Takashi D.Y. Kozai

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Education

PhD in Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2011

MS in Biomeidcal Engineering, University of Michigan, 2007

BA in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2005

BA in Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2005

CV

Takashi Kozai is an  Ernest E. Roth Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Kozai received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2011. His research focuses on understand the biological tissue response to implantable technologies, especially in the cortex. Prior to that, he worked in a lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder where he gained the fundamental knowledge and experiences to understand intelligent bio-design, bio-templating, and bio-mimicry. Dr. Kozai's research employs in vivo multi-photon microscopy, functionally evoked electrophysiology, post-mortem multi-channel immunohistochemistry, impedance spectroscopy, device design, and emerging biomaterial tools. His biomaterial experience and knowledge of biology enabled him to invent several devices that led to 2 awarded patents, several pending patents, a start-up company, and a number of scientific publications, including Nature Materials.

Patents:

1.      Kozai TDY, Vazquez AL. Wireless Micro/Nano-Stimulation Opto-electrode for excitable tissue. US62/078,779 (pending)

2.      Kozai TDY, Langhals NB, Kipke DR, Patel PR, Deng X, Zhuang, H, Lahann J, Kotov N. Implantable Micro-Components Electrode. US9,907,475

3.      Kozai TDY, Langhals NB, Kipke DR, Patel PR, Deng X, Zhuang, H, Lahann J, Kotov N. Implantable Micro-Components Electrode. EPO 2,582,288

4.      Kozai TDY, Gibson MD, Purcell E. System and method for transdermal drug delivery. US8,404,255 

5.      Kozai TDY, Kipke DR, Subbaroyan J. Probe insertion device for implanting a probe into tissue (Method) US8,852,206 

6.      Kozai TDY, Kipke DR, Subbaroyan J. Probe insertion device for implanting a probe into tissue (Device) US9,814,489

7.      Gilgunn P, Ozdoganlar OB, Kozai TDY, Cui XT, Weber DJ, Fedder GK. Apparatus for self-referencing neural prosthetic insertion. US9408571 ,