Dr. Shuichi Takayama

Biography

Shuichi Takayama earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Agricultural Chemistry from the University of Tokyo and went on to receive his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, focusing on bio-organic synthesis under Dr. Chi‐Huey Wong. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. George Whitesides at Harvard University, where he concentrated on applying microfluidics to the study of cell molecular biology. Takayama began his academic career at the University of Michigan, where he led a lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Macromolecular Science & Engineering for 17 years. In 2017, his lab transitioned to Georgia Tech, where he became the Georgia Research Alliance Price Gilbert Chair Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. His research interests are motivated by the needs of clinical biotechnology, focusing on engineering collaborations and hearing stakeholders' needs in diverse areas. His additional research includes micro/nanofluidics for cell analysis, diagnostics, chromatin analysis, high throughput 3D cell cultures, organs-on-a-chip construction design, the role of rhythm in cell signaling, self-switching fluidic circuits, and fracture fabrication.

Research Interests