Masahiko Taniguchi

Masahiko Taniguchi is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry at North Carolina State University, located in Raleigh, NC. He is affiliated with the College of Sciences and contributes to the university's research initiatives in photochemistry and tetrapyrrole chemistry.

Education: Dr. Taniguchi holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Kyushu University (2000) and a B.S. in Pharmacy Science from the University of Tokyo (1995).

Research Interests: His work focuses on synthetic tetrapyrrole pigments (porphyrins, chlorins, bacteriochlorins), their spectral properties, and applications in energy transfer, biomedical imaging, and artificial photosynthesis. He pioneers methods for spectral data acquisition using AI tools like chatbots and develops databases for chemical characterization. His studies explore prebiotic synthesis pathways of natural pigments and their modular design for photonic and catalytic systems.

Publications: Dr. Taniguchi has published widely in journals like Photochemistry and Photobiology, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, and Dyes and Pigments, emphasizing spectral analysis, synthetic methodologies, and computational modeling.

Awards: No awards explicitly mentioned in the provided texts.

Advising & Grants: While no students are listed, his research group likely engages in collaborative projects given his extensive publication record. Funding sources are not detailed in the text.

Labs & Teams: Based in Dabney Hall, he contributes to interdisciplinary efforts in synthetic chemistry and bio-inspired materials, leveraging NCSU's facilities for molecular design and spectral analysis.