Yu KomatsuLecturer
■Researcher basic information
Organization
Research Areas
Educational Background
- Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2015, University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, 物理学専攻
- Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2012, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Science
- Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2010, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, School of Life Science, 環境生命科学科
Career
- Jun. 2025 - Present, Ibaraki University, Carbon Recycling Energy Research Center (CRERC), 兼務教員
- Apr. 2025 - Present, Ibaraki University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Lecturer
- Jun. 2017 - Mar. 2025, Astrobiology Center, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Postdoc Researcher
- Jun. 2017 - Mar. 2025, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Postdoc Researcher
- Mar. 2018 - Feb. 2019, National Institute for Materials Science, Postdoc Researcher
- Apr. 2016 - Jun. 2017, National Institute for Materials Science, Postdoc Researcher
- Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2016, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)
External link
■Research activity information
Paper
- Remote Detection of Red Edge Spectral Characteristics in Floating Aquatic Vegetation
Aoi Murakami; Yu Komatsu; Kenji Takizawa
Astrobiology, 24 Feb. 2025, [Reviewed] - Enantioselective interactions of aminonitrile dimers
Natsuki Watanabe; Yu Komatsu; Koichi Miyagawa; Yuta Hori; Yasuteru Shigeta; Mitsuo Shoji
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Nov. 2024, [Reviewed] - Can we detect Photosynthetic signals from Extrasolar Planets?
Yu Komatsu, Lead
Viva Origino, Oct. 2023, [Reviewed], [Invited] - The Automated Reaction Pathway Search Reveals the Energetically Favorable Synthesis of Interstellar CH3OCH3 and HCOOCH3
Yu Komatsu; Kenji Furuya, Lead
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 17 Aug. 2023, [Reviewed] - A possible converter to denoise the images of exoplanet candidates through machine learning techniques
Pattana Chintarungruangchai; Ing-Guey Jiang; Jun Hashimoto; Yu Komatsu; Mihoko Konishi, Elsevier {BV}
New Astronomy, May 2023, [Reviewed] - Photosynthetic Fluorescence from Earthlike Planets around Sunlike and Cool Stars
Yu Komatsu; Yasunori Hori; Masayuki Kuzuhara; Makiko Kosugi; Kenji Takizawa; Norio Narita; Masashi Omiya; Eunchul Kim; Nobuhiko Kusakabe; Victoria Meadows; Motohide Tamura, Lead
The Astrophysical Journal, 01 Jan. 2023, [Reviewed] - Quantum Chemical Study on Interstellar Synthesis of Cytosine by the Automated Reaction Path Search
Yu Komatsu; Taiki Suzuki, Lead
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 20 Oct. 2022, [Reviewed] - A quantum chemical study on the effects of varying the central metal in extended photosynthetic pigments
Yu Komatsu; Kenji Takizawa, Lead, Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021, [Reviewed] - The Theoretical Investigation for Prebiotic Chemistry
Yu Komatsu, Lead
Viva Origino, Oct. 2019, [Reviewed], [Invited] - First-principles study of the formation of glycine-producing radicals from common interstellar species
Akimasa Sato; Yuya Kitazawa; Toshiro Ochi; Mitsuo Shoji; Yu Komatsu; Megumi Kayanuma; Yuri Aikawa; Masayuki Umemura; Yasuteru Shigeta, Elsevier {BV}
Molecular Astrophysics, Mar. 2018, [Reviewed] - A theoretical study of the formation of glycine via hydantoin intermediate in outer space environment
Megumi Kayanuma; Kaori Kidachi; Mitsuo Shoji; Yu Komatsu; Akimasa Sato; Yasuteru Shigeta; Yuri Aikawa; Masayuki Umemura, Elsevier {BV}
Chemical Physics Letters, Nov. 2017, [Reviewed] - Light absorption efficiencies of photosynthetic pigments: the dependence on spectral types of central stars
Yu Komatsu; Masayuki Umemura; Mitsuo Shoji; Megumi Kayanuma; Kazuhiro Yabana; Kenji Shiraishi, Lead,
International Journal of Astrobiology, Jul. 2015, [Reviewed] - Light absorption and excitation energy transfer calculations in primitive photosynthetic bacteria
Yu Komatsu; Megumi Kayanuma; Mitsuo Shoji; Kazuhiro Yabana; Kenji Shiraishi; Masayuki Umemura, Lead, Informa {UK} Limited
Molecular Physics, 18 Jun. 2015, [Reviewed] - Evaluation of the protein interfaces that form an intermolecular four-helix bundle as studied by computer simulation
Masaki Fukuda; Yu Komatsu; Hironao Yamada; Ryota Morikawa; Takeshi Miyakawa; Masako Takasu; Satoshi Akanuma; Akihiko Yamagishi, Informa {UK} Limited
Molecular Simulation, 03 May 2014, [Reviewed] - Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation of IPMDH Proteins
Yosuke Hirata; Yu Komatsu; Masaki Fukuda; Hironao Yamada; Takeshi Miyakawa; Ryota Morikawa; Satoshi Akanuma; Akihiko Yamagishi; Masako Takasu, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Proceedings of the 12th Asia Pacific Physics Conference (APPC12), 19 Mar. 2014, [Reviewed] - Analysis of the histone protein tail and DNA in nucleosome using molecular dynamics simulation
R. Fujimori; Y. Komatsu; M. Fukuda; T. Miyakawa; R. Morikawa; M. Takasu
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2013, [Reviewed] - The simulation study of protein-protein interfaces based on the 4-helix bundle structure
Masaki Fukuda; Yu Komatsu; Ryota Morikawa; Takeshi Miyakawa; Masako Takasu; Satoshi Akanuma; Akihiko Yamagishi, American Institute of Physics
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2013, [Reviewed] - Constructing protein nano-fiber and estimation of the electronic state around metal ions
Yu Komatsu; Masaki Fukuda; Hironao Yamada; Shuhei Kawamoto; Takeshi Miyakawa; Ryota Morikawa; Masako Takasu; Satoshi Yokojima; Satoshi Akanuma; Akihiko Yamagishi, Lead, Wiley
International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 15 Dec. 2012, [Reviewed] - Designing the Binding Surface of Proteins to Construct Nano-fibers
Y. Komatsu; H. Yamada; M. Fukuda; T. Miyakawa; R. Morikawa; M. Takasu; S. Akanuma; A. Yamagishi; S. Kawamoto, Lead, Springer Netherlands
Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics, 29 Oct. 2012, [Reviewed] - Conformation Analysis of Loop Region Peptides in the Laminin Alpha Chain LG4 Modules by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
H. Yamada; Y. Komatsu; T. Miyakawa; R. Morikawa; F. Katagiri; K. Hozumi; Y. Kikkawa; M. Nomizu; M. Takasu
Peptide Science 2011, Jap. Peptide Soc., 2012, [Reviewed]
MISC
- DNA・RNAの部品が地球外でつくられる反応経路を量子化学計算で発見
Feb. 2023 - Community Report from the Biosignatures Standards of Evidence Workshop
Victoria Meadows; Heather Graham; Victor Abrahamsson; Zach Adam; Elena Amador-French; Giada Arney; Laurie Barge; Erica Barlow; Anamaria Berea; Maitrayee Bose; Dina Bower; Marjorie Chan; Jim Cleaves; Andrea Corpolongo; Miles Currie; Shawn Domagal-Goldman; Chuanfei Dong; Jennifer Eigenbrode; Allison Enright; Thomas J. Fauchez; Martin Fisk; Matthew Fricke; Yuka Fujii; Andrew Gangidine; Eftal Gezer; Daniel Glavin; Lee Grenfell; Sonny Harman; Roland Hatzenpichler; Libby Hausrath; Bryana Henderson; Sarah Stewart Johnson; Andrea Jones; Trinity Hamilton; Keyron Hickman-Lewis; Linda Jahnke; Betul Kacar; Ravi Kopparapu; Christopher Kempes; Adrienne Kish; Joshua Krissansen-Totton; Wil Leavitt; Yu Komatsu; Tim Lichtenberg; Melody Lindsay; Catherine Maggiori; David Des Marais; Cole Mathis; Yuki Morono; Marc Neveu; Grace Ni; Conor Nixon; Stephanie Olson; Niki Parenteau; Scott Perl; Richard Quinn; Chinmayee Raj; Laura Rodriguez; Lindsay Rutter; McCullen Sandora; Britney Schmidt; Eddie Schwieterman; Antigona Segura; Fatih Sekerci; Lauren Seyler; Harrison Smith; Georgia Soares; Sanjoy Som; Shino Suzuki; Bonnie Teece; Jessica Weber; Felisa Wolfe-Simon; Michael Wong; Hajime Yano; Liza Young
25 Oct. 2022
Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
- Prospects for the Detection of Photosynthetic Biosignatures from Extrasolar Planets
Yu Komatsu
日本地球惑星科学連合2024年大会, 27 May 2024, [Invited] - 太陽系外惑星における光合成シグナルの観測可能性について ―惑星の輻射環境と光合成色素の光物性―
Yu Komatsu
計算科学コロキウム, 22 Feb. 2024, [Invited] - Theoretical studies on Exophotosynthesis
Yu Komatsu
ABC Symposium, 11 Dec. 2023, [Invited]
20231211, 20231211 - 前生物的な化学反応の理論的解明
小松 勇
生命の起原および進化学会 第44回 学術講演会 シンポジウム講演, 2019, [Invited] - 光合成光捕集機構の量子化学計算による系外惑星バイオマーカーのモデル構築
小松 勇
「宇宙と生命」懇話会（第１３回）, 2013, [Invited]
Affiliated academic society
Research Themes
- Construction of a spectroscopic database using large-scale quantum chemical calculations for biosignature identification
基盤研究(C)
Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2028 - The quantum chemical search for photosynthetic pigments utilizing NIR radiation and oxidizing water
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Center for Novel Science Initatives, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2025 - 先端的単一分子分光による光合成保護機能の進化戦略の解明
OPEN MIX LAB (OML)公募研究プログラム(若手支援型)
Jul. 2023 - Mar. 2024 - 先端的分光手法を用いた光合成集光タンパク質の進化戦略の解明
自然科学研究機構
Oct. 2022 - Mar. 2023 - The theoretical and observational study of the formation process of interstellar heterocyclic compounds
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Center for Novel Science Initatives, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2022
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