Okayama University
Japan

Biography

Ken is currently a Principal Investigator at Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Japan. He directs research groups focused on cardiovascular regenerative medicine, ischemia-reperfusion injury in which he holds a patent, and space medicine/biology. His interests also extend to physics simulation including finite element analysis and molecular dynamics. At the Harvard Medical School, Ken is collaborating with Professor Donald Ingber as a Visiting Scholar aiming to establish ischemia-reperfusion injury model using the organ-on-a-chip technology.

Ken received his Ph.D. in Medicine from Nagoya University. He is a member of the Cellular Biology of the Heart Working Group in European Society of Cardiology, and a councilor of the Physiological Society of Japan. He serves on the Editorial Boards of AIMS Biophysics journal. Ken is also running a joint research about space medicine with PD AeroSpace, LTD. He is a finisher of an Ironman Triathlon race.

Fields of Interest

• Cellular Mechanosensing
• Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine
• Biomedical Engineering
• Space Medicine
• Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury