Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
| 2004 - 2008: | Ph.D., Medical Philosophy, Kitasato University, Japan Dissertation: High cognitive function of an ALS patient in the totally locked-in state (collaborated with Hitachi, Ltd., Advanced Research Laboratory, Japan) |
| 2002 - 2004: | M.M.S, Medical Philosophy, Kitasato University, Japan Dissertation: Effect of fMRI Acoustic Noise on Sensorimotor Activation Examined Using Optical Topography (collaborated with Hitachi, Ltd., Advanced Research Laboratory, Japan) |
| 1997 - 2001: | B.Sc., Molecular Embryology, Kitasato University, Japan |
SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
| May, 2007: | Intern at the Hitachi, Ltd., Advanced Research Laboratory, Japan |
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
| Apr., 2013 - Present: | Assistant Professor, Department of Language Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University |
| Jan., 2009 - Mar., 2013: | Researcher, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan |
| Feb., 2009 - Mar., 2013: | Researcher, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Japan |
| Jan., 2009 - Mar., 2012: | Visiting Scientist, Laboratory for Biolinguistics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan |
| Nov., 2008 - Dec., 2008: | Special Postdoctoral researcher, Laboratory for Biolinguistics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan |
| Apr., 2008 - Sep., 2008: | Postdoctoral fellow, Advanced Research Laboratory, the Hitachi, Ltd., Japan |
AREAS OF INTEREST
Concept Formation Mechanism
Language Development in Developing Children
Sensory processing problems
Resting-State Functional Connectivity
developmental changes of neurovascular coupling
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Functional Near-infrared spectroscopy, Optical topography (OT) data acquisition using ETG-100, -4000, -7000 (Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, Japan), and FOIRE-3000 (Shimadzu Co., Kyoto, Japan)
Electroencephalogram (EEG) data acquisition using GSN300 (Electrical Geodesics, Inc. Eugene, Oregon) and BrainAmp EEG amplifier (Brainproducts, Munich, Germany)
OT data and EEG data analysis using Matlab and SPSS
Japanese (native), good written and spoken English
MEMBERSHIPS OF ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
The Japan Neuroscience Society
Society for Neuroscience
Japan Pediatric Society
Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development
The Japanese Society of Baby Science
