Speakers
Prof. Takashige Omatsu
Chiba University, Japan
Biography:
Takashige Omatsu (B.S. (1983), Ph.D. (1992)
from the University of Tokyo) is a professor
of nano-science division of a faculty of
engineering in Chiba University.His research
intersts cover a variety of areas, such as
nonlinear optics, solid-state and fiber
lasers, singular optics, and
super-resolution spectroscopy. Recent work
has focused on chiral control of nano-structures
by angular momentum of light. Such chiral
nano-structures will potentially provide a
new scientific aspect to metamaterials,
plasmonics, and silicon photonics, and they
might also enable us to develop nanoscale
imaging systems with chiral selectivity. He
has already published >100 refereed journal
articles, and he has performed >20 invited
presentations of major international
conferences, including CLEO, CLEO
Pacific-Rim, CLEO Europe, LEOS, and ICALEO
meetings. He has been appointed as an
Associate Editor of Optics Express during
2006-2012. He is also on the editorial board
of Applied Physics Express. He is currently
working as a steering committee member of
the conference on the laser and
optoelectronics pacific-rim (CLEO
Pacific-rim). Professor Omatsu is a Fellow
of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, and
a Senior Member of the Optical Society of
America. He is also Visiting Professor,
Xinjiang Normal University, China.
Prof. Takahiro Namazu
Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Japan
Biography:
Takahiro Namazu received the B.S., M.S., and
Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering
fromRitsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan,
in 1997, 1999, and 2002, respectively.From
2002 to 2006, he was an Assistant Professor
with the Department ofMechanical and Systems
Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering,
theUniversity of Hyogo, Himeji, Japan. In
2007, he became an Associate Professorat the
university. In 2010, he joined the
Precursory Research for EmbryonicScience and
Technology (PRESTO) program, “Nanosystems
and Emergent Functions”of the Japan Science
and Technology Agency (JST), as a
Researcher. In the JSTPRESTO program, his
research project was the emergence of self-propagatingexothermic
nanomaterials for future semiconductor
industry and human life care.In 2016, he
became a Professor of the Department of
Mechanical Engineering,Aichi Institute of
Technology, Toyota, Japan. In 2019, he
joined the KyotoUniversity of Advanced
Science (KUAS), Kyoto, Japan, as a Visiting
Professor.In 2020, he will become a
Professor with the Faculty of Engineering,
KUAS.
He is currently engaged in studies on
functional film materials, such asself-propagating
exothermic materials, and their applications
to micro/nanoelectro-mechanical systems
(NMEMS). His research interests also include
thedevelopment of material testing
techniques for measuring the
mechanicalproperties of micro/nanoscale
materials, such as carbon nanotubes and
siliconnanowires, which focuses on
clarifying the nanomaterials’ size effect
phenomenaand these mechanisms. The
evaluation of the reliability of MEMS
andsemiconductor devices is included as well
in his interests for realizing thedesign of
ultra-long life microdevices. Dr. Namazu has
earned over 20 research awards for
hisoutstanding materials research results
and his contributions to the evolutionof the
micro/nanoscale materials science field in
the world.
Prof. Moeto Nagai
Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
Biography:
Dr. Moeto Nagai is a Professor at the
Institute for Research on Next-generation
Semiconductor and Sensing Science (IRES²)
and the Department of Mechanical Engineering
at Toyohashi University of Technology,
Japan. His research integrates micro/nanodevices,
mechatronics, and computational science to
develop innovative biomedical solutions.
Current projects include using
light-patterned microalgal micromotors for
targeted substance delivery and employing
nanosecond lasers in nanoparticle-based
optoporation. He also explores cell
screening methods using GelMA hydrogels and
collaborates on biosensor development for
cancer biomarkers. Recognized with the MEXT
Young Scientists' Prize in 2018, Dr. Nagai
continues to advance nano-enabled
technologies for healthcare applications.