Atsushi HOTTA Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Center for Science of Environment and Energy
	Keio University Department of Mechanical Engineering hottaATmech.keio.ac.jp （AT=@ ）

Education

Ph.D. - Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge

Supervisor: Prof. Eugene Terentjev
Thesis: Dynamics and Relaxation in Polymer Networks
Research Area: Liquid Crystalline Elastomers, Thermoplastic Elastomers

Bachelor - Department of Engineering, Division of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

Supervisor: Prof. Toshio Nishi
Thesis: Network Analysis in Polymeric Gel using NMR
Research Area: Polymer Gels

Employment

- Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University (2020-2021)
- Chief, Center for Science of Environment and Energy, Keio University (2018-2020)
- Professor, Keio University (2014-current)
- Associate Professor, Keio University
- Assistant Professor, Keio University
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Department & Department of Chemical Engineering,University of California, Santa Barbara,

Supervisors: Profs. Edward J Kramer & Glenn Fredrickson
Research Area: Block Copolymers

- Researcher, Research & Development Center, Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo

Research Area: Polymeric Optical Fibers

Atsushi HOTTA・KEIO RESEARCHERS INFORMATION SYSTEM Profile
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Tomoki Maeda
Visiting research associate

Keio University Department of Mechanical Engineering
Center for Science of Environment and Energy

maedaATmech.keio.ac.jp （AT=@ ）

Education

Ph.D. - School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University

Supervisor: Prof. Atsushi Hotta
Thesis: Gel characteristics and viscoelasticity of semi-crystalline polymers and copolymers for the fabrications of nanofibers and hydrogels
Research Area: crystalline polymer, copolymer, rheology, nanofiber, electrospinning, hydrogel

Master - School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University

Supervisor: Prof. Atsushi Hotta
Thesis: Effects of gelation behavior of polymer solution on electrospun fiber morphology
Research Area: crystalline polymer, gel, rheology, nanofibers, electrospinning

Bachelor - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University

Supervisor: Prof. Atsushi Hotta
Thesis: Fabrication of electrospun poly(styrene-b-isoprene-b-styrene) fibers and its structural analysis
Research Area: block copolymer, elastomer, micro-phase separation, nanofibers, electrospinning

Employment

- Research Associate, Frontier Research Center for Applied Atomic Sciences, Ibaraki University (current)
- Visiting Research Associate, Keio University (current)
- Research Associate, Keio University
- Research Fellowship for Young Scientist (DC2), JSPS
- Visiting Researcher, Prof. Craig Hawker’s Group, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Research Assistant, Global Environmental Leaders (GESL) Program, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT)
- TRiSTAR Fellow, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT)

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Naruki Kurokawa
Visiting research associate

Keio University Department of Mechanical Engineering
Center for Science of Environment and Energy

Education

Master - School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University

Supervisor: Prof. Atsushi Hotta
Thesis: Thermomechanical properties of highly transparent self-reinforced polylactide composites with electrospun stereocomplex polylactide nanofibers
Research Area: polylactide, electrospinning, nanofiber, stereocomplex

Bachelor - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University

Supervisor: Prof. Atsushi Hotta
Thesis: Mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced polylactide composite with electrospun nanofibers
Research Area: electrospinning, nanofiber, composite

Employment

- Research Assistant, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology(current)
- Visiting Research Associate, Keio University (current)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD), Tokyo University (current)
- Research Associate, Keio University
- Research Fellowship for Young Scientist (DC2), JSPS
- Visiting Researcher, Prof. Hillmyer Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, USA
- Research Assistant, Global Environmental Leaders (GESL) Program, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT)

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Kenta Bito
Visiting researcher

Keio University Department of Mechanical Engineering

Education

Master - School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University

Supervisor: Prof. Atsushi Hotta
Thesis: A New Controlled Drug-release Platform by bFGF-containing MPC/DLC with High Antithrombogenicity and Endothelialization
Research Area:cell adhesion, cell morphology, micro-patterning

Bachelor - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University

Supervisor: Prof. Atsushi Hotta
Thesis: Biocompatibility of antithrombogenic phospholipid polymers (MPC polymer) with bFGF growth factor
Research Area: cell adhesion, diamond-like carbon, biomaterial

Employment

- Founder & CEO, Global Vascular K.K. (current)
- Visiting researcher, Keio University (current)
- Visiting lecturer, Tokai University (current)
- Research Fellowship for Young Scientist (DC2), JSPS
- Visiting Researcher, Prof. Hillmyer Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, USA
- Research Fellowship for Young Scientist (DC2), JSPS
- Research Assistant, Global Environmental Leaders (GESL) Program, MicroVention, inc., R&D department, Medical device coating team, Researcher

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Shunto Maegawa
Visiting Researcher

Keio University Department of Mechanical Engineering

Education

Ph.D - School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University

Supervisor: Prof. Tetsuya Suzuki
Thesis: Research of antithrombogenic hydrogenated amorphous carbon thin film for medical applications
Research Area: Thin film engineering, Amorphous carbon, Medical application

Master - School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University

Supervisor: Prof. Tetsuya Suzuki
Thesis: Fluorinated hydrogen-free amorphous carbon thin film - blood compatibility and wear resistant coating technology
Research Area: Thin film engineering, Amorphous carbon, Medical application

Bachelor - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University

Supervisor: Prof. Tetsuya Suzuki
Thesis: Time course analysis of antithrombogenic properties of fluorinated Amorphous carbon coating
Research Area: Thin film engineering, Amorphous carbon, Medical application

Professional Certifications and Grants

Respiratory Medicine, Internal Medicine
National Grants‐in‐aid for Scientific Research (2019-2021, Principal Investigator)

Employment

- Founder & CEO, Global Vascular K.K. (current)
- Visiting researcher, Keio University (current)
- Visiting lecturer, Tokai University (current)
- Visiting Researcher, Prof. Ikeno Group, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, USA
- Piolax Medical Devices, Inc., R&D, Internship
- Research Assistant, Global Environmental Leaders (GESL) Program