Prof. Dr. Mori

森 直 教授


Description

Excited state chirality plays a crucial role in photoreactions and photophysics. It encompasses the control of asymmetric photoreactions through both conventional and emerging strategies, including supramolecular interactions. Additionally, it involves elucidating the structure-property relationships of circular dichroism and circularly polarized luminescence from a materials perspective. Achieving this requires highly accurate excited state computations regarding conformation, energy, dynamics, and property calculations, along with human (and sometimes unconventional) intuition.


Professional Experience

1995 ~ 1998 JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists, Kyoto University
1998 ~ 1998 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad, Houston University
1998 ~ 2007 Assistant Professor, Osaka University
1998 ~ 2007 Assistant Professor, Georgetown University
2002 ~ 2002 The 21st Century Center Of Excellence Program, Georgetwon Univeristy
2006 ~ 2007 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow. University of Münster
2007 ~ 2025 Associate Professor, Osaka University
2018 ~ 2019 Fostering Joint International Research, Technical University of Munich
2025 ~ Present Professor, The University of Osaka

Recent Publications

  1. Mori, T. Significance of Vibronic Coupling that Shapes Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Double Helicenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202319702. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202319702.

  2. Olivier, C.; Nagatomo, N.; Mori, T.; McClenaghan, N.; Jonusauskas, G.; Kauffmann, B.; Kuwahara, Y.; Takafuji, M.; Ihara, H.; Ferrand, Y. A π-Extended Phenanthrene-Fused Aza[7]helicenium as a Novel Chiroptically-Active Architecture in Organic and Aqueous Media. Org. Chem. Front. 2023, 10, 752-758. DOI: 10.1039/d2qo01942f.

  3. Wade, J.; Salerno, F.; Kilbride, R. C.; Kim, D. K.; Schmidt, J. A.; Smith, J. A.; LeBlanc, L. M.; Wolpert, E. H.; Adeleke, A. A.; Johnson, E. R.; Nelson, J.; Mori, T.; Jelfs, Kim E.; Heutz, S.; Fuchter, Matthew J. Controlling Anisotropic Properties by Manipulating the Orientation of Chiral Small Molecules. Nat. Chem. 2022, 14, 1383-1389. DOI: 10.1038/s41557-022-01044-6.

  4. Inui, H.; Ito, T.; Miwa, C.; Haga, Y.; Kubo, M.; Itoh, T.; Yamamoto, K.; Miyaoka, M.; Mori, T.; Tsuzuki, H.; et al. Differences in Enantioselective Hydroxylation of 2,2′,3,6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (CB45) and 2,2′,3,4′,6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (CB91) by Human and Rat CYP2B Subfamilies. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 10204-10215. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c01155.

  5. Mori, T. Chiroptical Properties of Symmetric Double, Triple, and Multiple Helicenes. Chem. Rev. 2021, 121, 2373-2412. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01017.