Title and Affiliation:

Professor, Department of Bioengineering, The University of Tokyo Graduate Schools of Engineering and Medicine

Lecture title:

Development of novel structural biomaterials by controlling 3D shape

Short autobiography:

Dr. Chung graduated from University of Tokyo School of Medicine to obtain MD in 1989.  After working as a resident and Clinical Fellow in Internal Medicine at University of Tokyo Hospital, he entered and graduated from University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine to obtain PhD in 1997. During the period at graduate school, he joined as a Research Fellow Endocrine Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA in 1995.  In 1998, he was appointed Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and then in 2001 Assistant Professor of Medicine.  In 2002, he came back to the alma mater, worked at Graduate Schools of Medicine and Engineering.  Since 2007, he is holding his current position. 

2003-present Consultant in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

2003-present Division of Tissue Engineering, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

2007-present Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Tokyo School of Engineering, Tokyo, Japan (with additional appointment at School of Medicine)

2009-present Visiting Professor, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

Research Interests:

-  Biomaterials for tissue engineering

-  Skeletal regenerative medicine

-  Skeletal biology