PI (Eiji YUBA)
Name ： Eiji Yuba
Room ： Build. B (Faculty of Engineering) B-317
Tel ： +81-6-6605-2685
Email ： yuba [at] omu.ac.jp
Researcher profile at Osaka Metropolitan University
Brief biography
Dr. Eiji Yuba received his BS degree from the Department of Applied Materials Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan in 2006. He received MS and PhD degrees from the Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan in 2008 and 2010, respectively. He worked as an Assistant Professor of Osaka Prefecture University, Japan, from 2010 to 2017 and as an Associate Professor from 2017 to 2023 in the Department of Applied Chemistry,
Osaka Prefecture University. Also, he stayed in the University of Chicago (Jeffrey A. Hubbell laboratory) as a visiting scholar in 2019. He served as Fellow for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan from 2020 to 2023 and as an executive member of Osaka Metropolitan University from 2022 to present. In 2024, he internally moved to the department of Chemistry and Bioengineering as a Principal Investigator. His research interests are functional polymer-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications including drug delivery, gene vectors, diagnosis and immunotherapy.
Education
Department of Applied Material Science, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University (2002-2006)
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University (2006-2010)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering (March 31th, 2010)
“Design of biofunctional liposomes for delivery of bioactive molecules”
Employment history
Research fellowship for young scientist in Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC2) (2009-2010)
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University (2010-2017)
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University (2017-2022)
Visiting Scientist, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago (Prof. Jefferey A. Hubbell) (2019)
Fellow for Science and Technology Policy, Bureau of Science, Technology and Innovation (until March 2021), Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (from April 2021), Cabinet Office, Government of Japan (2020-2023)
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University (2022-2023)
Special Advisor to the President, Osaka Metropolitan University (2022-2023, 2025-)
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University(2024-)
Advisor to the President, Osaka Metropolitan University (2024)
Liaison, Program for Forming Japan’s Peak Research Universities (J-PEAKS), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (2024-)