Manabu Tokeshi
Hokkaido University
Biography
Manabu Tokeshi is a Professor at the Division of Applied ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ at Hokkaido University. He is also a visiting Professor at ImPACT Research Center for Advanced Nanobiodevice, Innovative Research Center for Preventive Medical Engineering, and Institute of Innovation for Future Society at Nagoya University. Professor Tokeshi is a board member of the Chemical & Biological Microsystem Society (CBMS) which oversees the International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemical and Life Sciences (mTAS). He received his PhD degree from Kyushu University in 1997. After his research fellowship awarded by the Japan Society of Promotion of Science at the University of Tokyo, he worked at Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology as a researcher (1998-1999), group subleader (1999-2003), and group leader (2003-2004). He also worked at the Institute of Microchemistry Technology Co. Ltd. as President (2004-2005) and at Nagoya University as an Associate Professor (2005-2011). In 2011, he visited Karolinska Institutet as a visiting researcher and joined the Hokkaido University as a Professor. His honours include the Outstanding Researcher Award on ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ and Micro-Nano Systems from the Society for ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ and Micro-Nano Systems (2007), the Pioneers in Miniaturisation Prize from the Lab on a Chip / Corning Inc. (2007) and the Masao Horiba Award from HORIBA, Ltd. (2011). His research interests are in the development of micro- and nano-systems for chemical, biochemical, and clinical applications.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, Lab on a Chip