Takahiro MURASHIMA

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Position

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

E-mail

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Address

Room 938, Science Complex B, 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
Condensed Matter Physics Theory Laboratory, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

Access

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Biography

May 1978	Born in Kumamoto City, Japan
May 1978 - Mar. 1994	Kumamoto → Yokosuka → Kurume → Takikawa → Oyama → Chitose → Kumamoto → Sasebo
Apr. 1, 1994 - Mar. 31, 1997	Kumamoto Prefectural Kumamoto High School
Apr. 1, 1997 - Mar. 26, 2001	Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University	B.Sc.
Apr. 1, 2001 - Mar. 25, 2003	Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University	M.Sc.
Apr. 1, 2003 - Mar. 26, 2007	Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University	Ph.D. (Science)
Apr. 1, 2007 - Mar. 31, 2009	Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University	Research Staff
Apr. 1, 2009 - Apr. 30, 2009	Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University	Program-Specific Researcher
May 1, 2009 - Mar. 31, 2012	Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University	Program-Specific Assistant Professor
Apr. 1, 2012 - present	Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University	Assistant Professor
Jan. 1, 2017 - present	Tohoku University Men's Glee Club	Faculty Advisor
[Concurrent Positions]
Apr. 1, 2017 - Mar. 31, 2019	National Institute of Technology, Sendai College	Part-time Lecturer
Nov. 16, 2025 - Mar. 31, 2026	Ochanomizu University	Part-time Lecturer

Academic Society Service

Society	Role	Term
The Molecular Simulation Society of Japan	Editorial Board Member	Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2016
	Executive Committee Member	Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2025
The Physical Society of Japan	Steering Committee Member (Division 12: Soft Matter Physics)	Oct. 2018 - Sep. 2019
The Society of Polymer Science, Japan	Steering Committee Member, Research Group on Polymer Computational Science	Apr. 2020 - present

Teaching

Course (Year)	Schedule	Academic Years
Exercises in Mechanics I (1st year)	Spring semester, Wed. 4th period	2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Physics D, Supplementary Class (1st year)	Spring semester, Fri. 4th period	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Exercises in Mechanics II (1st year)	Fall semester, Fri. 2nd period	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Exercises in Mechanics II (1st year)	Fall semester, Fri. 4th period	2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Physics Seminar (3rd year)	Fall semester, Wed. afternoon	2012 (2nd half), 2013 (1st half), 2015 (1st half), 2016 (1st half), 2018 (1st half), 2019 (1st half), 2020 (2nd half), 2023 (1st half), 2025 (2nd half)
Physics II (2nd year, National Institute of Technology, Sendai College)	Full year, Tue. 1st period	2017, 2018

Research Interests

• Multiscale simulation
• Soft matter physics (polymers)
• Solid state physics (quantum spins)

Publications

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Materials and Codes

• LAMMPS-HANDS-ON: Tutorial materials for beginners running their first polymer simulations with the general-purpose molecular dynamics simulator "LAMMPS"
• OVITO-PYTHON: Notes on making LAMMPS movies (animated GIFs) with the OVITO Python module
• LAMMPS-UEFEX: LAMMPS code for handling elongational deformation in Langevin dynamics and dissipative particle dynamics
• LAMMPS-PPA: LAMMPS code for analyzing polymer entanglements

Links

• Soft Material Research Center, Tohoku University
• SoftBio Workshop