Yoshikazu Hirai

Yoshikazu Hirai received received the B.S. And M.S. Degrees from Ritsumeikan University, Japan, in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and the Ph.D. Degree from Kyoto University, Japan, in 2007, all in mechanical engineering. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. In 2009, he joined the Advanced Biomedical Engineering Research Unit, Kyoto University. Since 2013, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University. He is also currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University. His current research interests include (1) Fabrication and packaging technologies for MEMS, (2) Optical lithography for 3D microstructuring (process, resist, simulation, etc.), (3) Atomic MEMS device (e.g., CSAC: Chip Scale Atomic Clock, CSAM: Chip Scale Atomic Magnetometer), and (4) Microfluidic system/device for biomedical applications. He is a Member of the IEEE, MRS, the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ), the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), the Society for Chemistry and Micro-Nano Systems (CHEMINAS), and Japan Institute of Electronics Packaging (JIEP).