RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS

Kozo TAGUCHI
Professor, Dr.  

Kozo Taguchi was born in Kyoto, Japan, on December 18, 1968. He received the B.E., M.E., and Dr. Eng. Degrees in electrical engineering from Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, in 1991, 1993, and 1996, respectively. In 1996, he joined Fukuyama University, Hiroshima, Japan, where he had been engaged in research and development on the optical fiber trapping system, semiconductor ring lasers and their application for optoelectronics devices, and polymeric optical waveguides for optical interconnection. In 1996–2003, he worked as an assistant and lecturer in Fukuyama University. In 2003, he moved to Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan, and currently he is a professor of department of electric and electronic engineering. From 2006 to 2007, he was a visiting professor at University of St Andrews (Scotland, United Kingdom). From 2014 to 2015, he was a visiting professor at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). In 2019, he was a visiting professor at University of Bath (United Kingdom). His current research interests include cells trap, microfluidic cell-based devices, dye sensitized solar cell, biofuel cells, biosensors, and hydrogen energy. Dr. Taguchi is a member of the Japan Society of Applied Physics(JSAP) and the Electrochemical Society of Japan(ECSJ). Ritsumeikan Research Database
Trang NAKAMOTO
Assistant professor, Dr.

Trang Nakamoto (formerly Dang-Trang Nguyen), born in Vietnam in 1986, is an assistant professor at Ritsumeikan University’s Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He earned his B.Eng. from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, followed by a Master’s degree from Dongguk University in South Korea. In 2014, he completed his Ph.D. at Ritsumeikan University, Japan. After two years in industry, he returned to academia in 2017 as a senior researcher at the Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO). Since 2020, he has held his current faculty position. Trang’s current research focuses on nitride semiconductor crystal growth and evaluation technologies, contributing to advancements in materials science and device engineering. He has published over 45 peer-reviewed journal articles and delivered more than 80 presentations at international conferences. His work reflects a commitment to global collaboration, innovation, and the integration of research and education across cultures and disciplines. Ritsumeikan Research Database
Graduate students     

M2:  
犬飼健太朗  INUKAI Kentaro 
庄司誉至規 SHOJI Yoshiki
田丸朋輝   TAMARU Tomoki
七木田薫哉 NANAKIDA Kunya 
樋口翔 HIGUCHI Kakeru
広瀬創一朗 HIROSE Soichiro

M1:  
島村洋輝 SHIMAMURA HIROKI
下畑帆丘 SHIMOHATA HODAKA
田中佑季 TANAKA YUKI
為乗健司 TAMENORI KENJI
Undergraduate students
B4:
白木海成 SHIRAKI Kaisei
野田猛司 NODA Takeshi 
藪崎智也 YABUZAKI Tomoya 
川島聡一郎 KAWASHIMA Soichiro
辻 龍太郎 TSUJI Ryutaro
近藤充輝 KONDO Mitsuki
中橋優也 NAKAHASHI Yuya 
杉村幸輝 SUGIMURA Kouki