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Ryuji Yokokawa is a Professor at Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, and a visiting researcher at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan. He received the Ph.D. degree from the Electrical Engineering Department at The University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2005. He was an Assistant Professor at two schools: Department of Micro System Technology, Ritsumeikan University (2005–2009) and Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University (2009–2011), and an Associate Professor at Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University (2011–2019) before promotion to a Professor. He was a project researcher of Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency (PRESTO, JST) (2008–2014), and an adjacent faculty of World Premier International Research Center (WPI) Initiative, Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University (2010–2012). His current research areas are microfluidic devices with focus on biomolecules (motor proteins) and organ-on-a-chip based on the background of Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS). He is a member of IEEE, IEEJ, JSME and Cheminas.
He received the Ph.D. degree from the Electrical Engineering Department at The University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2005. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Mechanical Engineering Department at Kyoto University, Japan, in 2000 and 2002 respectively. He also studied MEMS at the Prof. C.J. Kim's group, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2000 to 2001. He was with Prof. S. Takayama, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan as a visiting scholar (2011–2012).