Kyohei Okubo

Kyohei Okubo is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, Department of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science.

Brief biography

201306-201307 Max Planck Institute for Coal Research (Germany), Nanostructure and Optical Materials, Visiting Researcher
201409-201501 Ghent University / IMEC (Belgium), Dept. Information Technology, Visiting Researcher
201409-201501 KU Leuven (Belgium), Dept. Biosystems, Visiting Researcher
201604-2017 University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, JSPS Research Fellow for Young Scientists (DC2)
201704-2018 The University of Tokyo, Dept. Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow
201704- Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM)
201804- National Cancer Center Hospital East, R&D Center – NEXT
201804- Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Imaging Frontier Center
201804- Tokyo University of Science, Dept. Materials Science and Technology, Assistant Professor

Research Keyword: Nanobiotechnology, Biochip, Photonic sensor, Micro/Nano fabrication, Microfluidics, Analytical chemistry
Research Area: Nano/Microsystems (Integrated photonics and plasmonic device)
Analytical chemistry (Biosensors, Microfluidics)
Research Institute Theme: JSPS Research Funding - Directional coupler based biophotonic sensor for single cell analysis
Academic Awards Received: Award for Encouragement of Research on 11 Jan 2018,
Best Paper Award June 2016

Selected publications

Title: Visualization of quantitative lipid distribution in mouse liver through near-infrared hyperspectral imaging
Authors: Kyohei Okubo, Yuichi Kitagawa, Naoki Hosokawa, Masakazu Umezawa, Masao Kamimura, Tomonori Kamiya, Naoko Ohtani, Kohei Soga
Journal: Biomedical Optics Express
Publication date: Jan, 2021

Title: Distinction of surgically resected gastrointestinal stromal tumor by near-infrared hyperspectral imaging
Authors: D. Sato, T. Takamatsu, M. Umezawa, Y. Kitagawa, K. Maeda, N. Hosokawa, K. Okubo, M. Kamimura, T. Kadota, T. Akimoto, T. Kinoshita, T. Yano, T. Kuwata, H. Ikematsu, H. Takemura, H. Yokota, K. Soga
Journal: Scientific Reports
Publication date: Dec, 2020

Title: Infrared to visible upconversion luminescence of trivalent erbium tetrafluoroborate complexes
Karina Nigoghossian, Tsumugi Miyashita, Tsuto Omura, Gil Yeroslavsky, Doan Thi Kim Dung, Authors: Kyohei Okubo, Masakazu Umezawa, Masao Kamimura, Kohei Soga
Journal: Optical Materials Express
Publication date: Jul, 2020

Title: Energy Transfer Between Rare Earth-doped Ceramic Nanoparticles for Gauging Strain and Temperature in Elastic Polymers
Authors: Gil Yeroslavsky, Kyohei Okubo, Masakazu Umezawa, Karina Nigoghossian, Doan Thi Kim Dung, Keiji Miyata, Koki Nomura, Masao Kamimura, Kohei Soga
Journal: JOURNAL OF PHOTOPOLYMER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Publication date: Jun, 2020

Title: Development of Molecular Imaging Probe for Dual NIR/MR Imaging
Authors: Doan Thi Kim Dung, Masakazu Umezawa, Karina Nigoghossian, Gil Yeroslavsky, Kyohei Okubo, Masao Kamimura, Masayuki Yamaguchi, Hirofumi Fujii, and Kohei Soga
Journal: JOURNAL OF PHOTOPOLYMER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Publication date: Jun, 2020