Keiichi Yoshimatsu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Missouri State University
Keiichi Yoshimatsu was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1982. He studied at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan, and received his Bachelor's degree from the Department of Biotechnology in 2004. He conducted undergraduate research in the laboratory of Prof. Koji Sode. He earned his Ph.D. degree in 2009 from the Department of Pure and Applied Biochemistry at Lund University, Sweden, under the supervision of Prof. Lei Ye.
After the post-doctoral training at National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, and in the laboratory of Prof. Kenneth J. Shea in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), he embarked his independent research career as an Assistant Professor at Missouri State University in 2015. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and at Missouri State University.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO (2022 − present)
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO (2021 − 2022)
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO (2015 − 2021)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry
University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), Irvine, CA (2010 − 2015)
Postdoctoral Fellow/Associate Specialist in the Department of Chemistry
Mentor: Prof. Kenneth J. Shea
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan (2009 − 2010)
Postdoctoral Fellow at International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)
Mentors: Dr. Liyuan Han, Dr. Akiyoshi Taniguchi, and Dr. Tomohiko Yamazaki
EDUCATION
Lund University (LTH), Lund, Sweden (2004 − 2009)
Ph.D. in Engineering, with concentration in Polymer and Analytical Chemistry, January 31, 2009.
Thesis: "Nano- and Micro-sized Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Materials for Analytical Application."
Advisor: Prof. Lei Ye
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Tokyo, Japan (2000 − 2004)
B.S. in Engineering, with concentration in Biotechnology, March 31, 2004.
Advisor: Prof. Koji Sode
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry
University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), Irvine, CA (2010 − 2015)
Postdoctoral Fellow/Associate Specialist in the Department of Chemistry
Mentor: Prof. Kenneth J. Shea
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan (2009 − 2010)
Postdoctoral Fellow at International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)
Mentors: Dr. Liyuan Han, Dr. Akiyoshi Taniguchi, and Dr. Tomohiko Yamazaki
EDUCATION
Lund University (LTH), Lund, Sweden (2004 − 2009)
Ph.D. in Engineering, with concentration in Polymer and Analytical Chemistry, January 31, 2009.
Thesis: "Nano- and Micro-sized Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Materials for Analytical Application."
Advisor: Prof. Lei Ye
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Tokyo, Japan (2000 − 2004)
B.S. in Engineering, with concentration in Biotechnology, March 31, 2004.
Advisor: Prof. Koji Sode