Profile
Michi Suga
撮影 大島拓也
2020/08/04 CV Dr. Michihiro Suga
Professional Preparation
2004 B.Sc. in Science, Osaka University
2006 M.Sc. in Science, Osaka University
2009 Ph.D. in Science, Osaka University
2009-2010 Postdoctral fellow, Osaka University as a research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2010-2012 Postdoctoral fellow, Oregon Health and Science University
2012-2014 Research Associate, Okayama University
Appointments
2014-2016 Assistant Professor, Okayama University, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
2016-2017 Assistant Professor, Okayama University, Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science
2017-2022 Associate Professor, Okayama University, Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science
2018-2022 PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency
2022-present Professor, Okayama University, Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science
Selected Honors and Awards
2008-2010 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2009 Rising Star Award from the Asian Crystallographic Association
2015 Young Scientist Award from Protein Science Society of Japan
2015 Early Career Award in Biophysics (The Biophysical Society of Japan)
2015 Young Scientist Award from the Crystallographic Society of Japan
2016 The Young Scientists’ Prize of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2017 The Japanese Society of Plant Physiology Young Investigator Award
2020 Young Scientist Award from the Photobiology Association of Japan
2022 The Robin Hill Award from the International Society of Photosynthesis Research
Research Interests
Structural biology: Mechanisms of water oxidation, light harvesting, and energy transfer in photosynthetic membrane proteins
Mineral transport mechanisms in channels and transporters
Crystallography: Methodologies for structural dynamics of membrane proteins using X-ray free electron lasers
Publications and Presentations
Peer-reviewed publications: 31
Book chapters and review articles: 1
Invited talks: 46