Dr. Yu Ogawa is a Max Planck research group leader (MPRGL, W2) in the Department of Sustainable and Bio-inspired Materials at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.
Yu received his Ph.D. degree in Biomaterials science from the University of Tokyo in 2014, where he also received his Bachelor and Master’s degrees. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Cermav-CNRS in the group of Dr. Yoshiharu Nishiyama and Dr. Karim Mazeau (2014–2017) and the University of Cambridge in Prof. Silvia Vignolini’s group (UK, 2017–2018). He started his independent career as a research scientist at Cermav-CNRS in 2018 and moved to MPIKG as a W2 research group reader in 2024.
Yu’s main focus is electron microscopy (EM) as an essential tool for structural characterization at the nanoscale, allowing to connect morphology and internal structure of materials at resolutions as fine as sub-atomic levels. His research centers on the development of EM-based characterization methods for such radiation-sensitive materials, with a focus on cellulose and other carbohydrates. By utilizing cryogenic and low-dose electron microscopy, Yu aims to reveal the molecular and supramolecular structural details of this important class of biopolymers.
Key words
structural characterization, soft matter electron microscopy