,680K JPY

Jul. 2024 - Mar. 2025

[Completed] TIA Kakehashi Program, 'Control of Molecular Dynamics by Nanosizing of Organic Plastic Crystals', PI, 950K JPY

Jun. 2024 - Mar. 2025

[Completed] JACI 13th Award for Encouragement of Research, 'Development of Principles for Controllable Proton Dynamics in Organic Solids for Hydrogen Energy Utilization', PI, 1,000K JPY

May 2024 - Mar. 2025

[Completed] Amano Institute of Technology Research Grant 2024, 'Exploring hydrogen-electron coupled organic solids towards next-generation organic electrode materials', PI, 1,500K JPY

Sep. 2023 - Mar. 2025

[Completed] Yamada Science Foundation Research Aid 2023, 'The Challenge for Developments of Room-Temperature Superprotonic Conductors under Non-humidified Conditions Based on Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Single Crystals', Co-PI, 1,000K JPY

May 2023 - Mar. 2024

[Completed] Amano Institute of Technology Research Grant 2023, 'Creation of Organic Superprotonic Conductors for Humidity-Free All-Solid-State Fuel Cells', Co-PI, 750K JPY

Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2024

[Completed] CORE2 Young Scientists Feasibility Study, 'Creation of organic frameworks that strongly reflect molecular motion and their functionalities', Co-Researcher, 450K JPY

Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023

[Completed] Noguchi Institute Research Grant 2021, 'Development of Solid Electrolyte for Humidity-Free Fuel Cells Based on Novel Conduction Mechanism via Proton Tautomerism', PI, 2,000K JPY

Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2022

[Completed] JSPS KAKENHI Early-Career Scientists JP20K15240, 'Development of anhydrous organic solid superprotonic conductors utilizing molecular dynamics', PI, 4,290K JPY

Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2018

[Completed] JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1), 'Development of Innovative Hydrogen Functional Nanomaterials and Elucidation of Their Mechanisms Using Spectroscopic Techniques', PI, 2,800K JPY

Committees

2022 - 2025

Chair, Young Researchers' Society for Crystalline Organic Materials

Teaching

  • FY2026: MC Lecture "Organic Electronic Materials Chemistry", Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
  • FY2025: Special Lecture 12, Graduate Course, Rikkyo University, Japan (Adjunct Lecturer)

Other

  • Selected as a young researcher for the JSPS International Training Program 'US-EU-Japan Collaborative Education Program for Multi-Functional Materials toward Molecular Electronics' (FY2013), and conducted research for 3 months under Prof. Lahcène Ouahab at the University of Rennes 1, France.