Name: Koichiro Maki
Place of Birth: Kyoto, Japan, 1989
Education:
2008.2 Kyoto Rakusei high school (51st)
2012.3 B.E. Kyoto University – Mechanical Engineering
2014.3 M.S. Kyoto University – Micro Engineering
2017.3 Ph.D. Kyoto University – Engineering
Research Career:
2014.4– Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1) (-2017.3),
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (Prof. Taiji Adachi),
Kyoto Univ., Japan
2016.6– Visiting scholar (-2016.8),
Insigneo institute for in silico medicine (Prof. Damien Lacroix),
Sheffield Univ., UK
2016.8– Visiting scholar (-2016.10),
Dept. of Biomed. Eng. (Prof. Christopher R. Jacobs),
Columbia Univ., USA
2017.4– Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD) (-2019.9),
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (Prof. Takashi Ushida),
Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Helsinki Institute of Life Science (Prof. Sara A. Wickstrӧm),
Univ. of Helsinki, Finland
Professional Societies:
2012.9– Member The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
2012.10– Member The Biophysical Society of Japan
2015.9– Member The European Society of Biomechanics
2020.12– Member The Molecular Biology Society of Japan
2020.12– Member The Japan Society for Biomedical Gerontology
Awards:
Encouragement Award, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Apr. 2020
Young Investigator Award, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Jul. 2018
Student Award, The Biophysical Society of Japan, Nov. 2016
Student Award Runner-up, The European Society of Biomechanics, Jul. 2016.
Travel Award, The European Society of Biomechanics, Jul. 2016.
Best Presentation Award, Young Researchers’ Presentations, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto Univ., Dec. 2013.