Group Members

Educational Background

• 1999 Bachelor's degree, Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
• 2001 Master's degree, Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
• 2004 Ph.D. (Engineering), Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Supervisor: Professor Kazunori Kataoka)

Work History

• Apr 2004 - Mar 2006: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Postdoc
• Apr 2006 - Mar 2010: Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Assistant Professor
• Apr 2010 - Aug 2010: National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Postdoc
• Sep 2010 - Feb 2011: Institute of Biomaterials and Engineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
• Mar 2011 - Feb 2022: Institute of Biomaterials and Engineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Associate Professor
• Apr 2022 - Mar 2023: Institute of Biomaterials and Engineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Research Professor
• Apr 2017 - Mar 2024: Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, Project Leader
• Apr 2022 - Present: Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Visiting Professor
• Apr 2023 - Present: Laboratory for Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Insitute of Science Tokyo, Professor

Academic Awards

• Asahi Kasei Award from the Society of Polymer Science, Society of Polymer Science, Sep 2020
• Student Outstanding Presentation Award , Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science, May 2020
• Soft Matter Presentation Prize, 31st Polymer Gel Research Symposium, Jan 2020
• Young Researchers Poster Award, Nov 2019
• Most Impressive Presentation Award, Nov 2019
• Publicity Award, Public Relations Committee, Society of Polymer Science, Japan, May 2019
• 13th Nano-Biomedical Society Society Award, Nano-Biomedical Society, Nov 2018
• 2nd Bioindustry Encouragement Award, Japan Bioindustry Association, Jul 2018
• Japan Diabetes Society 8th (2018) Young Researcher Encouragement Award, Development of a new diabetes treatment strategy using an electronics-free artificial pancreas-like device, May 2018
• 2nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Diabetes and Obesity Animals Young Investigators Award, 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Diabetes and Obesity Animals, Feb 2018
• Takagi Award, 27th Symposium on Intelligent Materials and Systems, January 2018
• IPC 2014 Young Scientist Poster Award(Akira Matsumoto), International Polymer Conferences (IPC) 2014, Dec 2014
• 63rd Polymer Symposium Excellent Poster Award (Matsumoto Ryo), Society of Polymer Science, September 2014
• Tokyo Medical and Dental University Excellent Research Award, Oct 2013
• Journal of Materials Chemistry Poster Prize, Oct 2013
• 4th Nakatani Award (Foundation Nakatani Electronic Measurement Technology Promotion Foundation), Feb 2012
• European Materials Research Society Poster Award, May 2012
• NanoBio Seoul Poster Award, Oct 2008
• 14th Japan Society of Polymer Science Gel Discussion Poster Award, Jan 2004

Academic Societies

• Chairperson, Polymer Gel Research Group
• Editorial Board Member, Gels, MDPI
• Vice-chairperson, Molecular Gel Research Group, Polymer Society
• Program Committee, International Conference on Microprocessing and Nanotechnology
• Polymer Gel Research Group Executive Committee, Society of Polymer Science
• Japanese Society for Biomaterials

Educational Background

• 2012 Diploma (equiv. to Master's degree) Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
• 2017 Ph.D. (Chemistry) Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Supervisor: Professor Ulrich S. Schubert)

Work History

• Sep 2017 - Dec 2017: Institute for Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Postdoc
• Aug 2018 - Mar 2021: Department of Applied Chemistry, Nihon University, Postdoc
• Mar 2021 - Mar 2023: Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, Researcher
• Apr 2023 - Present: Laboratory for Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Institute of Science Tokyo, Assistant Professor

Academic Societies

• Japanese Society for Biomaterials

Educational Background

• 2015 Bachelor's degree, Department of Chemistry, University of North Orissa, India
• 2017 M.Sc. (master's degree), Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Calcutta, India
• 2019 M.Tech. (master's degree), Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, India
• 2022 Ph.D., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Supervisor: Prof. Tomohiro Hayashi)

Work History

• Aug 2017 - Jul 2019: IIT Hyderabad, Teaching Assistant
• Feb 2023 - Feb 2025: Polymeric Biomaterials Group, National Institute for Materials Science, Postdoc
• May 2025 - Present: Joining and Welding Research Institute, The University of Osaka, Assistant Professor
• May 2025 - Present: Laboratory for Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Institute of Science Tokyo, Part-time lecturer

Academic Awards

• Highlighted poster award, 45th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Biomaterials, 2023

Academic Societies

• International Society for Biofabrication (ISBF)
• Japanese Society for Biomaterials