Atsushi Maruyama
Affiliated Society: Japanese Society for Biomaterials
Country of Residence: Japan
Current Position: Professor
Biography:1986 Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan 1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan 2000 Associate Professor, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan 2004 Professor, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan 2013 – Professor, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
Areas of research interest:
1. Materials design for bionanotechnology employing DNA, peptide and lipid 2. Design and evaluation of gene / drug carrier systems 3. Development of a novel genotyping method 4. Molecular design of stimuli-responsive smart polymers 5. Preparation and characterization of cell-specific materials
Research keywords:
Polymers