(Updated December, 2018) Yan Xu is an Associate Professor (tenured) and the principal investigator of the Nanofluidics Lab at Osaka Prefecture University, Japan. He concurrently serves as a PRESTO researcher at the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). He received his bachelor’s degree (2001) from Dalian University of Technology and his master’s degree (2004) from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He completed his Ph.D. (2007) at the University of Tokyo. Research in his group is directed toward the use of nanofluidic devices for chemistry, biology, and materials science at femtoliter, attoliter, and single molecule scales. His research group continues to involve the study and development of novel nanofluidic methods for single cell omics, single molecule chemistry, biomaterials, and nanomedicine. He has recently (co-) authored over 60 micro-/nanofluidics-related papers in Adv. Mater., Small, Biomaterials, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Lab Chip, etc., with seven papers featured on the covers of the journals. He has been invited to write reviews for Adv. Mater. and other top journals. He has also delivered many invited talks (eg., 40+ after 2015) and received several awards from Japan, USA, and China.
Associate Professor(Tenured), Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture Universit
Apr 2018
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PRESTO Researcher(concurrently serve), The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Apr 2011
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Mar 2016
Associate Professor(Tenure-Track), Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Center, Research Organization for the 21st Century, Osaka Prefecture University
Oct 2009
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Mar 2011
Research Scientist, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Oct 2007
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Sep 2009
JSPS Research Fellow, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Our paper (Nanofluidics: A New Arena for Materials Science) ranked 2nd place in the top ten hot papers (top ten most read papers, November, 2017) of Advanced Materials.
Our recent research progress is featured on Advances in Engineering, which highlight papers of exceptional scientific importance to a broad scientific & engineering audience.
Yan Xu (Part:Contributor, Beyond Phenomena: Functionalization of Nanofluidics based on Nano-in-Nano Integration Technology)
Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), in press
ナノメディシンの分子科学
Xu Yan (Part:Contributor, １細胞内環境の特徴を有するナノチャネルを用いた細胞死に関わる生体分子の１分子計測)
講談社サイエンティフィク, in press
Silane: Chemistry, Applications and Performance
Yan Xu (Part:Contributor, Chapter 1. Modification of Glass Substrates and Microfluidic Devices by Silanization of Bioinspired 2-Methacryloyloxyethyl Phosphorylcholine (MPC) Polymers for Preparing Biocompatible Interfaces)
Nova Science Publishers Oct 2012
Polymers in Nanomedicine
Kazuhiko Ishihara, Yan Xu, Tomohiro Konno (Part:Joint Work, Cytocompatible hydrogel composed of phospholipid polymers for regulation of cell functions)
Springer Berlin/Heidelberg Sep 2011
Handbook of Modern Coating Technologies. Future Perspectives and Advanced Applications
Yan Xu (Part:Contributor, Functional Coatings for Lab-on-a-Chip Systems Based on Phospholipid Polymers)
