Former Postdoctoral Associates and Visiting Scientists

Dr. Misato Akiyoshi
Visiting Ph.D. student from the group of Prof. Isobe at the University of Tokyo (December 20023 - January 2024)

Dr. Giulio Casla
Visiting Ph.D. Stidemt from the group of Prof. Rossi at Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Otober 2023 - February 2024)

Ms. Haruka Kano
Visiting Ph.D. Student ftom the group of Prof. H. Yamada at Nara Institute of Science and Technology, currently Kyoto University (September 2022 - August 2023)

Dr. Chrsitina Castanyer
Visiting Ph.D. Student from the gorup of Prof. Solà and Prof. Pla-Quintana at University of Girona (July 2022 - September 2022)
(1) Castanyer, C.; Çelik, Ç.; Artigas, A.; Roglans, A.; Quintana, A. P.*; Stasyuk, A. J.*; Yamakoshi, Y.*; Solà, M.*: Enhancement of photoinduced reactive oxygen species generation in open-cage fullerenes. Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 2673-2681.

Prof. Takahiro Soeta
Visiting Professor from Department of Chemistry at Kanazawa University (2020) external page link

Dr. Weilin Wei
Visiting Researcher from Nano Lifescience Institute at Kanazawa University (2020) external page link

Dr. Manuel Petroselli
Postdoctoral researcher (2020-2021)

Dr. Tamas Nemeth
Postdosctoral reseacher (2018-2020)
(2) Nemeth, T.; Pallier, A.; Çelik, Ç.; Garda, Z,; Yoshizawa-Sugata, N.*; Masai, H.*; Tóth, É.*; Yamakoshi, Y.* Water-Soluble Mn(III)-Porphyrins with High Relaxivity and Photosensitization. ACS Chem. Biomed. Imaging 2024.
(1) Nemeth, T.; Yoshizawa-Sugata, N.; Pallier, A.; Tajima, Y.; Ma, Y.; Tóth, É.*; Masai, H.*; Yamakoshi, Y.*: Water-Soluble Gd (III)–Porphyrin Complexes Capable of Both Photosensitization and Relaxation Enhancement. ACS Chem. Biomed. Imaging, 2023, 1, 157-167.

Dr. Olesya Semivrazhskaya 
Postdoctoral Researcher (2017-2019)
Departed for: Development Engineer at Roche Diagnostics (Zug, Switzerland)
(3) Semivrazhskaya, O.; Aroua, S.; Yulikov M.; Romero-​Rivera, A.; Stevenson S.; Garcia-​Borràs, M.; Osuna, S.*; Yamakoshi, Y.*: Regioselective Synthesis and Characterization of Tris-​ and Tetra-​Prato Adducts of M₃N@C₈₀ (M = Y, Gd). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 12954-​​12965.
(2) Semivrazhskaya, O.; Romero-​Rivera, A.; Aroua, S.; Troyanov, S. I.; Garcia-​Borràs, M.; Stevenson, S.; Osuna, S.*; Yamakoshi, Y.*: Structures of Gd₃N@C₈₀ Prato Bis-​Adducts: Crystal Structure, Thermal Isomerization, and Computational Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10988-​10993.
(1) Liosi, K.; Romero-​Rivera, A.; Semivrazhskaya, O.; Caniglia, C. D.; Garcia-​Borràs, M.; Trapp, N.; Osuna, S.*; Yamakoshi, Y.*: Site-​Selectivity of Prato Additions to C₇₀: Experimental and Theoretical Studies of a New Thermodynamic Product at the dd-[5,6]-​Junction. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 5162-​5166.

Dr. Ana Rita Royappa
Postdoctoral Researcher (2015-2016)
Departed for: Proposal Manager at Rohnerchem (Basel, Switzerland
(1) Royappa, A. R.; Ayer, M.; Fracassi, A.; Ebert, M. O. Aroua, S.; Yamakoshi, Y.*: Conformationally Selective Synthesis of Mononitrocalix[4]arene in Cone or Partial Cone, Helv. Chim. Acta 2017, 100, 5.

Prof. Dr. Rakesh Kumar
Postdoctoral Researcher (2012-2015)
Departed for: Assistent Professor at Jain University; Currently: Associate Prof. in Natl. Inst. Technol. Jalandhar (India) external page ink
(2) Kumar, R.; Gleißner, E.; Tiu, E. G. V.; and Yamakoshi, Y.*: C₇₀ as a Photocatalyst for Oxidation of Secondary Benzylamines to Imines, Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 184-​187.
(1) Kumar, R.; Ramakrishna, S. N.; Naik, V. V.; Chu, Z.; Drew, M. E.; Spencer, N. D.; Yamakoshi, Y.*: Versatile Method for AFM-​tip Functionalization with Biomolecules: Fishing a Ligand by Means of an in situ Click Reaction, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 6599-​6606.

Dr. Qingling Xu
Postdoctoral Researcher (2012-2013)
Departed for: Reseach Professor at Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea)

Prof. Dr. Xiaojing Ma
Visiting Scientist (2012)
Departed for: Associate Prof. at Changchun Inst. Appl. Chem. (CAS, China)(1) Oriana, S.; Aroua, S.; Söllner, J. O. B.; Ma, X.; Iwamoto, Y.; Yamakoshi, Y.*: Water-​soluble C₆₀– and C₇₀–PVP Polymers for Biomaterials with Efficient ¹O₂ Generation, Chem. Comm. 2013, 49, 9302–9304.

Dr. Zonglin Chu
Postdoctoral Researcher (2011-2012) 
Departed for: Postdoctoral Researcher at Universität Zurich
(1) Kumar, R.; Ramakrishna, S. N.; Naik, V. V.; Chu, Z.; Drew, M. E.; Spencer, N. D.; Yamakoshi, Y.*: Versatile Method for AFM-​tip Functionalization with Biomolecules: Fishing a Ligand by Means of an in situ Click Reaction, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 6599-​6606.

Prof. Dr. Andrew N. Lowell
Postdoctoral Researcher (2009-2012)
Departed for: Research Associate in Prof. Sherman group (U. Michigan); Currently: Assistant Prof. in Dept. Chemistry at Virginia Tech. (USA) external page Link external page Link (group)
(4) Fracassi, A.; Qiao, H.; Lowell, A.; Cao, J.; Bode, J.; Masai, H.; Yoshizawa-Sugata, N.; Zhou, R.*; Yamakoshi, Y.* ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science 2025, Just Accepted.
(3) Aroua, S.; Lowell, A. N.; Ray, A.; Trapp, N.; Schweizer, W. B.; Ebert, M.-O.; Yamakoshi, Y.*: Larger Substitution on Amide Cavitands Induce Bigger Cavities. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 201-​205.
(2) Lowell, A. N.; Qiao, H.; Liu, T.; Ishikawa, T.; Zhang, H.; Oriana, S.; Wang, M.; Ricciotti, E.; Fitzgerald, G. A.; Zhou, R.*; Yamakoshi, Y.*: Functionalized Low-​density Lipoprotein Nanoparticles for in vivo Enhancement of Atherosclerosis on Magnetic Resonance Images. Bioconjugate Chem. 2012, 23, 2313–2319.
(1) Yamakoshi, Y.*; Qiao, H.; Lowell, A. N.; Woods, M.; Paulose, B.; Nakao, Y.; Zhang, H.; Liu, T.; Lund-​Katz, S.; Zhou, R.*: LDL-​based Nanoparticles for Contrast Enhanced MRI of Atheroplaques in Mouse Models. Chem. Comm. 2011, 47, 8835–8837.

Dr. Betty Paulose
Postdoctoral Researcher (2008-2010)
Departed for: India
(1) Yamakoshi, Y.*; Qiao, H.; Lowell, A. N.; Woods, M.; Paulose, B.; Nakao, Y.; Zhang, H.; Liu, T.; Lund-​Katz, S.; Zhou, R.*: LDL-​based Nanoparticles for Contrast Enhanced MRI of Atheroplaques in Mouse Models. Chem. Comm. 2011, 47, 8835–8837.

Dr. Ye Cai
Postdoctoral Researcher (2008-2009)
Departed for: Researcher in Afexa Life Sciences Inc. (Edmonton, Canada)
(1) Oriana, S.; Cai, Y.; Bode, J. W.; Yamakoshi, Y.*: Synthesis of Tri-​functionalized MMP2 FRET Probes Using a Chemo-​selective and Late-​stage Modification of Unprotected Peptides, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 1792-​1800.

Dr. Thach-Mien Duong Nguyen
Postdoctoral Researcher (2009) #39
Departed for: Researcher in U. S. Deptment of Agriculture (DC, USA)
(1) Yamakoshi, Y.*; Aroua, S.; Nguyen, T.-M.; Iwamoto, Y.; Ohnishi, T.: Water-​soluble Fullerene Materials for Bioapplication, Faraday Discuss. 2014, 173, 287-​296.