Dr. Takashi Kodama completed the Ph.D. in Biomolecular Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology in March 2006. He received the B.S. (2001) and M.S. (2003) degrees in Biomolecular Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology. He worked on developing new scanning probe microscopes for several scientific applications. Currently he is a research associate with Prof. Kenneth Goodson studying electro-thermal transport in nanomaterials.