Education

2020.3：Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University (B.Eng.)

2022.3：School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University 

              (M.Eng.) 

2025.3：School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University

              (Ph.D.)

2025.4–Present：Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

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Professional Appointments

2022.4–2025.3：JSPS Research Fellow (DC1, Fellowship for Young Scientists)

2023.10–2023.12：Visiting Student, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste (Prof. Pierangelo Gobbo's group, JSPS Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers)

2025.4–Present：JSPS Research Fellow (PD, Fellowship for Young Scientists)

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Awards

2025.3：Greatest Impact Factor Award (Keio University)

2025.3：Young Researcher Award (The 8th Annual Research Meeting on Molecular Robotics)

2025.3：Fujiwara Award (Fujiwara Scholarship)

2024.4：CSJ Student Presentation Award (The 104th CSJ Annual Meeting)

2022.12：Best Poster Award (The 4th Conference on Design of Biological Membranes)

2020.11：Student Award (The 59th Annual Meeting of the Japan Oil Chemists' Society)

2020.11：RSC Advances Award (The 59th Annual Meeting of the Japan Oil Chemists' Society)
2020.3：Keio Engineering Foundation Award (Keio Engineering Foundation)

Publications

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Molecular Insights into the Motion of Oil Droplets in Aqueous Solutions of Ester- and Amide-Containing Cationic Surfactants

Kazuki Ueno, Yuuki Ishiwatari, Ken Sasaki, Tomoya Kojima, Atsuro Takai, Kouichi Asakura, Noriyoshi Arai, Taisuke Banno

Journal of Molecular Liquids 2025, 426, 127352.

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(9)
Programmed Fabrication of Vesicle-Based Prototissue Fibers with Modular Functionalities 
Tomoya Kojima, Kouichi Asakura, Pierangelo Gobbo, Taisuke Banno
Advanced Science 2025, 2409066. (Selected as Hot Topic: Vesicles and Inside Back Cover)

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Molecular Modelling of Active Oil Droplet Propulsion: Insights from Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulation 
Ken Sasaki, Yuuki Ishiwatari, Kazuki Ueno, Tomoya Kojima, Taisuke Banno, Noriyoshi Arai
Chemical Physics Letters 2024, 857, 141680.

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(7)

Induction for Self-Propelled Motion of Artificial Objects with/without Shape Anisotropy 
Taisuke Banno, Kazuki Ueno, Tomoya Kojima, Kouichi Asakura
Journal of Oleo Science 2024, 73, 509-518.

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Engineering pH-Responsive, Self-Healing Vesicle-Type Artificial Tissues with Higher-Order Cooperative Functionalities 
Tomoya Kojima, Yutaro Noguchi, Koichi Terasaka, Kouichi Asakura, Taisuke Banno
Small 2024, 20, 2311255. (Selected as Hot Topic: Vesicles)

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Machine Learning Prediction of Self-Assembly and Analysis of Molecular Structure Dependence on The Critical Packing Parameter 
Yuuki Ishiwatari, Takahiro Yokoyama, Tomoya Kojima, Taisuke Banno, Noriyoshi Arai
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering 2024, 9, 20-28.

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Photoinduced Phase Transition Between Vesicles and Coacervates Using Low-Molecular-Weight Catanionic Amphiphiles 
Tomoya Kojima, Koichi Terasaka, Kouichi Asakura, Taisuke Banno
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2023, 669, 131512.

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Photoinduced Collective Motion of Oil Droplets and Concurrent Pattern Formation in Surfactant Solution 
Tomoya Kojima, Hiroyuki Kitahata, Kouichi Asakura, Taisuke Banno
Cell Reports Physical Science 2023, 4, 101222.

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pH-Sensitive Controlled Motion of Micrometer-sized Oil Droplets in a Solution of Surfactants Containing Fumaric Acid Derivatives 
Mari Kaburagi, Tomoya Kojima, Kouichi Asakura, Taisuke Banno
Journal of Oleo Science 2022, 71, 1319-1326.

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Chemotaxis of Oil Droplets and Their Phase Transition to Aggregates with Membrane Structures in Surfactant Solution Containing Metal Salts 
Sepia Nakayama, Tomoya Kojima, Mari Kaburagi, Takanori Kikuchi, Kouichi Asakura, Taisuke Banno
ChemSystemsChem 2021, 4, e202100035.

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