Kim Eunchul

College of Humanities and Sciences Department of BiosciencesAssistant Professor

Degree

  • Ph.D., Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, Aug. 2015

Research Keyword

  • 植物生理学
  • Plant Physical Chemistry
  • 植物生化学
  • Photosynthesis
  • Light-harvesting system
  • Photosystem (PSI and PSII)
  • Biophysical Chemistry
  • Biophysics

Field Of Study

  • Life sciences, Plants: molecular biology and physiology
  • Life sciences, Biophysics
  • Natural sciences, Bio-, chemical, and soft-matter physics

Career

  • Apr. 2025 - Present
    Nihon University, College of Humanities and Sciences Department of Biosciences, Assistant Professor (PI)
  • Feb. 2021 - Apr. 2025
    The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, School of Life Science Department of Basic Biology, Assistant Professor
  • Feb. 2021 - Apr. 2025
    National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Division of Environmental Photobiology, Assistant Professor
  • May 2019 - Jan. 2021
    National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Division of Environmental Photobiology, Visiting Researcher
  • May 2019 - Jan. 2021
    Nagoya University, Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Designated Assistant Professor
  • Apr. 2018 - Apr. 2019
    National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Division of Environmental Photobiology, NIBB Research fellow
  • Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2018
    National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Division of Environmental Photobiology, JSPS Research Fellow
  • Oct. 2015 - Mar. 2016
    National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Division of Environmental Photobiology, PostDoc
  • Sep. 2015 - Sep. 2015
    Sungkyunkwan University (Korea), Center for Nanotubes and Nanostructured Composites Research Units, PostDoc
  • Jun. 2014 - Aug. 2015
    Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, Visiting student

Educational Background

  • Sep. 2009 - Aug. 2015
    Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, Department of Energy Science, Ph.D

Award

  • Aug. 2026
    日本光生物学協会, 奨励賞

    金恩哲
  • Mar. 2026
    日本大学文理学部, 令和7年度前学期 文理ティーチング・アワード
    ★科目名:光生物学
    金 恩哲
  • Jun. 2024
    第31回「光合成セミナー2024」, 第8回三室賞
  • Jun. 2023
    日本光合成学会年会, ポスター賞
  • Mar. 2021
    National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Young Scientist Award
  • Nov. 2020
    National Institute for Basic Biology, Young Scientist Award
  • May 2012
    Department of Energy Science Workshop, SKKU, Best Poster Presentation Award
  • Oct. 2010
    7th Korea-Japan Symposium on frontier Photoscience, Best Poster Presentation Award
  • Jul. 2010
    103rd Korean Physical Chemistry Symposium, Best Poster Presentation Award

Paper

  • ★Membrane lipid properties in photosynthetic responses to environmental changes
    Eunchul Kim*, Koichi Kobayashi*
    Journal of Experimental Botany, Jun. 2026, Refereed, Invited
    Lead
  • ★CurT/CURT1 proteins are involved in cell and chloroplast division coordination of cyanobacteria and green algae
    Marcel Dann1,*; Eunchul Kim1,*; Konomi Fujimura-Kamada; Vjosa Berisha; Mami Nomura; Anne-Christin Pohland; Mai Watanabe; Matthias Ostermeier; Frederik Sommer; Michael Schroda; Shin-ya Miyagishima; Jun Minagawa
    Nature Communications, Sep. 2025, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • ★Network analysis with quantum dynamics clarifies why photosystem II exploits both chlorophyll a and b
    Eunchul Kim; Daekyung Lee; Souichi Sakamoto; Ju-Yeon Jo; Mauricio Vargas; Akihito Ishizaki; Jun Minagawa; Heetae Kim
    Science Advances, May 2025, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • ★The blue-green light-dependent state transition in the marine phytoplankton Ostreococcus tauri.
    Masato Kubota; Eunchul Kim; Asako Ishii; Jun Minagawa
    The New phytologist, Sep. 2024, Refereed
  • ★How much heat does non-photochemical quenching produce?
    Aoi Murakami1; Eunchul Kim1; Jun Minagawa; Kenji Takizawa
    Frontiers in Plant Science, Mar. 2024, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • ★On breakthroughs and limits: Resolving structural fine-tuning of photosynthetic supercomplexes
    Eunchul Kim; Marcel Dann
    Molecular Plant, Feb. 2024, Refereed, Invited
    Lead
  • ★Light quality as a driver in adapting photosynthetic acclimation to niche partitioning
    Eunchul Kim
    Journal of Experimental Botany, Nov. 2023, Not refereed, Invited
    Lead
  • ★Overexpression of LHCSR and PsbS enhance light tolerance in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
    Sam Wilson1; Eunchul Kim1; Asako Ishii; Alexander V Ruban; Jun Minagawa
    Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. B, Biology, May 2023, Refereed
    Lead
  • ★Formation of a stable PSI-PSII megacomplex in rice that conducts energy spillover.
    Eunchul Kim; Makio Yokono; Kazuo Tsugane; Asako Ishii; Chiyo Noda; Jun Minagawa
    Plant and Cell Physiology, May 2023, Refereed
    Lead
  • ★Conformation of Light-Harvesting Complex II Trimer Depends upon Its Binding Site.
    Eunchul Kim; Hisako Kubota-Kawai; Fumihiro Kawai; Makio Yokono; Jun Minagawa
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Aug. 2022, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • ★Multimeric and monomeric photosystem II supercomplexes represent structural adaptations to low- and high-light conditions
    Eunchul Kim; Akimasa Watanabe; Christopher D.P. Duffy; Alexander V. Ruban; Jun Minagawa
    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Oct. 2020, Refereed
    Lead
  • ★Photoprotective Capabilities of Light-Harvesting Complex II Trimers in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
    Eunchul Kim; Keisuke Kawakami; Ryoichi Sato; Asako Ishii; Jun Minagawa
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Aug. 2020, Refereed
    Lead
  • ★Structural insight into light harvesting for photosystem II in green algae
    Xin Sheng; Akimasa Watanabe; Anjie Li; Eunchul Kim; Chihong Song; Kazuyoshi Murata; Danfeng Song; Jun Minagawa; Zhenfeng Liu
    Nature Plants, Dec. 2019, Refereed
  • ★pH-Responsive Binding Properties of Light-Harvesting Complexes in a Photosystem II Supercomplex Investigated by Thermodynamic Dissociation Kinetics Analysis.
    Eunchul Kim; Akimasa Watanabe; Ryoichi Sato; Keisuke Okajima; Jun Minagawa
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Jul. 2019, Refereed
    Lead
  • ★LHCSR1-dependent fluorescence quenching is mediated by excitation energy transfer from LHCII to photosystem I in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
    Kotaro Kosuge; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Eunchul Kim; Seiji Akimoto; Makio Yokono; Yoshifumi Ueno; Jun Minagawa
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Apr. 2018, Refereed
  • ★Fluorescence lifetime analyses reveal how the high light-responsive protein LHCSR3 transforms PSII light-harvesting complexes into an energy-dissipative state.
    Eunchul Kim; Seiji Akimoto; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Makio Yokono; Jun Minagawa
    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nov. 2017, Refereed
    Lead
  • ★Changes in antenna sizes of photosystems during state transitions in granal and stroma-exposed thylakoid membrane of intact chloroplasts in Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplasts.
    Eunchul Kim; Tae Kyu Ahn; Shigeichi Kumazaki
    Plant and Cell Physiology, Apr. 2015, Refereed
    Lead
  • Atomic Force Microscopy Captures Light-Induced Higher-Order Structural Dynamics in Photosystem II Supercomplexes
    Yudai Nishitani1, Eunchul Kim1, Jun Minagawa, Daisuke Yamamoto
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Jan. 2026
    Lead
  • Distinctive and functional pigment arrangements in Lhcp, a prasinophyte-specific photosynthetic light-harvesting complex
    Soichiro Seki; Masato Kubota; Nami Yamano; Eunchul Kim; Asako Ishii; Tomoko Miyata; Hideaki Tanaka; Richard J. Cogdell; Jian-Ping Zhang; Keiichi Namba; Genji Kurisu; Jun Minagawa; Ritsuko Fujii
    Communications Biology, Nov. 2025
  • The binding of light-harvesting antennae to PsaB suppresses the PSII to PSI spillover.
    Makio Yokono1; Eunchul Kim1; Jun Minagawa
    Biochimica et biophysica acta. Bioenergetics, Jul. 2023, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Three structures of PSI-LHCI from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii suggest a resting state re-activated by ferredoxin.
    Christoph Gerle; Yuko Misumi; Akihiro Kawamoto; Hideaki Tanaka; Hisako Kawai-Kubota; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Eunchul Kim; Dror Chorev; Kazuhiro Abe; Carol V Robinson; Kaoru Mitsuoka; Jun Minagawa; Genji Kurisu
    Biochimica et biophysica acta. Bioenergetics, Jun. 2023, Refereed
  • The photosystem I supercomplex from a primordial green alga Ostreococcus tauri harbors three light-harvesting complex trimers.
    Asako Ishii; Jianyu Shan; Xin Sheng; Eunchul Kim; Akimasa Watanabe; Makio Yokono; Chiyo Noda; Chihong Song; Kazuyoshi Murata; Zhenfeng Liu; Jun Minagawa
    eLife, Mar. 2023, Refereed
  • Regulation of light-harvesting systems in plants: Flexible conformation of light-harvesting complex II trimer depending on its binding site
    Eunchul Kim; Hisako Kubota-Kawai; Fumihiro Kawai; Makio Yokono; Jun Minagawa
    Biophysical Journal, Feb. 2023
  • Photosynthetic Fluorescence from Earthlike Planets around Sunlike and Cool Stars
    Yu Komatsu; Yasunori Hori; Masayuki Kuzuhara; Makiko Kosugi; Kenji Takizawa; Norio Narita; Masashi Omiya; Eunchul Kim; Nobuhiko Kusakabe; Victoria Meadows; Motohide Tamura
    Astrophysical Journal, Jan. 2023, Refereed
  • Editorial: Regulation of Light-Harvesting Systems During Acclimation of Photosynthetic Organisms
    Thomas Roach; Eunchul Kim; Lijin Tian; Bernard Lepetit
    Frontiers in Plant Science, May 2022, Invited
  • Plant and Algal PSII–LHCII Supercomplexes: Structure, Evolution and Energy Transfer
    Xin Sheng; Zhenfeng Liu; Eunchul Kim; Jun Minagawa
    Plant and Cell Physiology, Jun. 2021, Refereed
  • Characterization of a Giant PSI Supercomplex in the Symbiotic Dinoflagellate Symbiodiniaceae
    Hiroki Kato; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Hisako Kubota-Kawai; Raymond N. Burton-Smith; Eunchul Kim; Jun Minagawa
    Plant Physiology, Jun. 2020, Refereed
  • Four distinct trimeric forms of light-harvesting complex II isolated from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
    Keisuke Kawakami; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Eunchul Kim; Jun Minagawa
    Photosynthesis Research, Sep. 2019, Refereed
  • Amphipol-assisted purification method for the highly active and stable photosystem II supercomplex of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
    Akimasa Watanabe; Eunchul Kim; Raymond N Burton-Smith; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Jun Minagawa
    FEBS letters, May 2019, Refereed
  • Ten antenna proteins are associated with the core in the supramolecular organization of the photosystem I supercomplex in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
    Hisako Kubota-Kawai; Raymond N Burton-Smith; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Chihong Song; Seiji Akimoto; Makio Yokono; Yoshifumi Ueno; Eunchul Kim; Akimasa Watanabe; Kazuyoshi Murata; Jun Minagawa
    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Mar. 2019, Refereed
  • Investigation on the Thermodynamic Dissociation Kinetics of Photosystem II Supercomplexes To Determine the Binding Strengths of Light-Harvesting Complexes
    Eunchul Kim; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Jun Minagawa
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Jan. 2018, Refereed
    Lead
  • Conflicted Effects of a Solvent Additive on PTB7:PC71BM Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
    Wanjung Kim; Jung Kyu Kim; Eunchul Kim; Tae Kyu Ahn; Dong Hwan Wang; Jong Hyeok Park
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Mar. 2015, Refereed
  • Tailoring dispersion and aggregation of Au nanoparticles in the BHJ layer of polymer solar cells: plasmon effects versus electrical effects.
    Wanjung Kim; Bong Geun Cha; Jung Kyu Kim; Woonggi Kang; Eunchul Kim; Tae Kyu Ahn; Dong Hwan Wang; Qing Guo Du; Jeong Ho Cho; Jaeyun Kim; Jong Hyeok Park
    ChemSusChem, Dec. 2014, Refereed
  • Fluorescein dye intercalated layered double hydroxides for chemically stabilized photoluminescent indicators on inorganic surfaces.
    Jong Hyeon Lee; Duk-Young Jung; Eunchul Kim; Tae Kyu Ahn
    Dalton Transactions, Jun. 2014, Refereed
  • Microporous organic nanorods with electronic push-pull skeletons for visible light-induced hydrogen evolution from water
    Ji Hoon Park; Kyoung Chul Ko; Nojin Park; Hee-Won Shin; Eunchul Kim; Narae Kang; Ju Hong Ko; Sang Moon Lee; Hae Jin Kim; Tae Kyu Ahn; Jin Yong Lee; Seung Uk Son
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, Refereed
  • Iridium Complexes Containing Bis(imidazoline thione) and Bis(imidazoline selone) Ligands for Visible-Light-Induced Oxidative Coupling of Benzylamines to Imines
    Jaewon Jin; Hee-Won Shin; Joon Hyun Park; Ji Hoon Park; Eunchul Kim; Tae Kyu Ahn; Do Hyun Ryu; Seung Uk Son
    Organometallics, Jul. 2013, Refereed
  • Investigation of porosity and heterojunction effects of a mesoporous hematite electrode on photoelectrochemical water splitting.
    Jingling Liu; Muhammad Shahid; Young-Seon Ko; Eunchul Kim; Tae Kyu Ahn; Jong Hyeok Park; Young-Uk Kwon
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Jun. 2013, Refereed
  • Tandem synthesis of photoactive benzodifuran moieties in the formation of microporous organic networks.
    Narae Kang; Ji Hoon Park; Kyoung Chul Ko; Jiseul Chun; Eunchul Kim; Hee-Won Shin; Sang Moon Lee; Hae Jin Kim; Tae Kyu Ahn; Jin Yong Lee; Seung Uk Son
    Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), Jun. 2013, Refereed
  • Phenothiazine-based organic dyes with two anchoring groups on TiO2 for highly efficient visible light-induced water splitting.
    Jeho Lee; Jiwon Kwak; Kyoung Chul Ko; Ji Hoon Park; Ju Hong Ko; Nojin Park; Eunchul Kim; Do Hyun Ryu; Tae Kyu Ahn; Jin Yong Lee; Seung Uk Son
    Chemical Communications, Dec. 2012, Refereed
  • Photocatalysis by phenothiazine dyes: visible-light-driven oxidative coupling of primary amines at ambient temperature.
    Ji Hoon Park; Kyoung Chul Ko; Eunchul Kim; Nojin Park; Ju Hong Ko; Do Hyun Ryu; Tae Kyu Ahn; Jin Yong Lee; Seung Uk Son
    Organic Letters, Nov. 2012, Refereed
  • Regulatory functions of SnRK1 in stress-responsive gene expression and in plant growth and development.
    Young-Hee Cho; Jung-Woo Hong; Eun-Chul Kim; Sang-Dong Yoo
    Plant Physiology, Apr. 2012, Refereed

MISC

  • 集光アンテナタンパク質LHCIIの機能解析
    金 恩哲
    光合成研究, Oct. 2025, Refereed, Invited
    Lead
  • 光合成システムの環境応答
    CanAppleニュース 第289号, 19 Jul. 2024
  • Numerical simulation for detecting photosynthetic fluorescence from extrasolar planets
    小松勇; 小松勇; 堀安範; 堀安範; 葛原昌幸; 葛原昌幸; 小杉真貴子; 小杉真貴子; 小杉真貴子; 滝澤謙二; 滝澤謙二; 成田憲保; 成田憲保; 大宮正士; 大宮正士; KIM Eunchul; 日下部展彦; 日下部展彦; 日下部展彦; MEADOWS Victoria; 田村元秀; 田村元秀; 田村元秀
    Viva Origino (Web), 2023
  • Phosphorylation of light-harvesting complex II controls excitation energy spillover between photosystems
    Ryutaro Tokutsu1; Eunchul Kim1; Seiji Akimoto; Makio Yokono; Konomi Fujimura-Kamada; Norikazu Ohnishi; Yoshifumi Ueno; Jun Minagawa
    BioXiv, 10 Jul. 2022
  • Photosystem II network benefits from mixed chlorophylls in the antennae
    Heetae Kim1; Eunchul Kim1; Mauricio Vargas; Jun Minagawa
    arXiv, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Investigation of Thermodynamic Dissociation Kinetics to Determine the Binding Strengths within a Membrane Protein Complex: Photosystem II Supercomplex
    Eunchul Kim; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Akimasa Watanabe; Jun Minagawa
    BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, Feb. 2018
  • Changes in antenna size of photosystems during state transitions in grana and stroma of intact chloroplasts in Arabidopsis Thaliana protoplasts
    Eunchul Kim; Tae Kyu Ahn; Shigeichi Kumazaki
    Tohoku University’s Chemistry Summer School 2014, Aug. 2014, Not refereed, Invited

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • ★Potential Roles of Lipids in the Regulation of Light-Harvesting Systems
    Eunchul Kim
    10th Asian-Oceanian Symposium on Plant Lipids (ASPL2025), Nov. 2025, Invited
  • ★Fine-tuning of light-harvesting systems for efficient and safe photosynthesis
    Eunchul Kim
    日本植物学会第89回大会, Sep. 2025, Invited
  • ★光合成タンパク質の分子構造を用いた集光エネルギーネットワーク解析
    金 恩哲
    生命医薬情報学連合大会(IIBMP), Sep. 2025, Invited
  • ★細胞分裂に伴うチラコイド膜分裂におけるCurT/CURT1タンパク質の役割
    金恩哲
    ラン藻ゲノム交流会, Jul. 2025, Invited
  • ★チラコイド膜分裂調整におけるCurT/CURT1タンパク質の役割
    金 恩哲; Marcel Dann; 鎌田 このみ; 野村 真未; 渡辺 麻衣; 皆川 純
    第15回日本光合成学会年会およびシンポジウム, Jun. 2025, Not invited
  • ★緑色植物における集光システムの最適化メカニズムを理解するための学際的アプローチ
    金恩哲
    日本植物生理学会第66回年会, Mar. 2025, Invited
  • ★Regulatory factors and formation of photosystem megacomplexes
    Eunchul Kim; Jun Minagawa
    2nd Asia-Oceania International Congress on Photosynthesis (AOICP), Sep. 2024, Not invited
  • ★チラコイド膜分裂調整におけるCurT/CURT1タンパク質の役割
    金 恩哲; Marcel Dann; 鎌田 このみ; 野村 真未; 渡辺 麻衣; 皆川 純
    第24回日本光生物学協会年会, Aug. 2024
  • ★Regulatory mechanism of photosynthetic light-harvesting system by protein-protein interactions
    金 恩哲; 皆川 純
    第31回「光合成セミナー2024」, Jun. 2024, Not invited
  • Physicochemical Mechanisms in Regulation of Light-Harvesting Systems in Plants
    Eunchul Kim
    セミナー@京都大学(鹿内研), Mar. 2024, Not invited
  • Physicochemical Mechanisms in Regulation of Light-Harvesting Systems in Plants
    Eunchul Kim
    セミナー@豊橋技術科学大学(広瀬研), Mar. 2024
  • Energy Network Analysis Using Molecular Structures ~Optimization of Light Harvesting Mechanism by Coexistence of Chlorophylls a and b~
    Eunchul Kim; Daekyung Lee; Souichi Sakamoto; Akihito Ishizaki; Jun Minagawa; Heetae Kim
    第65回日本植物生理学会年会, Mar. 2024, Invited
  • Physicochemical molecular mechanisms in the regulation of light-harvesting systems
    Eunchul KIM
    第28回 光合成学会若手の会セミナー, Nov. 2023, Invited
  • Regulation of light-harvesting systems in green algae and plants
    Eunchul Kim
    Seminar@TU Kaiserslautern(Prof. Schroda's La, Sep. 2023, Not invited
  • クロロフィルaとbの共存による集光機構の最適化 ―分子構造を用いたエネルギーネットワーク解析―
    Eunchul Kim; Daekyung Lee; 坂本 想一; Ju-Yeon Jo; Mauricio Vargas; 石崎 章仁; 皆川 純; Heetae Kim
    第23回日本光生物学協会年会, Aug. 2023, Not invited
  • 光化学系メガ複合体の形成と制御因子
    金恩哲; 石井麻子; 横野牧生; 栂根 一夫; 野田千代; 皆川純
    第13回日本光合成学会年会およびシンポジウム, Jun. 2023, Not invited
  • Regulation of light-harvesting systems in plants: Flexible conformation of light-harvesting complex II trimer depending on its binding site
    Eunchul Kim; Hisako Kubota-Kawai; Fumihiro Kawai; Makio Yokono; Jun Minagawa
    67th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Feb. 2023, Not invited
  • Heterogeneity of photosystem megacomplexes in green plants
    Eunchul Kim; Jun Minagawa
    International Symposium on Photosynthesis and Chloroplast Regulation, Nov. 2022, Not invited
  • タンパク質間相互作用による光合成集光システムの調節
    Eunchul Kim; Jun Minagawa
    第60回日本生物物理学会年会, Sep. 2022, Not invited
  • Investigation on the Function and Regulatory Factor of Multimeric PSII Supercomplexes
    Eunchul Kim; Asako Ishii; Chiyo Noda; Jun Minagawa
    International Congress on Photosynthesis Research 2022, Aug. 2022, Not invited
  • 緑藻クラミドモナスにおける LHCII サブユニットの光防御機能解析
    Eunchul Kim; 川上 恵典; 鎌田 このみ; 石井 麻子; 皆川 純
    第15回クラミドモナス研究会, Mar. 2022, Not invited
  • Regulation of Light-Harvesting Systems by Inter-Protein Interactions in Green Algae and Plants
    Eunchul Kim; Jun Minagawa
    The 11th Asian Photochemistry Conference, Nov. 2021, Not invited
  • Regulation of light-harvesting systems in photosynthetic organisms
    Eunchul Kim
    Seminar in Korea Polar Research Institute, Apr. 2021, Invited
  • Configurational changes of photosystem II supercomplex modulate light-harvesting property
    Eunchul Kim; Watanabe Akimasa; Christopher D.P. Duffy; Alexander V. Ruban; Jun Minagaw
    Gordon Research Conference on Photosynthesis, Jul. 2019, Not invited
  • Investigation on the thermodynamic dissociation kinetics of photosystem II supercomplexes to determine the binding strengths of light-harvesting complexes
    Eunchul Kim; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Watanabe Akimasa; Jun Minagawa
    第59回日本植物生理学会年会, Mar. 2019, Not invited
  • Investigation on the aggregation-inducible quenching of LHCII trimers isolated from a green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
    Eunchul Kim; Keisuke Kawakami; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Jun Minagawa
    1st Asia-Oceania International Congress on Photosynthesis, Aug. 2018, Not invited
  • Investigation on Spillover upon Open/Closed PSII States Using PAM-Spectrometer
    Eunchul Kim; Jun Minagawa
    第9回日本光合成学会年会およびシンポジウム, May 2018, Not invited
  • TDiK (Thermodynamic Dissociation Kinetics) : an assay to determine the binding strengths within a membrane protein complex
    Eunchul Kim; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Akimasa Watanabe; Jun Minagawa
    62nd Annual Meeting of Biophysical Society, Feb. 2018, Not invited
  • Differences in the bindings of light-harvesting complexes in the photosystem II supercomplex of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
    Eunchul Kim; Ryutaro Tokutsu; Keisuke Okajima; Jun Minagawa
    May 2017, Not invited
  • LHCSR3 dissipates the excitation energy of light-harvesting complexes in photosystem II supercomplexes
    Eunchul Kima; Ryutaro Tokutsua; Makio Yokonob; Seiji Akimotoc; Jun Minagawaa
    第58回日本植物生理学会年会, Mar. 2017, Not invited
  • Dynamical  changes  in  microscopic   fluorescence  spectra  of  grana  and  stroma-­‐ exposed  regions  in  chloroplasts  of  a  higher   plant  protoplast  during  state  transitions
    Eunchul Kim; Tae KyuAhn; Shigeichi Kumazaki
    16 th  International  Congress  on  Photosynthesis  Research, Aug. 2013, Not invited

Courses

  • Plant Molecular Science
    Sep. 2025 - Present
    Nihon University
  • Bioenergetics
    Sep. 2025 - Present
    Nihon University
  • Apr. 2025 - Present
  • Apr. 2025 - Present
  • Photobiology
    Apr. 2025 - Present
    Nihon University
  • Biological Science Experiment 1
    Apr. 2025 - Present
    Nihon University
  • Life Science Progress
    The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
  • Introduction to Basic Biology I
    The Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Affiliated academic society

  • International Society of Photosynthesis Research
  • Biophysical Society (USA)
  • 日本光生物学協会
  • 日本生物物理学会
  • 日本光合成学会
  • 日本植物生理学会

Research Themes

  • Environmental Acclimation of Photosystem Supercomplex Structure and Light-Harvesting Function in Green Plants
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2028
    皆川 純; 田中 亮一; 金 恩哲
  • Elucidation of the universality and regulatory factors of megacomplex formation for modulating light-harvesting properties in photosystems
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2026
    金 恩哲
  • Lifting the CURTain – CurT Proteins as New Actors in Cell Polarization
    自然科学研究機構(NINS) - ドイツ学術交流会(DAAD) 国際研究者交流事業, Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2025
    金 恩哲; Marcel Dann; 鎌田 このみ
  • 緑藻を用いたカロテノイドの光防御と抗酸化メカニズムの解明
    Hirose Foundation, 第9回研究助成, Jan. 2023 - Jan. 2025
    金 恩哲; 小杉 真貴子; 横野 牧生; 鎌田 このみ
  • 革新的な分析法の構築を通じた植物における光防御機構「スピルオーバー」の解明
    公益財団法人日本科学協会, 笹川科学研究助成, Apr. 2023 - Feb. 2024
  • 光合成集光機能の温度による調節メカニズム
    公益財団法人武田科学振興財団, ライフサイエンス研究助成, Sep. 2021 - Aug. 2023
    Eunchul Kim
  • 先端的分光手法を用いた光合成集光タンパク質の進化戦略の解明
    自然科学研究機構, 若手研究者による分野間連携研究プロジェクト, Nov. 2022 - Mar. 2023
    金 恩哲; 米田 勇祐; 小杉 真貴子; 小松 勇; 丸山 真一朗; 河合 寿子
  • Regulation of light-harvesting systems in photosystem II supercomplexes
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2023
    Eunchul Kim
  • 先端的単一分子分光による光合成保護機能の進化戦略の解明
    自然科学研究機構, Jul. 2023 - Mar. 2024
    米田 勇祐; 金 恩哲; 小杉 真貴子; 小松 勇; 河合 寿子; 丸山 真一朗
  • 光学系メガ複合体の形成における膜脂質の役割の解明
    触媒科学計測共同研究拠点, 共同利用・共同研究課題 若手提案型, Feb. 2023 - Mar. 2023
    金 恩哲; 藤井 律子
  • Biophysical studies on light-harvesting systems in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2018
    Jun Minagawa; Eunchul Kim

Social Contribution Activities

  • ヤマガタステム(STEM)アカデミー講座(小中学生対象)
    lecturer
    09 Dec. 2023 - 09 Dec. 2023
  • 大学生のための夏の実習 2023「身近な光合成生物を見る」
    organizing_member
    基礎生物学研究所, 大学生のための夏の実習 2023, 23 Aug. 2023 - 25 Aug. 2023
  • Biophysics and Photosynthesis
    lecturer
    愛知県立岡崎北高等学校, 10 Mar. 2023 - 10 Mar. 2023
  • ヤマガタステム(STEM)アカデミー講座(小中学生対象)
    lecturer
    山形大学, ヤマガタステム(STEM)アカデミー, 18 Dec. 2022 - 18 Dec. 2022
  • Science Dialogue
    lecturer
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Okazaki High School, 29 Jan. 2018 - 29 Jan. 2018
  • Science Dialogue
    lecturer
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kariya High School, 18 Nov. 2016 - 18 Nov. 2016

Academic Contribution Activities

  • ★New Phytologist
    Peer review
    2026
  • ★Photosynthesis Research
    Peer review
    2025
  • ★Molecular Plant
    Peer review
    2023
  • ★Journal of Experimental Botany
    Peer review
    2023
  • ★Photosynthesis Research
    Peer review
    2022
  • ★Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Peer review
    2021
  • ★Plant and Cell Physiology
    Peer review
    2021
  • Scientific Reports
    Peer review
    2024
  • Scientific Reports
    Peer review
    2022
  • Photosynthesis Research
    Peer review
    2020
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
    Planning etc
    2020
  • Photosynthesis Research
    Peer review
    2019
  • Journal of Applied Phycology
    Review
    2019
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
    Peer review
    2018