At Goda Lab, our primary mission is to engineer serendipity by developing "serendipity-enabling technologies" that embody Louis Pasteur's insight that "Chance favors the prepared mind." Our focus is on developing innovative tools for molecular imaging and spectroscopy by integrating photonics, nanotechnology, microfluidics, and data science. By utilizing these tools, we aim to discover unknown phenomena, elucidate mechanisms, and explore new applications in science, industry, and medicine. We employ theoretical, experimental, and computational techniques to tackle critical problems. Additionally, we are committed to cultivating the next generation of global leaders who will shape the world in the 21st century. We foster an international and interdisciplinary research environment that values flat human relationships, and we actively seek out talented individuals from any university or company, regardless of their field of study.

Keisuke Goda is currently a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tokyo, as well as an adjunct professor in the Department of Bioengineering at UCLA and the Institute of Technological Sciences at Wuhan University. He earned a B.A. degree summa cum laude in Physics from UC Berkeley in 2001 and a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT in 2007. While at MIT, he contributed to the development of quantum-enhancement techniques in the LIGO group, which received the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics for the detection of gravitational waves. In 2007, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at UCLA as a postdoctoral researcher and program manager, where he focused on laser-based ultrafast optical imaging and spectroscopy, as well as microfluidic biotechnology. In 2012, Goda joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tokyo as a professor. His research group is currently dedicated to developing "serendipity-enabling technologies" through extreme engineering. He has authored nearly 300 journal papers, filed over 30 patents, and launched four startups: CYBO, Cupido, LucasLand, and FlyWorks. Goda has received more than 30 awards and honors, including the Japan Academy Medal, JSPS Prize, SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award, and Philipp Franz von Siebold Award.

B.A., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 2001

Ph.D., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007

Gravitational Wave International Committee Thesis Award (2008)
UCLA Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research (2010)
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface (2011)
Konica Minolta Imaging Science Award (2013)
Tokyo Biomarker Innovation Research Association (TOBIRA) Award (2014)
MEXT Young Scientist Award (2014)
Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum (2014)
IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturers Award (2014)
Ogino Award, Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering (2014)
AERA Top 100 Leaders (2014)
IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturers Award (2015)
WIRED Audi Innovation Award (2016)
Award of Excellence, UTokyo1000k Product Idea Contest (2017)
Award of Excellence, Image Contest, School of Science, University of Tokyo (2017)
Optical Design Award, Optical Society of Japan (2017)
Fellow, SPIE (2017)
Eiichi Takano Award, Japan Society of Applied Physics (2018)
Winner, ISAC Cytometry Art Contest (2018)
Ichimura Prize in Science for Distinguished Achievement (2018)
Photron Award (2018)
OSA Young Scientist Award, Optical Society of America (2018)
nac High-Speed Imaging Award (2018)
JSPS Prize (2018)
Japan Academy Medal (2019)
Yomiuri Gold Medal (2019)
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Light: Science & Applications (2019)
Analytical Chemistry Young Innovator Award, American Chemical Society (2019)
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (2020)
MEXT Prize for Science and Technology (2020)
Finalist, Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis (2020)
SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award (2021)
Eto-Hosoya Prize (2021)
Pioneers of Miniaturization Lectureship, Royal Society of Chemistry & Dolomite (2021)
Award of Excellence, NoMaps Dream Pitch (2021)
NEDO Award, NoMaps Dream Pitch (2021)
Award of Excellence, NEDO Technology Commercialization Program (2022)
VC Award, NEDO Technology Commercialization Program (2022)
Best Business Prize, Photonics Challenge (2022)
Philipp Franz von Siebold Award, Humboldt Foundation (2022)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2023)
Frontiers of Science Award, International Congress of Basic Science (2023)
Good Design Award, Japan Institute of Design Promotion (2023)
Horizon Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (2024)
Diversity & Inclusion Award, Japan Society for Applied Physics (2025)
MEXT Prize for Science and Technology (2025)

Nature Physics 4, 472 (2008)
Nature 458, 1145 (2009)
Nature 460, 990 (2009)
PNAS 109, 11630 (2012)
Nature Photonics 7, 102 (2013)
Nature Photonics 8, 695 (2014)
Nature Microbiology 1, 16124 (2016)
Nature Communications 8, 771 (2017)
Nature Protocols 13, 1603 (2018)
Nature Photonics 12, 190 (2018)
Cell 175, 266 (2018)
Science Advances 5, eaau0241 (2019)
Nature Protocols 14, 2370 (2019)
PNAS 116, 15842 (2019)
Nature Communications 11, 1162 (2020)
Science Advances 6, eaba6712 (2020)
Nature Communications 11, 3452 (2020)
Nature Communications 11, 4772 (2020)
Nature Communications 12, 3062 (2021)
Nature Communications 12, 5552 (2021)
Nature Communications 12, 7135 (2021)
Nature Methods 19, 633 (2022)
Nature Materials 21, 1121 (2022)
Nature Microbiology 9, 1152 (2024)
PNAS 121, e2310735121 (2024)
Nature Photonics 18, 888 (2024)
Nature Communications 15, 7376 (2024)
Nature 636, 322 (2024)
Nature 638, 318 (2025)
Nature Communications 16, 3165 (2025)
Nature Communications 16, 4386 (2025)
Nature Photonics 19, 671 (2025)
Nature Reviews Bioengineering (2025) in press