Staff

Name Yamamoto Shigeki
Position Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Shigeki Yamamoto

Shigeki Yamamoto, Ph.D.

Scientist


Molecular Spectroscopy
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR
Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Phone: (+420) 220 183 529
Fax: (+420) 224 310 177

 
Education
2005-2009 Ph. D., at Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan. Thesis title: “Spectroscopic Analysis of Liquid-Liquid Interfacial Aggregates and Raman Optical Activity of Molecular Complex”.
2003-2005 M. Sc., at Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan.
 
Experience
from 2010 Post doctoral fellow at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB), Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic.
2009 Invited researcher of Osaka University, calculation study of Raman optical activity (ROA) at IOCB.
2008 (6 months) Experimental study of ROA at University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
2005-2008 Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2003-2009 Teaching confocal Raman microscopy to researchers in private companies. Research and teaching assistant for students in department of chemistry of Osaka University.
 
Research interest
Design and construction of Raman optical activity (ROA) spectrometer, ROA measurements on protein and its amyloid fibril, ROA monitoring of complex formation of chiral molecule and its fine structure in solution, Precise quantum mechanical calculation of ROA and Raman spectra of large peptide, Optical measurements at liquid/liquid interface (Resonance Raman spectroscopy, SERS, UV/vis absorption, Rayleigh scattering imaging, Total internal reflection method).