Takashi Kodama, Ph.D.

| Email: kodama AT stanford DOT edu Web: http://www.stanford.edu/~kodama/index.html CV: pdf
Education
B.S. Tokyo Institute of Technology -- Department of Biomolecular Engineering (2001)
M.S. Tokyo Institute of Technology -- Department of Biomolecular Engineering (2003)
Ph.D. Tokyo Institute of Technology -- Deparment of Biiomolecular Engineering (2006)
(Visiting student in Stanford University from 2005-2006.)
Post D. Stanford University -- Department of Mechanical Engineering (2005-)
Specialty
1. Electrical and thermal conduction measurement of nanowires
2. Development of carbon nanotube-based nanodevices
3. Design and microfabrication of MEMS device
4. Atomic force microscopy
5. Apertureless near-field scanning optical microscope technique
6. Electromagnetic wave simulation with a finite-differential time-domain method
7. Spectroscopic measurement (fluorescence, Raman scattering, optical microscope, femtsecond pulse generation)
8. General chemical engineering technique
9. General bioengineering skill
10. Computer skill (programing, Network management, etc)
Projects
Current Projects
1. Electrical and thermal conduction measurement on a single-walled carbon nanotube and metallofullerene peapods.

Previous projects

2. Development of DNA based MEMS devices.
3. Development of an apertureless near-field scanning optical microscopy.
4. Development of the force curve mode confocal laser scanning / atomic force microscopy.
Awards/Honors
4. Fellow of "Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)" for the 59th Nobel Laureate Meeting at Lindau (http://www.lindau-nobel.de/), Germany. Lindau Nobel Laureates Foundation -- Nominated and selected to attend the 59th Meeting of the Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, as a young researcher, June 28th - July 3rd, 2009
3. "Japan Society for the Promotion of Science"(JSPS) postdoctoral fellowship for research abroad, 2008-2010
2. Research fellowship of "Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)" (No. 17-8544) 2005-2007
1. Entrepreneur of the year 2001, "Business Laboratory of Students", Semifinalist
Conference Presentation
-Invited speech
2. T. Kodama, "Mechanical perturbation induced spectroscopy", Spectroscopical Society of Japan, 2007, Oct 26th, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Japan.
1. T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, "Development of apertureless near-field scanning optical / atomic force microscope system and its application to biological studies", The Japanese Society of Microscopy, 61th Annual Meeting, 2005, Jun. 1st to 3rd, Tsukuba, Japan.
-General speech
13. T. Kodama, "Atomic Force Microscopy for nanobiotechnology", 2008/9/22, UCI, CA
12. T. Kodama, "Atomic Force Microscopy for nanobiotechnology", 2008/9/19, UCLA, CA
11. T. Koyanagi, T. Kodama, H. Sekiguchi, H. Ohtani, "Unfolding study of native bacteriorhodopsin under acidic condition", ISPM2008, 2008/6/22-24, Seattle, USA.
10. T. Kodama, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai, H. Ohtani, "Mechanical perturbation-induced spectroscopy of biomolecules", Workshop, "SoftNano2008", 2008/1/30,31, Suzukakedai, Japan
9. T. Kodama, A Jain, K. E. Goodson, "Nonmetallic conduction property of a DNA templated gold nanowire", InterPACK 07, 2007/7/8-12, British Columbia, Canada.
8. T. Kodama, "Development of the integrated system of an atomic force microscope with an inverted optical microscope and its application to biological studies", Life Science Japan (LSJ) annual meeting, 2006/9/26, Stanford, CA
7. T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, "Tip-SERS measurement with an Ag nanoparticles immobilized AFM tip", 9th International conference on near-field optics, nanophotonics, and related techniques (NFO9), 2006/9/10-15, Lausanne EPFL, Switzerland.
6. T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai, "Development of force curve mode CLSM / AFM system for biological studies", The Japan Society of Microscopy, The 7th Annual Subgroup Meeting, 2005, Feb. 27th - 28th, Atagawa, Japan
5. T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai, "Observation of the mechanical perturbation induced fluorescence change of Green Fluorescent Protein", The Biophysical Society of Japan, 42th Annual Meeting, 2004, Dec. 13th - 15th, Kyoto, Japan.
4. T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai, "Observation of the relation between applied force and fluorescence of Green Fluorescent Protein using confocal laser scanning microscope / atomic force microscope", Beijing-TEDA2004 Scanning Probe Microscopy, Sensors and Nanostructures, 2004, May 23-27,Beijing-TEDA, China.
3. T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai,"Development of confocal laser scanning microscope / atomic force microscope", The 11th International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy, 2003, Dec. 11th - 13th, Shizuoka, Japan.
2. T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai, "Detection method of the solvent property at solid-liquid interface with fluorescent method", The Biophysical Society of Japan, 41th Annual Meeting, 2003, Sep. 23th - 25th, Niigata, Japan.
1. T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai, "Development of confocal laser scanning / atomic force microscope system for the spectroscopic measruement of the contact area", The Japan Society of Applied Physics, 2003 Autumn Annual Meeting, 2003, Aug 30th- Sep 2nd, Fukuoka, Japan.
Original Publications
15. T. Kodama, A. Jain, K. E. Goodson, "Heat conduction through a DNA-Gold composite", Nano Lett., 9 (2009) 2005-2009.
14. Y. Hoshino, T. Urakami, T. Kodama, H. Koide, N. Oku, Y. Okahata, K. Shea, "Design of synthetic polymer nanoparticles that capture and neutralize toxic peptide", Small, 5 (2009) 1562-1568.
13. T. Kodama, T. Koyanagi, H. Sekiguchi, A. Ikai, H. Ohtani, "Unfolding study of native bacteriorhodopsin under acidic condition", Ultramicroscopy, 109 (2009) 948-951.
12. Y. Hoshino, T. Kodama, Y. Okahata, K. Shea, "Peptide imprinted polymer nanoparticles: A plastic antibody", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130 (2008) 15242-15243.
11. T. Kodama, T. Umezawa, S. Watanabe, H. Ohtani, "Development of apertureless naer-field scanning optical microscope tips for tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy", J. Microscopy, 229 (2008) 240-246.
10.T. Kodama, A. Jain, K. E. Goodson, "Nonmetallic conduction property of a DNA templated gold nanowire", Proceedings of IPACK2007, IPACK2007-331422, British Columbia, CANADA.
9.T. Kodama, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai, H. Ohtani, "Direct detection of the solvent molecules between solid surfaces with simultaneous adhesion force measurement", J. Phys. Chem. C, 111 (2007) 7098-7104.
8.T. Kodama, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai, H. Ohtani, "Spectroscopic measurement of nanoscale region with the application of mechanical perturbation", Biophysics, 47 (2007) 044-048.
7.T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, "Surface enhanced Raman scattering imaging of carbon onions with a silver nanoparticles immobilized tip", Appl. Phys. Lett., 89 (2006) 223107.
6.T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, "Development of new apertureless near-field scanning optical microscope tip using finite-differential time-domain calculation", Chem. Phys. Lett., 432 (2006) 553-557.
5.T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai,"Observation of the destruction of biomolecules under the compression force", Ultramicroscopy, 105 1-4 (2005) 189-195.
4.T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai, "Mechanical perturbation-induced fluorescence change of green fluorescent protein", Appl. Phys. Lett. 86 (2005) 043901.
3.T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai, "Development of confocal laser scanning microscope/atomic force microscope system for force curve measurement", Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 43-7B (2004) 4580-4583.
2.T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, H. Arakawa, A. Ikai, "Atomic force microscope equipped with confocal laser scanning microscope for the spectroscopic measurement of the contact area in liquid", Chem. Phys. Lett., 385 (2004) 507-511.
1.H. Ohtani, M. Masuko, Y. Wada, T. Kodama, "Dynamics of the fluorescence properties of pyrene residues appended to oligonucleotide hybridization probes", Nucleic Acids Symposium Series 44 (2000) 51-52.
Patent
1. T. Kodama, H. Ohtani, "Measurement method of the sample, and its equipment", 2005-91353A in public, Japan
Articles
7. "Honey trap", Nature 456 (2008) 284. pdf
The study published in Journal of American Chemical Society (2008) was covered by the Journalist.
6. Katherine Bourzac, "Mimicking Body Biosensors Artificial antibodies could be used in cheap, field-ready toxin sensors" Technology Review, MIT
http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/21603/
The study published in Journal of American Chemical Society (2008) was covered by the journalist.
5. Hank Hogan, "Microscopy focus, Making a Different point for Better images" Photonics Spectra Feb 2007
http://www.photonics.com/content/spectra/2007/February/
microscopy/86411.aspx

The study published in Applied Physics Letters (2006) was covered by the journalist.
4. Boas, Gary. "Confocal combined with AFM to study force-induced structural changes." Biophotonics International. March 2005. 17-18.
http://associates.tradepub.com/free/bpti/
The study published in Applied Physics Letters (2005) was covered by the journalist.
3. The article published in Applied Physics Letters (2006) was selected in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, Vol. 14 No. 24 (2006).
2. The article published in Applied Physics Letters (2005) was selected in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, Vol. 9 No. 3 (2005)
1. The article published in Applied Physics Letters (2005) was selected in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, Vol. 11 No. 4 (2005)

Last updated March, 2009