Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Department of Mechano-Informatics, Japan, 2009.9 M.S., KAIST, Department of Biosystems, Korea, 2006.2 B.S, KAIST, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea, 2004.2

 Assistant Professor, Kyung Hee University, Korea, 2016 - present  Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan, 2013 – 2016  1st Japan-Korea Biomedical Technology Symposium, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2015.04.-2016.03.  Development of micro / nano microfluidic system using laser lithography, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2013.04.-2015.03.  Research Associate, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2012 – 2013  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2009-2012

 Y. J. Heo, H. Shibata, T. Okitsu, T. Kawanishi, and S. Takeuchi, 2011, “Long-term in vivo glucose monitoring using fluorescent hydrogel fibers,” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 108: pp. 13399-13403,  H. Shibata*, Y. J. Heo*, T. Okitsu, Y. Matsunaga, T. Kawanishi, and S. Takeuchi, 2010, “Injectable hydrogel microbeads for fluorescence-based in vivo continuous glucose monitoring,” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 107: 17894-17898. *equal contribution on this publication.

 Best Paper Award, 13th Korean MEMS Conference , 2011  Best Presentation Award, 27th Sensor Symposium, 2010

Micro/nanofabrication, biosensors, tissue fabrication, mechanobiology