Profile
CURRENT POSITION
Senior Researcher
Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet)
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
2C7, 1-4 Yamadaoka, Suita
Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
EDUCATION
2000 Faculty of Education, The University of Tokyo (B.A.)
2002 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (M.S.)
2005 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Ph.D.)
RESERCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2004/4 – 2005/3
JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences., The University of Tokyo.
2005/4 – 2006/3
JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo.
2006/4 – 2007/3
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo.
2007/4 – 2009/3
JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo.
2009/4 – 2014/7
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo.
2014/8 –
Senior Researcher, Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), National Institute of Information and Communications Technology.
ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIP
Society for Neuroscience
Society for the Neural Control of Movement
Japanese Society of Biomechanics
Japanese Neuroscience Society
Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sports Sciences
REVIEWER
Biomedical Engineering Online
Cerebellum
Experimental Brain Research
Frontiers in Perception Science
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Journal of Biomechanics
Journal of Neurophysiology
Journal of Sports Sciences
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Neural Networks
PLoS Computational Biology
Scientific Reports
AWARDS
2012 Young Investigator Award, Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Japan, Chapter of Biological and Physiological Engineering
2010 The Best Presentation Award, The 4th Japanese Motor Control Meeting
2009 The Best Presentation Award, The 3rd Japanese Motor Control Meeting
2008 The Best Presentation Award, The 2ndJapanese Motor Control Meeting
2007 Research Fellow (PD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2004 Research Fellow (DC), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
GRANT AWARDS
Principal Investigator, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan (2015-2018). Development of custom-made deformable musculoskeletal model and its validation (xxx MJPY/3yrs)
Principal Investigator, Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan (2012-2014). Development of next-generation musculoskeletal model implementing muscle volume and deformation (3.51MJPY/3yrs)
Principal Investigator, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan (2009-2010). Independence of movement control and force control in human multi-joint system (1.95MJPY/2yrs)
Principal Investigator, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan (2007-2008). Immediate adaptive mechanism for sensorimotor control of human multi-joint skeletal system (2.2MJPY/2yrs)
Principal Investigator, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan (2004-2005). Central nervous system’s mechanism of acquisition of the mechanical property of multi-joint skeletal system (1.9MJPY/2yrs)