Professor Profile:

Education
    1992: B. S., Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
    1994: M. S., Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
    1997: Ph. D., Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
     Advisor: Professor Hiizu Iwamura

Professional Experience
    1994-1995: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo,
    1995-1998: Assistant Professor, Institute for Fundamental Research of Organic Chemistry, Kyushu University,
    1998-2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kyushu University,
    2004-2008: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kyushu University, 
   2008-present: Professor, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Kyoto University

   2001-2002: JSPS researcher, University of Illinois, USA (Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore)
   2003-2007: PRESTO research project leader
   2011: Invited Professor, University of Rennes 1, France

Awards
   2004: Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientist
   2006: Nozoe Memorial Award for Young Scientist
   2008: Teaching Award, School of Engineering, Kyushu University
Research Interests
   Physical organic chemistry for molecular electronics and highly functional materials

Selected Publications
   1. T. Sakano, K. Higashiguchi, K. Matsuda, Comparison of Molecular Conductance between Planar and Twisted 4-Phenylpyridines by Means of Two-Dimensional Phase Separation of Tetraphenylporphyrin Templates at a Liquid-HOPG Interface, Chem. Commum. 2011, 47, 8427-8429.
   2. T. Hirose, K. Higashiguchi, K. Matsuda, Self-Assembly and Aggregate-Induced Enhanced Emission of Amphiphilic Fluorescence Dyes in Water and in the Solid State, Chem. Asian J. 2011, 6, 1057-1063.
   3. K. Matsuda, H. Yamaguchi, T. Sakano, M. Ikeda, N. Tanifuji, M. Irie, Conductance Photoswitching of Diarylethene-Gold Nanoparticle Network Induced by Photochromic Reaction, J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 17005-17010.
   4. R. Arai, S. Uemura, M. Irie, K. Matsuda, Reversible Photoinduced Change in Molecular Ordering of Diarylethene Derivatives at a Solution-HOPG Interface, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 9371-9379.
   5. N. Tanifuji, M. Irie, K. Matsuda, New Photoswitching Unit for Magnetic Interaction: Diarylethene with 2,5-Bis(arylethynyl)3-thienyl Group, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 13344-13353.
   6. K. Matsuda, M. T. Stone, J. S. Moore, Helical Pitch of m-Phenylene Ethynylene Foldamers by Double Spin Labeling, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 11836-11837.
   7. K. Matsuda, M. Irie, A Diarylethene with Two Nitronyl Nitroxides: Photoswitching of Intramolecular Magnetic Interaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 7195-7201.
   8. K. Matsuda, N. Nakamura, K. Takahashi, K. Inoue, N. Koga, H. Iwamura, Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Three Kinds of π-Cross-Conjugated Hexacarbenes with High-Spin (S = 6) Ground States, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 5550-5560.