Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  kim.sooyeon.3ukyoto-u.ac.jp

Professional Memberships

• 日本光医学・光生物学会
• 日本生物物理学会
• 光化学協会
• 日本化学会

Academic Degree

• 25 Mar. 2015

  大阪大学博士（工学）
• 22 Mar. 2012

  大阪大学修士（工学）

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• 韓国漢陽大学, 工学大学化学工学科, 卒業

Research History

• From May 2026, To Present

  Kyoto University, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Visiting Senior Lecturer
• From Apr. 2026, To Present

  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assistant Professor
• From Oct. 2025, To Present

  Japan Science and Technology Agency, PRESTO researcher
• From Apr. 2023, To Mar. 2026

  Kyoto University, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Program-Specific Jr. Associate Professor
• From Jan. 2022, To Mar. 2023

  RIKEN, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Researcher
• From Oct. 2020, To Mar. 2023

  Kyoto University, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Guest researcher
• From Apr. 2018, To Dec. 2021

  RIKEN, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, SPDR
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2018

  Osaka University, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, 特任助教
• From Apr. 2013, To Mar. 2015

  日本学術振興会, 特別研究員 (DC2)

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  201701001501775131

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/sooyeonkim

Research

Research Interests

• single-molecule
• chemical biology
• photochemistry

Research Areas

• Nanotechnology/Materials, Chemical biology
• Nanotechnology/Materials, Basic physical chemistry

Papers

• Comprehensive molecular profiling of single-cell proteome via gel electrophoresis and 3D single-molecule imaging

  Latiefa Kamarulzaman; Sooyeon Kim; Takuya Hidaka; Misaki Tsuchida; Yuichi Taniguchi

  15 Jan. 2026

  
• Boosted photocatalytic-photothermal disinfection performance of Co-imbedded N-doped porous carbon/oxygen-doped g-C3N4 nanosheets for high-efficiency elimination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria under visible light

  Nan Wang; Zhongxi Lu; Zhouping Wang; Sooyeon Kim; Yang Lou; Jiawei Zhang; Chengsi Pan; Yongfa Zhu; Jing Xu

  Chemical Engineering Journal, Jan. 2026

  
• Monodisperse and size-modulable spherical optical resonators produced from synthetic polymers by inkjet printing toward applications under water

  Kariana Kusuma Dewi; Hiroshi Yamagishi; Wey Yih Heah; Sooyeon Kim; Asuma Kubono; Yuichi Taniguchi; Yohei Yamamoto

  Materials Advances, Jun. 2025

  
• Real-space observation of salt-dependent aging in Laponite gels

  Shunichi Saito; Sooyeon Kim; Yuichi Taniguchi; Miho Yanagisawa

  Soft Matter, 13 May 2025

  
• Boosted H2O2 synthesis performance of supramolecular porphyrin homojunction catalyst for efficient photo-self-Fenton elimination of sulfonamide antibiotics, resistant bacteria and resistance genes

  Xi Yu; Zhouping Wang; Sooyeon Kim; Xiaoze Dong; Yang Lou; Jiawei Zhang; Chengsi Pan; Jing Xu

  Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, Feb. 2025

  
• PISA: versatile microscope for 3D single molecule light sheet imaging

  Yuichi Taniguchi; Kazuya Nishimura; Yamato Yoshida; Sooyeon Kim; Latiefa Kamarulzaman; David G. Priest; Masae Ohno

  07 Dec. 2024

  
• Recent methodological advances towards single-cell proteomics

  Sooyeon KIM; Latiefa KAMARULZAMAN; Yuichi TANIGUCHI

  Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, 2023

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• Femtosecond time-resolved diffuse reflectance study on facet engineered charge‐carrier dynamics in Ag3PO4 for antibiotics photodegradation

  Shaoxiong He; Chunyang Zhai; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Sooyeon Kim; Mingshan Zhu; Renli Yin; Lixi Zeng; Tetsuro Majima

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Feb. 2021

  
• In situ observation of NiS nanoparticles depositing on single TiO2 mesocrystal for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity

  Xiaowei Shi; Sooyeon Kim; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Oct. 2019

  
• Single-molecule and -particle probing crystal edge/corner as highly efficient photocatalytic sites on a single TiO2 particle.

  Wei-Kang Wang; Jie-Jie Chen; Zai-Zhu Lou; Sooyeon Kim; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Han-Qing Yu; Tetsuro Majima

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 17 Sep. 2019

  
• Monitoring Transport Behavior of Charge Carriers in a Single CdS@CuS Nanowire via In Situ Single-Particle Photoluminescence Spectroscopy.

  Mingshan Zhu; Chunyang Zhai; Sooyeon Kim; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  The journal of physical chemistry letters, 18 Jul. 2019

  
• Unprecedented effect of CO₂ calcination atmosphere on photocatalytic H₂ production activity from water using g-C₃N₄ synthesized from triazole polymerization

  Xu, J.; Fujitsuka, M.; Kim, S.; Wang, Z.; Majima, T.

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019

  
• Unprecedented effect of CO2 calcination atmosphere on photocatalytic H2 production activity from water using g-C3N4 synthesized from triazole polymerization

  Jing Xu; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Sooyeon Kim; Zhouping Wang; Tetsuro Majima

  Appl. Catal. B, Sep. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Facet effects of Ag3PO4 on charge-carrier dynamics: Trade-off between photocatalytic activity and charge-carrier lifetime

  Sooyeon Kim; Yue Wang; Mingshan Zhu; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  Chem. Eur. J., Sep. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Defects rich g-C3N4 with mesoporous structure for efficient photocatalytic H2 production under visible light irradiation

  Daming Ruan; Sooyeon Kim; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  Appl. Catal. B, Jul. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Charge carrier dynamics in TiO2 mesocrystals with oxygen vacancies for photocatalytic hydrogen generation under solar light irradiation

  Ossama Elbanna; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Sooyeon Kim; Tetsuro Majima

  J. Phys. Chem. C, Jun. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Defect state-induced efficient hot electron transfer in Au nanoparticles/reduced TiO2 mesocrystal photocatalysts

  Jiawei Xue; Ossama Elbanna; Sooyeon Kim; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  Chem. Commun., May 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Anisotropic Ag2S–Au Triangular Nanoprisms with Desired Configuration for Plasmonic Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation in Visible/Near-Infrared Region

  Zaizhu Lou; Sooyeon Kim; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Xianguang Yang; Baojun Li; Tetsuro Majima

  Advanced Functional Materials, 28 Mar. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Faster Electron Injection and More Active Sites for Efficient Photocatalytic H2 Evolution in g-C3N4/MoS2 Hybrid

  Xiaowei Shi; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Sooyeon Kim; Tetsuro Majima

  Small, 15 Mar. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Aggregation-Induced Singlet Oxygen Generation: Functional Fluorophore and Anthrylphenylene Dyad Self-Assemblies

  Sooyeon Kim; Yang Zhou; Norimitsu Tohnai; Hirotaka Nakatsuji; Michiya Matsusaki; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Mikiji Miyata; Tetsuro Majima

  Chemistry - A European Journal, 12 Jan. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Au Nanorod Photosensitized La2Ti2O7 Nanosteps: Successive Surface Heterojunctions Boosting Visible to Near-Infrared Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

  Xiaoyan Cai; Mingshan Zhu; Ossama A. Elbanna; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Sooyeon Kim; Liang Mao; Junying Zhang; Tetsuro Majima

  ACS Catalysis, 05 Jan. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Defects rich g-C₃N₄ with mesoporous structure for efficient photocatalytic H₂ production under visible light irradiation

  Ruan, D.; Kim, S.; Fujitsuka, M.; Majima, T.

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018

  
• Defect state-induced efficient hot electron transfer in Au nanoparticles/reduced TiO₂ mesocrystal photocatalysts

  Xue, J.; Elbanna, O.; Kim, S.; Fujitsuka, M.; Majima, T.

  Chemical Communications, 2018

  
• Facet Effects of Ag₃PO₄ on Charge-Carrier Dynamics: Trade-Off Between Photocatalytic Activity and Charge-Carrier Lifetime

  Kim, S.; Wang, Y.; Zhu, M.; Fujitsuka, M.; Majima, T.

  Chemistry - A European Journal, 2018

  
• Charge Carrier Dynamics in TiO₂ Mesocrystals with Oxygen Vacancies for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation under Solar Light Irradiation

  Elbanna, O.; Fujitsuka, M.; Kim, S.; Majima, T.

  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018

  
• Amplifying fluorescence signal contrast of aptamer-modified microspheres inspired by whispering-gallery mode lasing

  Sooyeon Kim; Ayaka Kuroda; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  RSC Advances, 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Black phosphorus: A promising two dimensional visible and near-infrared-activated photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution

  Mingshan Zhu; Yasuko Osakada; Sooyeon Kim; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, Nov. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Aggregation-Induced Singlet Oxygen Generation: Functional Fluorophore and Anthrylphenylene Dyad Aggregates

  Sooyeon Kim; Yang Zhou; Norimitsu Tohnai; Hirotaka Nakatsuji; Michiya Matsusaki; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Mikiji Miyata; Tetsuro Majima

  Chem. Euro. J., Nov. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Metal-Free Photocatalyst for H-2 Evolution in Visible to Near-Infrared Region: Black Phosphorus/Graphitic Carbon Nitride

  Mingshan Zhu; Sooyeon Kim; Liang Mao; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Junying Zhang; Xinchen Wang; Tetsuro Majima

  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Sep. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Controllable nanothorns on TiO2 mesocrystals for efficient charge separation in hydrogen evolution

  Peng Zhang; Sooyeon Kim; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, May 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• TiO2 mesocrystals composited with gold nanorods for highly efficient visible-NIR-photocatalytic hydrogen production

  Ossama Elbanna; Sooyeon Kim; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  NANO ENERGY, May 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Eco-Friendly Photochemical Production of H2O2 through O-2 Reduction over Carbon Nitride Frameworks Incorporated with Multiple Heteroelements

  Gun-hee Moon; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Sooyeon Kim; Tetsuro Majima; Xinchen Wang; Wonyong Choi

  ACS CATALYSIS, Apr. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Facet-Dependent Photoreduction on Single ZnO Crystals

  Elke Debroye; Jordi Van Loon; Haifeng Yuan; Kris P. F. Janssen; Zaizhu Lou; Sooyeon Kim; Tetsuro Majima; Maarten B. J. Roeffaers

  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, Jan. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• In Situ Observation of Single Au Triangular Nanoprism Etching to Various Shapes for Plasmonic Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

  Zaizhu Lou; Sooyeon Kim; Peng Zhang; Xiaowei Shi; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  ACS NANO, Jan. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Excited-state dynamics of Si-rhodamine and its aggregates: versatile fluorophores for NIR absorption

  Sooyeon Kim; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Mikiji Miyata; Tetsuro Majima

  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, Jan. 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• The unprecedented J-aggregate formation of rhodamine moieties induced by 9-phenylanthracenyl substitution

  Sooyeon Kim; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Norimitsu Tohnai; Takashi Tachikawa; Ichiro Hisaki; Mikiji Miyataa; Tetsuro Majima

  CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Far-Red Fluorescence Probe for Monitoring Singlet Oxygen during Photodynamic Therapy

  Sooyeon Kim; Takashi Tachikawa; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Aug. 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Photochemistry of singlet oxygen sensor green

  Sooyeon Kim; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 14 Nov. 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Self-Assembly of Polydeoxyadenylic Acid Studied at the Single-Molecule Level

  Sooyeon Kim; Jungkweon Choi; Tetsuro Majima

  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, Dec. 2011, Peer-reviewed

  
• pH-Induced Intramolecular Folding Dynamics of i-Motif DNA

  Jungkweon Choi; Sooyeon Kim; Takashi Tachikawa; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Oct. 2011, Peer-reviewed

  
• Unfolding dynamics of cytochrome c revealed by single-molecule and ensemble-averaged spectroscopy

  Jungkweon Choi; Sooyeon Kim; Takashi Tachikawa; Mamoru Fujitsuka; Tetsuro Majima

  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2011, Peer-reviewed

  

Awards

• 01 May 2015

  学生講演賞（日本化学会）
• 18 Aug. 2012

  Langmuir poster award（日本光生物学学会）
• 22 Jan. 2021

  学術奨励賞（生物・化学領域）（日本光医学・光生物学会）

External funds: Kakenhi

• 細胞内部でプローブとして機能する生体親和マイクロレーザーの開拓

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

  Basic Section 28040:Nanobioscience-related

  University of Tsukuba

  山岸 洋

  From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2028, Granted

  マイクロレーザー;光共振器;生体親和性;多孔質結晶;有機レーザー;バイオプローブ

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-24K01306/
• Development of 2D-Raman DIGE for single-cell proteomics

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 37030:Chemical biology-related

  Kyoto University

  金 水縁

  From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted

  タンパク質分析;電気泳動;一細胞解析;単一分子蛍光顕微鏡;一分子計測;ラマンイメージング

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K14800/
• Analytical Chemistry at the Single Molecule Scale

  Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering)

  Medium-sized Section 43:Biology at molecular to cellular levels, and related fields

  Kyoto University;Institute of Physical and Chemical Research

  Yuichi Taniguchi

  From 01 Apr. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2024, Project Closed

  １分子蛍光検出;超高感度顕微鏡;分析化学;医療分析;プロテオミクス;1分子蛍光検出;１分子;蛍光イメージング;生物物理学

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-20K20458/
• Biophysics of higher-order molecular genome structure

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

  Medium-sized Section 43:Biology at molecular to cellular levels, and related fields

  Kyoto University

  谷口 雄一

  From 01 Apr. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted

  ゲノム;ヌクレオソーム;次世代シーケンシング;分子動力学計算;物理モデル;次世代シーケンス

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-20H00460/
• Ultrasensitive and large-scale protein analysis using single molecule fluorescence gel electrophoresis

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 37030:Chemical biology-related

  Kyoto University;Institute of Physical and Chemical Research

  Sooyeon KIM

  From 01 Apr. 2019, To 31 Mar. 2023, Project Closed

  タンパク質分析;電気泳動;単一分子蛍光顕微鏡;一分子計測;一細胞解析;ゲル電気泳動法;プロテオーム解析;ケミカルバイオロジ

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19K15718/
• Development of lasing beads and microscopy to visualize intracellular excited states

  Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

  Osaka University

  Sooyeon KIM

  From 01 Apr. 2016, To 31 Mar. 2018, Project Closed

  蛍光信号増幅;蛍光センサー;レージング;顕微鏡;蛍光プローブ;自己集合体;光増幅;バイオセンシング;細胞イメージング

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-16K13931/