2005 B.S. from Department of Chemisty, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 2007 M.S. from Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 2010 Ph.D. from Faculty of Science, Kyushu University 2007-2010 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1) 2010-2012 Research Associate at Kyoto University 2012-2013 Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University 2013- Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Solid State Chemistry/Coordination Chemistry

Syntheses and electronic properties of novel mixed-valence ladder complexes Fabrications and functionalities of crystalline metal-organic framework nanofilms

Publications K. Otsubo, H. Kitagawa, Structural Design and Electronic Properties of Halogen-Bridged Mixed-Valence Ladder Systems with Even Numbers of Legs. CrystEngComm, in press (2014). K. Otsubo, A. Kobayashi, K. Sugimoto, A. Fujiwara, H. Kitagawa, Variable-Rung Design for a Mixed-Valence Two-Legged Ladder System Situated in a Dimensional Crossover Region. Inorg. Chem., 53, 1229-1240 (2014). T. Yamada, K. Otsubo, R. Makiura, H. Kitagawa, Designer Co-ordination Polymers: Dimensional Crossover Architectures and Proton Conduction. Chemical Society Reviews, 42, 6655-6669 (2013). K. Otsubo, T. Haraguchi, O. Sakata, A. Fujiwara, H. Kitagawa, Step-by-Step Fabrication of a Highly Oriented Crystalline Three-Dimensional Pillared-Layer-Type Metal-Organic Framework Thin Film Confirmed by Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 9605-9608 (2012). K. Otsubo, Y. Wakabayashi, J. Ohara, S. Yamamoto, H. Matsuzaki, H. Okamoto, K. Nitta, T. Uruga, H. Kitagawa, Bottom-up Realization of A Porous Metal-organic Nanotubular Assembly. Nature Materials, 10, 291-295 (2011). K. Otsubo, A. Kobayashi, M. Hedo, Y. Uwatoko, H. Kitagawa Pressure-Induced Consecutive Phase Transitions of a Metallic MMX-Chain Complex, Pt2(dtp)4I (dtp: C2H5CS2−). Chem. -Asian J., 4, 1673-1676 (2009).

K. Otsubo, A. Kobayashi, H. Kitagawa, M. Hedo, Y. Uwatoko, H. Sagayama, Y. Wakabayashi, H. Sawa, Most Stable Metallic Phase of the Mixed-Valence MMX-Chain, Pt2(dtp)4I in Purely d-electronic Conductors Based on the Transition-Metal Complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 8140-8141 (2006).