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2024 (Click to enlarge photos)
We held 2024 Hsinchu Joint Seminar of NYCU and NAIST. (PDF)2023
Takatsuki High School (Osaka, Japan) students visited NYCU on Nov. 14, 2023.Prof. Masuhara organized The 5th COODy-Nano Workshop held at NYCU, in Oct. 12-13, 2023.
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Prof. Masuhara was awarded the title of Fellow of The Japan Society of Applied Physics at the 84th JSAP Autumn Meeting held in Kumamoto in September 2023.
Mr. Chih-Hao Huang was awarded for the Student Poster Award at the 31st International Conference on Photochemistry(ICP2023).
We held the 10th International Summer Course on Nano Material Discovery “Dynamic Exciton” .(June 2023)
The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) Secretary General Hans Willems and Head of International Affairs for Research Dr. Isabelle Verbaeys visited our Lab on May22，2023.
Dr. ken-ichi Yuyama, lecturer of Osaka Metropolitan University, visited our lab and gave a lecture at the DAC seminar on May 12, 2023.
Prof. Hideki Fujiwara, professor of Hokkai-Gakuen University, visited our lab and gave a lecture at the DAC seminar on April 21, 2023.
Prof. Masuhara gave 3 lectures entitled "Nanochemistry and technology" at NTHU (March 23, March 30, April 13).
A party was held to celebrate Professor Masuhara's 79th birthday.
Dr. Po-Wei YI has returned to NYCU as a postdoctoral researcher.
Po-Wei YI became the first student to complete the NYCU and NAIST Double Degree Program.
Wei-Yi Chiang was the first student to complete the NYCU and KUL Double Degree Program.
Collaboration with Kobe University
We are extending collaboration with Prof. Eri Catani and Mr. Keisuke Yuzu on optical trapping assembly and amyloid formation of protein. They often come and stay for our experimental study.
Collaboration with DEP, NYCU
We have started collaboration with Profs. Y. - F. Chen and K. – W. Su, and three DEP master students are extending trapping experiments in Masuhara Lab.
Mr. Po-Wei Yi passed the Ph.D. defense meeting in NAIST late January and have the second defense in NYCU late February. After two defense meetings, he will finish double degree Ph.D. program.
2022
An essay written by Prof. Masuhara was published on the NYCU website.https://enews.nycu.edu.tw/w/nycuenews038/Index?Preview=1 https://enews.nycu.edu.tw/w/nycuenews038/focus_22110810035713243
Dr. Wei-Yi Chiang, a former PhD student in our lab, gave a lecture at the NYCU DAC colloquium on October 30, 2022.
Mr.Wei-Hsiang Chiu obtained master thesis in October 2022.
One of our paper titled "The primeval optical evolving matter: optical binding inside and outside the photon beam"was pablished in Nature Communications.
Prof. Masuhara, Mr. Chih-Hao Huang, and Mr.Wei-Hsiang Chiu visited Katahira Campus of Tohoku University in Japan.
Dr. Toyouchi，Mr. Chih-Hao Huang, Mr. Po-Wei Yi and Mr.Wei-Hsiang Chiu joined the Autumn Meeting of JSAP in Sendai, Japan, in September 2022. After a three-year coronavirus outbreak, they made their first presentation on site.
Mr.Wei-Hsiang Chiu stayed and extended his experimental research in KU Leuven from July to August.
Dr. Wei-Yi Chiang was promoted as an Assistant Professor of National Kaohsiung Normal University in July.
Dr. Shuichi Toyouchi was promoted to Osaka Metropolitan University as a Specially Apppointed Assistant Lecturer.
Mr. Po-Wei Yi started his research life in Nara to obtain a degree in the double degree program between NYCU and NAIST in March.
A barbecue party was held to celebrate Prof. Masuhara's birthday in March.
Dr. Roger Bresolí-Obach stayed and worked as a Visiting Assistant Research Fellow for 3 months each in 2020 and 2021. He has left KU Leuven and promoted as assistant professor of Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain.
Mr. Po-Wei Yi and Mr. Yu-Jia Chang stayed and extended their experimental research in KU Leuven for 75 days. Further, Po-Wei went to the University of Geneva for collaborating with Prof. Takuji Adachi who was the last student (2006) of Masuhara Lab. in Osaka University.
2021
Mr. Chih-Hao Huang was awarded for the Best Poster Presentaion Award at 30th International Conference on Photochemistry (ICP).Dr. Jim Jr-Min Lin, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica，visited us on March 19, 2021.(Click picture to enlarge)
Prof. Dr. Michitoshi Hayashi, Director of Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University visited us on March 5, 2021.(Click picture to enlarge)
Our university's name was changed from NCTU to NYCU (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University) on February 1, 2021.(Click picture to enlarge)
2020
Dr. Shuichi Toyouchi has joined our lab and started his research as an assistant research fellow.Dr. Tetsuhiro Kudo, assistant research fellow, was promoted to Toyota Technological Institute in Nagoya as a lecturer.
Our former collaborator, Mr. Issei Aibara of Tokushima University was awarded Ph.D. degree.
Mr. Wei-Hsiang Chiu from Kaohsiung Medical University has joined our lab. as a master student.
Ms. Ya-Chiao Lee obtained master thesis.
Plenary Lecture for ICP2019 mentioned in J.Phys.Chem.A (PDF)
Mr. Issei Aibara, Ph.D. student of Tokushima Universit, stayed and extended collaboration research for about 6 months for July 2019 - March 2020.
2020 Hsinchu Joint Seminar of NCTU, NYMU, and NAIST was held (Closing remarks by Prof. Masuhara)(Program)
Dr. Roger Bresoli Obach of KU Leuven has joined our lab. He is extending his research here as a visiting assistant research fellow for two and a half months.
2019
The 40th anniversary volume of College of Science, National Chiao Tung University published (2019)
The message of Prof. Masuhara on "Research Culture of Institute of Molecular Science, Japan
PDF (Japanese / Chinese)
The 3rd workshop COODy-Nano was held in Kobe, Japan (Nov. 15, 2019)
Workshop on Optical Force Science was held in Awaji, Japan (Nov. 10-11, 2019)
Prof. Masuhara received an Honorary Membership of the Japan Society for Molecular Science (Sept. 17, 2019)
Dr. Tetsuhiro Kudo was given the Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan
Mr. Jia-Syun Lu obtained his master degree! Thesis title: Trapping Light Scattering and Propagation Leading to Dynamic Alignment of Microparticles at Solution Surface: Pistol-Like Ejection and Necklace-Like Pattern
(2019)
Dr. Wei-Yi Chiang started his postdoctral fellow at Rice Universuty in Houston, USA in July, 2019.
Mr. Chih-Hao Huang stayed and extended collaboration reserach in KU Leuven, Belgium in July - August, 2019.
Mr. Abdullah KAMIT stayed and extended collaboration reserach in KU Leuven, Belgium from in July, 2019.
Mr. Jia-Syun Lu stayed and extended collaboration reserach in KU Leuven, Belgium in May - June, 2019.
Ms. Siti Lailatul Noramalina Awg Zulmajdi from Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei stayed a few days and did experiment in June, 2019.
Mr. Mayank Bhasin and Ms. Yang Xu from The University of Melbourne, Australia stayed a few days and did experiment in June, 2019.
2nd Workshop on "Collective Optofluidic Dynamics of Nanopaticles (COODy-Nano)" was held in Leuven, Belgium (May. 30, 2019)
Dr. Wei-Yi Chiang extended his research at UCTU as a postdoctral fellow from February to July, 2019.
"Taiwan - Japan freindship built by Optical manipulation Studies"
PDF (Japanese / Chinese)
2018
Dr. T. -H. Liu was promoted Assistant Professor of Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan.
Mr. Chih-Hao Huang stayed and extended collaboration reserach in KU Leuven, Belgium in August - October, 2018.
Mr. Jui-Kai CHEN obtained his master degree! Thesis title: Assembling of nm-sized matters and accompanied bubble generation by intense laser irradiation (2018)
Mr. Ching-Hsiang TSENG obtained his master degree! Thesis title: Laser trapping-induced periodic structure in colloidal assembly triggering horn formation
(2018)
2017
Dr. Kudo had a invited talk at Osaka University (Dec. 2017)
Takatsuki High School students visited our laboratory. (Nov. 2017)
Dr. W.-Y. Chiang obtained Dual Ph.D. degrees (NCTU and KULuven, Belgium)! Thesis title:Nanoscale Material dynamics and manipulation under confined optical field (Nov. 2017)
Mr. S.-J. Yang obtained his master degree! Thesis title: Gold nanoparticle assembly formation with directional extension outside the focus induced by cooperative optical trapping, scattering and interference (October 2017)
Mr. C.-L. Wu obtained his master degree! Thesis title: A single enormously spreading assembly of polystyrene nanoparticles formed by solution surface laser trapping (Augest 2017)
Dr. T.-H. Liu started his postdoctral fellow at Osaka University.(Oct. 2017)
Ms. C.-J. Chang obtained her master degree! Thesis title:Fluorescence analysis on laser trapping-induced amyloid fibril formation of cytochrome c
Dr. T.-H. Liu obtained his Ph.D. degree! Thesis title: Femtosecond Laser Study on Biomolecular Nucleation and Nanoparticle Trapping
Masuhara was awarded The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, The emperor of Japan. (April 2017)
Our paper was highlighted at Advances in ENGINEERING
2015
| ・Dr. Kazunori Okano moved to Nara Institute of Science and Technology. (31/12/2015) ・Mr. Junhyung Lee in Chiba University stays in our lab for two month. (1/12/2015) ・Mr. Ryo Kihara in Ehime University stays in our lab for one month. (2/11/2015) ・Dr. Masayasu Muramatsu moved to Osaka University as an assistant professor. (2/11/2015) ・Dr. Teruki Sugiyama joined us as an associate professor. (1/8/2015) ・Ms. Wakana Nishiyama in Yamagata University stays in our lab for two months under the support of Summer Program of Interchange Association. (1/8/2015) ・Dr. Yugo Hayashi (NAIST) stays in our lab as a Visiting Researcher for 3 months. (1/6/2015) ・Dr. Morihiko Hamada joined our lab as a Visiting Assistant
Researcher (JSPS Research Fellow (PD)). (8/4/2015)
・We organized 2nd NCTU-NAIST-ITRC Joint Workshop on Laser Bio/Nano Science on Jan. 27th. (28/1/2015)
・Ms. Chen-Lien Hsu won the poster award in 2015 Spring Symposium of Photochemistry Association in Taiwan (Jan. 23-24, Kaohsiung). Congraturations!! (26/1/2015)
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2014
| ・Mr. Mizuki Sato in Yamagata University stays in our lab for two months under the support of Summer Program of Interchange Association. (1/8/2014) ・Ms. Jing-Ru Tu won the best presentation award in Joint Congress of ACTS-2014&CGOM11 (June 17-20, Nara). Congratulations!! (16/7/2014)
・Prof. Atsushi Miura moved to Hokkaido University as an associate professor. (1/5/2014) ・Dr. Tetsuhiro Kudo joined our lab as a Visiting Assistant Researcher (JSPS Research Fellow (PD)). (1/4/2014) ・Mr. Shimpei Nishimura in Saitama University joined our lab as an exchange student. (17/2/2014) ・We organized NCTU-NAIST-ITRC Joint Workshop on Laser Bio/Nano Science on Jan. 25th. (25/1/2014)
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2013
| ・We went hiking in "Eighteen Peaks Mountain". (26/10/2013)
・The paper was selected
for ACS "Live
Slides". (10/2013)
・The paper was published on the cover of Science Progress. (08/2013)
・Dr. Anwar Usman moved to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. (06/2013) ・Dr. Masayasu Muramatsu joined our laboratory as a Visiting Assistant Researcher (JSPS Research Fellow (PD)). (04/2013) |
2012
| ・We had
one day trip to Yingge famous for pottery and ceramics. (19/05/2012) |
2011
| ・A new student, Chi-Shiun Wu, joined to our lab! (28/07/2011) ・Prof. Minoru Kato (Ritsumeikai University, Japan) visited our lab and gave a seminar entitles as "Understanding of pressure denaturation of proteins; An approach from model peptides". (8/7/2011) ・A new posdoc, Ken-ichi Yuyama, joined to our lab! (01/04/2011) ・Prof. Hitoshi Watarai (Osaka University, Japan) visited our lab and gave a seminar entitles as "Novel application of magnetic fields in micro-analytical chemistry". (7/3/2011) |
2010
| ・At the
90th annual meeting of Chemical Society of Japan(CSJ), Prof. Masuhara
was awarded CSJ fellow. This fellow system has been established to
celebrate his significant efforts for research, education, or industry
in chemistry of Japan. Prof. Masuhara is one of the 3rd generation
of this fellow system. ・On 25th of Jan., Prof. Masa-aki Haga and Mr. Sho Fujii,
from Chuo university in Japan, visited our lab and Prof. Haga gave
a seminar in Dep. of Appl. Chem. Mr. Fujii will stay here for two
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2009
| ・The
1st NCTU-NAIST workshop on "Molecular/ Nano Science" has successfully
finished. ・On , three Drs. from AIST in Takamatsu, Dr. Mitsuru
ISHIKAWA, Dr. Tamitake ITOH and Dr. VIJU visited our laboratory and
gave presentations in the lecuture of "Laser Bio/Nano Science". ・Mr. Ryoya Shiraishi (Tokushima Univ., supervised by
Prof.
Shuichi Hashimoto) visited our lab and did experiments for a week. ・In The
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Hiroshi Masuhara Festschrift
is just published. Many colleagues and collaborators of Prof. Masuhara
wrote articles for this special issue. ・Dr. Anwer Usman has joined our lab as a postdoctral
fellow. ・On April 29th, Prof.
Hiroyuki Sugimura (Kyoto Univ.), Prof.
Syoji Ito, and Prof. Takahiro Kaji (Osaka Univ.) visited our laboratory
and gave presentations in the lecuture of "Laser Bio/Nano Science".
The titles of the three presentation is shown below. ・We held a party in celebration of Prof. Masuhara being awarded The Medal with Purple Ribbon on Jan. 11th at New Okura Hotel Osaka. At the party, Prof. Y. P. Lee gave a speach and a plaque to Prof. Masuhara. (22/01/2009)
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2008
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・Prof. Masuhara reported his receiving awards "Outstanding Scholarship" and "The Medal with Purple Ribbon" to the president of NCTU. And they exchanged their opinions toward one of the top universities in the world. (15/11/2008)
・Prof. Masuhara was awarded "Outstanding Scholarship"
by Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship, Taiwan.
(10/11/2008)
・Laser Bio/Nano Laboratory started our activity from
this April. We will welcome every student, pos-doc, and professor
to vist our lab. Please come to room 121-1 in Science bild. 1st. (01/11/2008)
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