MASAKAZU KUZE

Last Updated :2025/06/26

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
E-mail
kuzem1234hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
TEL : (+81) FAX : (+81)
Self-introduction
To understand the mechanisms of complex biological phenomena, we construct nonliving experimental systems using a unique chemical reaction that spontaneously forms dynamic spatio-temporal patterns and search for important factors in biological phenomena.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2024/04/01, Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University, Researcher
  • 2022/04/01, 2024/03/31, Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University, Post-doctoral Research Fellow
  • 2020/04/01, 2022/03/31, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Program of Mathematical and Life Sciences

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University
  • Hiroshima University

Research Fields

  • Chemistry;Applied chemistry;Functional solid state chemistry
  • Mathematical and physical sciences;Physics;Biological physics / Chemical physics / Soft matter physics

Research Keywords

  • Nonequilibrium / Self-organization / Dissipative structure / Oscillating reaction / Pattern formation / Active matter

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The Chemical Society of Japan

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Chemical Experiments I
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Chemical Experiments II
  4. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Mathematical and Life Sciences

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. The Achilles' Heel of a Traveling Pulse Subject to a Local External Stimulus, Physical Review E, 95, 062209-1-9, 20170612
  2. ★, Distinguishing the Dynamic Fingerprints of Two- and Three-Dimensional Chemical Waves in Microbeads, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 122(8), 1967-1971, 20180208
  3. Synchronization of self-propelled soft pendulums, Soft Matter, 14(19), 3791-3798, 20180502
  4. Chemical Wave Propagation in the Belousov−Zhabotinsky Reaction Controlled by Electrical Potential, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 123(23), 4853-4857, 20190516
  5. Coupling of Two Microbeads Exhibiting Different Features of Oscillations in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction, Chemistry Letters, 48(8), 847-850, 20190601
  6. Switching between Two Oscillatory States Depending on the Electrical Potential, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125(14), 3638-3643, 20210402
  7. Traveling waves propagating through coupled microbeads in the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23(42), 24175-24179, 20211015
  8. Coexistence of oscillatory and reduced states on a spherical field controlled by electrical potential, Chaos, 32, 073103-1-073103-7, 20220705
  9. Self-Propulsion Mode Switching of a Briggs–Rauscher Droplet, ChemSystemsChem, e202200030-1-e202200030-5, 20221221
  10. Originating Point of Traveling Waves on a Spherical Field Dependent on the Nature of Substrate Surface, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(4), 1841-1847, 20230119
  11. Up-and-down motion of a Belousov-Zhabotinsky bead in couple with chemical oscillation, Frontiers in Physics, 11, 1306533-1-1306533-4, 20231222
  12. Oscillatory motion of a self-propelled object determined by the mass transport path, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 27(13), 6640-6645, 20250326
  13. Inhibition of oscillatory motion of a camphor float due to dissolution, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20250613

Awards

  1. 2021 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics HOT Article, Royal Society of Chemistry
  2. 2021/03/09, The 11th Japan-Taiwan Joint Workshop for Young Scholars in Applied Mathematics, Excellent Presentation Award

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. The Research Grant from ISHIFUKU Metal Industry Co., Ltd., 2024
  2. Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research Exploratory, 2024, 2025
  3. The Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant, 2022
  4. Research Fellowships for Young Scientists, 2020, 2021