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Profile
Yuichi OHYA,
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University
Contact Information
Address: 3-3-35 Yamate, Suita, Osaka 564-8680
E-mail: yohyai “at” kansai-u.ac.jp (but replace "at" with "@")
Personal Homepage: http://www.chemmater.kansai-u.ac.jp/kinosei/en_index.html
Fields of Interest
Biomaterials, Self-Assembly Systems, Biomedical Polymers
Professional Experience
1983-1989 Undergraduate & Graduate Research, Kyoto University of Tokyo (Prof. Y. Imanishi)
1989-1995 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University
1995-1998 Full-time Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University
1996-1997 Visiting Scholar, The University of Texas at Austin (Prof. J. L. Sessler)
1997-2008 Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University
2008-present Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Materials & Bioengineering, Kansai University
Education
Ph. D., Kyoto University, 1993
Membership of Academic Societies
The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Japanese Society for Biomaterials, The Chemical Society of Japan, The Japan Society of Drug Delivery System, The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine, The Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan; Japanese Society for Chemical Biology; Japanese Society for Chitin and Chitosan, American Chemical Society, Controlled Release Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Awards & Honors
  1. Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan (1994)
  2. Japan-Korea Biomaterials Research Young Investigator Award, Japanese Society for Biomaterials (1998)
  3. The Award for Young Investigator Award of Japanese Society for Biomaterials (2003)
Research Project
Development of Functional Self-Assembled Fusion Materials Consisting of DNA and Nano-metal
Selected Publications
  1. Nagahama, K, Aoki, R., Saito, T., Ouchi, T., Ohya, Y., Yui, N.,
    “Enhanced Stereocomplex Formation of Enantiomeric Polylactides Grafted on a Polyrotaxane Platform”,
    Polym. Chem., 4, 1769-1773 (2013).

  2. Ohya, Y., Miyoshi, N., Hashizume, M., Tamaki, T., Uehara, T., Shingubara, S., Kuzuya, A.,
    “Formation of 1D and 2D Gold Nanoparticle Arrays by Divalent DNA-Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates”,
    Small, 28, 2335-2340 (2012).

  3. Kuzuya, A., Ohya, Y.,
    “DNA Nanostructures as Scaffolds for Metal Nanoparticles”,
    Polym. J., 44, 452-460 (2012).

  4. Yamazaki, T., Aiba, Y., Yasuda, K., Sakai, Y., Yamanaka, Y., Kuzuya, A., Ohya, Y., Komiyama, M.,
    “Clear-Cut Observation of PNA Invasion Using Nanomechanical DNA Origami Devices”,
    Chem. Commun., 48, 11361-11363 (2012).

  5. Ohya, Y., Takahashi, A., Nagahama, K.,
    “Biodegradable Polymeric Assemblies for Biomedical Materials”,
    Adv. Polym. Sci., 247, 65-114 (2012).

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