1986-1988 Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University 1988-1990 Associate Professor, Institute for Molecular Science 1990-1991 Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University 1991 Visiting Researcher, University of Texas at Austin, USA 1991-1994 Lecturer, Hiroshima University 1994-1995 Associate Professor, Hiroshima University 1995-1999 Professor, Institute for Molecular Science 1995-1999 Professor, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies 1999- Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo Awards: 2007 Inoue Prize for Science 2007 The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work

Bioinorganic Chemistry/Supramolecular Chemistry

(1) Programming Metal Arrays (2) Synthesis and Functionalization of Molecular Machines (3) Design and Construction of Dynamic Nano-space

3 nm-Scale Molecular Switching between Fluorescent Coordination Capsule and Nonfluorescent Cage, K. Harano, S. Hiraoka, and M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, in press. Programmable Self-Assembly of Metal Ions in Artificial DNA, K. Tanaka, G. H. Clever, Y. Takezawa, Y. Yamada, C. Kaul, M. Shionoya, and T. Carell, Nature Nanotech., 2006, 1, 190. Electrostatically Controlled Hierarchical Arrangement of Monocationic Silver(I) and Dicationic Merucury(II) Ions between Disk-Shaped Template Ligands, S. Hiraoka, T. Tanaka, and M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 13038. Isostructural Coordination Capsules for a Series of 10 Different d5 to d10 Transition-Metal Ions, S. Hiraoka, K. Harano, M. Shiro, Y. Ozawa, N. Yasuda, K. Toriumi, and M. Shionoya, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 6488. Quantitative Dynamic Interconversion between Ag(I)-Mediated Capsule and Cage Complexes Accompanying Guest Encapsulation/Release, S. Hiraoka, K. Harano, M. Shiro, and M. Shionoya, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 2727. A Molecular Ball Bearing Mediated by Multi-Ligand Exchange in Concert, S. Hiraoka, K. Hirata, and M. Shionoya, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2004, 43, 3814. Heterotopic Assemblage of Two Different Disk-Shaped Ligands through Trinuclear Silver(I) Complexation: Ligand Exchange-Driven Molecular Motion. S. Hiraoka, M. Shiro, and M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 1214. A Discrete Self-Assembled Metal Array in Artificial DNA, K. Tanaka, A. Tengeiji, T. Kato, N. Toyama, and M. Shionoya, Science, 2003, 299, 1212. Efficient Incorporation of a Copper Hydroxypyridone Base Pair in DNA, K. Tanaka, A. Tengeiji, T. Kato, N. Toyama, M. Shiro, and M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 12494.

Formation of Silver(I)-Mediated DNA Duplex and Triplex through an Alternative Base Pair of Pyridine Nucleobases, K. Tanaka, Y. Yamada, and M. Shionoya, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 8802.