about JSMolSci

Greetings from the President,

Japan Society for Molecular Science was established on September 20, 2006, by the merger of Symposium on Molecular Structure and Dynamics and Molecular Science Society, based on the enthusiastic support of about 1,100 people in the research field of Molecular Science. After Professor Keiko Nishikawa, who had guided us as the first President of the new society for two years until August 2008, I, Atsushi Nakajima, was appointed as the second President of the society.
In molecular science, we focus mainly on structures, reactions, and physical properties of molecules and molecular aggregates. Our research targets range from simple species such as atoms, diatomic molecules, and small polyatomic molecules, to large sized molecules such as bio-molecules and polymers, as isolated species, those in the various phases such as clusters, liquids, solutions, crystals, and those forming thin films, surface-absorbed films, and living cells. Their properties in the extreme conditions, such as high pressure, high temperature, low temperature, interstellar space, and intense laser fields, are also our major interest.
For describing geometrical structures and dynamical properties of molecules, which are sensitively dependent on the surrounding conditions, we develop theoretical approaches on the basis of the principles of quantum theory, chemical bond theory, and statistical thermodynamics. Considering that matters and substances around us are all composed of molecules, the research field of Molecular Science can be regarded as one of the fundamental and core research fields influencing all kinds of branches of natural sciences covering chemistry, physics, material science, and life science.
Through the activities of Japan Society for Molecular Science, we promote further frontier research in molecular science on the basis of its fundamental discipline, encourage researcher to develop new research fields, and foster young researchers. We hold every year one annual meeting, Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science, as an inherit of the good tradition of Symposium on Molecular Structure and Dynamics, and one annual symposium, Symposium on Japan Society for Molecular Science, which is a continuation of the good tradition of Molecular Science Society. For the membership holders, we disseminate information by e-mail, publish electronic journals, support activities planned by young researchers, and give awards to membership holders who conduct excellent research. These activities of our society are based on the following ethos:

To deepen and advance molecular science by holding Annual Meeting of Japan Molecular Science and Symposium of Japan Society for Molecular Science through presentations and discussion of top-level research presentations.
To be open to other research fields, by holding the annual meeting and annual symposium under interdisciplinary atmosphere.
To broaden the scope of molecular science by developing the networks of researchers covering the wide range of research fields.
To encourage and foster young researchers so that they raise their interest in molecular science and widen research fields ambitiously.

We believe the knowledge of molecules and molecular aggregate should deepen our understanding of nature, and are proud of the establishment of Japan Society for Molecular Science, as the home ground of researchers who are eager to develop new ideas and new methodologies to widen and enrich our view of nature on the basis of molecular science.
We hope to make an effort to raise the activities of our society so that the membership holders can take advantage of their status. For this, we sincerely hope the membership holders to give us feedbacks and comments.
We appreciate much your continuous support for the activities of Japan Society for Molecular Science.

September 1st, 2008
Atsushi Nakajima President,
Japan Society for Molecular Science
and
Professor,
Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University

Message from the president

Board Members (2008-)

President:: Atsushi NAKAJIMA (Keio University)
Vice President:: Yukio OHUCHI (Nagoya University)
Executive Directors:: Tatsuhisa KATO (Josai University)
Yasuhiro OHSHIMA (Institute for Molecular Science)
Tahei TAHARA (RIKEN)
Masahiko TAKAHASHI (Tohoku University)
Hiroshi SEKIYA (Kyushu University)
Kaoru YAMANOUCHI (The University of Tokyo)
Committees:: Misako AIDA (Hiroshima University)
Takayuki EBATA (Hiroshima University)
Toshiaki ENOKI (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Asuka FUJII (Tohoku University)
Masaaki FUJII (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Kenji HONMA (University of Hyogo)
Tamotsu INABE (Hokkaido University)
Haruki ISHIKAWA (Kobe University)
Koichi IWATA (The University of Tokyo)
Toshio KASAI (Osaka University)
Tatsuhisa KATO (Josai University)
Hiroshi KITAGAWA (Kyushu University)
Yoshiyasu MATSUMOTO (Kyoto University)
Fuminori MISAIZU (Tohoku University)
Hiroshi MIYASAKA (Osaka University)
Yasuhisa MIZUTANI (Osaka University)
Takehiko MORI (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Atsushi NAKAJIMA (Keio University)
Nobuyuki NISHI (Institute for Molecular Science)
Yasuhiro OHSHIMA (Institute for Molecular Science)
Yukio OHUCHI (Nagoya University)
Susumu OKAZAKI (Nagoya University)
Toshiya OKAZAKI (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Kazuya SAITO (Tsukuba University)
Shinji SAITO (Institute for Molecular Science)
Shigeyoshi SAKAKI (Kyoto University)
Naoki SATO (Kyoto University)
Rika SEKINE (Shizuoka University)
Hiroshi SEKIYA (Kyushu University)
Tahei TAHARA (RIKEN)
Masahiko TAKAHASHI (Tohoku University)
Sadamu TAKEDA (Hokkaido University)
Satoshi YABUSHITA (Keio University)
Kaoru YAMANOUCHI (The University of Tokyo)
Koichi YAMASHITA (The University of Tokyo)
Auditors:: Kikujiro ISHII (Gakushuin University)
Akira SAKAMOTO (Saitama University)

Board Members (2006-2007)

President:: Keiko NISHIKAWA (Chiba University)
Vice President:: Atsushi NAKAJIMA (Keio University)
Executive Directors:: Toshiaki ENOKI (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Hiroshi MASUHARA (Osaka University)
Kazuhiko SEKI (Nagoya University)
Toshinori SUZUKI (RIKEN)
Kaoru YAMANOUCHI (The University of Tokyo)
Hiroshi SEKIYA (Kyushu University)
Nobuhiro OHTA (Hokkaido University)
Committees:: Kunio AWAGA (Nagoya University)
Toshiaki ENOKI (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Takayuki EBATA (Hiroshima University)
Yasuki ENDO (The University of Tokyo)
Yasuhiro OHSHIMA (Institute for Molecular Science)
Nobuhiro OHTA (Hokkaido University)
Hiroshi ONISHI (Kobe University)
Koichi OHNO (Tohoku University)
Kenji OHMORI (Institute for Molecular Science)
Hiromi OKAMOTO (Institute for Molecular Science)
Ryuzi KATOH (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Hideki KANDORI (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
Hirohiko KONO (Tohoku University)
Nobuhiro KOSUGI (Institute for Molecular Science)
Shigeyoshi SAKAKI (Kyoto University)
Naoki SATO (Kyoto University)
Toshinori SUZUKI (RIKEN)
Kazuhiko SEKI (Nagoya University)
Hiroshi SEKIYA (Kyushu University)
Kazuo TAKATSUKA (The University of Tokyo)
Masahiko TAKAHASHI (Tohoku University)
Takeji TAKUI (Osaka City University)
Tahei TAHARA (RIKEN)
Masahide TERAZIMA (Kyoto University)
Atsushi NAKAJIMA (Keio University)
Keiko NISHIKAWA (Chiba University)
Hiro-o HAMAGUCHI (The University of Tokyo)
Masaaki FUJII (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Kenji HONMA (University of Hyogo)
Hiroshi MASUHARA (Osaka University)
Yoshiyasu MATSUMOTO (Kyoto University)
Hiroshi MIYASAKA (Osaka University)
Koichi YAMASHITA (The University of Tokyo)
Kaoru YAMANOUCHI (The University of Tokyo)
Auditors:: Kikujiro ISHII (Gakushuin University)
Koichi IWATA (The University of Tokyo)