[Affiliation]

Department of Dynamic Brain Imaging,

Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group,

Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute International (ATR),

[Nationality]

Japan

[Language]

Japanese: Native, English: Fluent

[Research Interests]

• Brain dynamics of creative cognition

• Neural oscillation and its related neurovascular coupling

• Brain Machine Interface / Brain Computer Interface

• Real-environment neuroscience

• LFP-MUA coupling in Auditory Cortex

[Research experience]

• Sept. 2015 - Now, Senior Researcher, Dept. Dynamic Brain Imaging, Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute International (ATR), Kyoto, Japan

  • Collaborator: Drs. Okito Yamashita, Jun-ichiro Hirayama, Hiroki Moriya, Motoaki Kawanabe, Takeaki Shimokawa, Takatsugu Aihara, Mr. Ryuta Tamano, Ms. Arisa Katagiri, and Prof. Aapo Hyvarinen (Univ Helsinki)

• April. 2012 - Aug. 2015, Researcher, Dept. Dynamic Brain Imaging, Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute International (ATR), Kyoto, Japan

  • Collaborator: Prof. Shin Ishii, Dr. Jun-ichiro Hirayama, Prof. Aapo Hyvarinen, Dr. Hiroki Moriya

• Sept. 2011 - March. 2012, Post-doctoral fellow, Dept. Functional Brain Imaging, Inst. Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

• Dec. 2011 - Feb. 2012, Visiting researcher, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, INSERM 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon, France

  • Collaborator: Dr. Karim Jerbi, Dr. Olivier Bertrand

• Aug. 2009 - Oct. 2009, Visiting researcher, Cuban Neuroscience Center, Havana, Cuba

  • Collaborator: Dr. Pedro Valdes-Sosa, Dr. Jorge Bocsh

[Educational background]

• 2007 - 2011, Dept. Functional Brain Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University (Ph.D in Medicine)

  • Supervisor: Profs. Jorge Riera and Ryuta Kawashima

• 2005 - 2007, Dept. Biological Function Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering and Life-Science, Kyushu Institute of Technology (MS in Engineering)

  • Supervisor: Prof. Hirokazu Yokoi

• 2000 - 2005, Dept. Mechanical Information Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Information Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology (BA in Information Engineering)

  • Supervisor: Prof. Hirokazu Yokoi

[Award, Scholarship, Grant]

• 2021-2023 JSPS KAKENHI (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), No.21K12620, Investigator, "Investigation of dynamical brain states underlying linguistic/spatial creative insight (言語的・空間的ひらめきにおける脳状態のダイナミクスの解明)").

• 2020-2021 MIC SCOPE #192107002, Investigator, "Understanding of neural basis determined creativity and development of qualitative brain state for supporting of creative human resources (クリエイティブ人材の育成支援のための脳ビッグデータを活用した創造性を決定づける脳回路結合の解明と脳状態の定量化)."

• 2018-2021 JSPS KAKENHI (Challenging Research (Pioneering) No. 18H05395, Investigator, "Understanding of brain-state of creative insight: switching of large-scale brain network")

• 2018-2021 JSPS KAKENHI (Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B), No. 18KK0284, Co-investigator, "Decoding of brain states during time of concentration based on multi-modal brain imaging")

• 2017 IEICE Communication Society Distinguished Contributions Award in 2016. 

• 2015 ATR Research Fund (Investigator, "Development of BMI database and its market survey")

• 2015 - 2018 JSPS JAPAN-FINLAND Joint Health Research Program Proposal (Co-Investigator)

• 2014 ATR Research Fund (Investigator, "Survey for the development of communication-support BMI")

• 2014 - 2017 JSPS KAKENHI (Wakate-B No.26730146, Investigator, "Development of communication-support BMI based on conversation information and brain synchronization")

• 2011 - 2012 JSPS KAKENHI (Kiban-B No.23300149, Co-Investigator, "Development of auditory cortical implant by using three-dimensional current stimulation with feedback control")

• 2012 Tohoku University Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer (IDAC) Outstanding Performance Award

• 2008 - 2010 JSPS JAPAN-CANADA Joint Health Research Program Proposal (Co-Investigator)

• 2010 Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Outstanding Performance Award

• 2009 CRM Workshop Travel Award (Centre de Recherche en Mathématiques)

[Press release, media]

1. Nikkei News Paper, "Technology of Human Augmentation", Jan 21st, 2020.

2. NHK Special, Japan, Feb 4th, 2018. WEB

3. BMI in the realistic environment ~Decoded from brain activity~, JST Science News (Movie), April 22nd, 2015.

4. Network-BMI by using natural brain activity, Kyoto, Dec 4th., 2014.

5. EEG-based BMI-wheelchair, NHK, June 3rd., 2012.

[Skills]

• fMRI, EEG, MEG, fNIRS experiment (simple motor task by using psychotoolbox, cogent (MATLAB based), presentation)

• EEG-fMRI simultaneous recording, EEG-NIRS simultaneous recording

• Animal electrophysiology (LFPs, MUA) by using silicon-based multi-electrode array (linear, planner, three-dimension)

• Brain imaging data analysis (SPM, EEG-Lab in MATLAB)

• Time-frequency analysis and time-series modeling

• Human behavior analysis in a realistic environment based on a behavior-tag database

[Review work for Journals and conference]

• Associate editor of Frontiers in Neuroergonomics 

• Brain Function and Structure

• Neuropsychologia

• Cortex

• Journal of Neural Engineering

• Physiological Measurement

• PsyCH Journal

• International Conference on Biomagnetism (BIOMAG)

• International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

[Activity of society, committee, etc.]

• BCI Hackathon Committee of 8th Workshop on Brain-Machine Interface Systems in IEEE-SMC 2018

• Technical Committee on Communication Quality (CQ) in IEICE

• Technical Committee on Communication Behavior Engineering (CBE) in IEICE

• Member of the Society for Neuroscience

• Member of Japan Neuroscience Society

• Committee member of Tohoku Brain Science Winter School 2012

[Collaboration]

• ATR

  • Okito Yamashita

  • Motoaki Kawanabe

  • Toshikazu Kuroda

  • Ryuta Tamano

  • Sayuri Noda

  • Reinmar Kobler

  • Mizuki Tsutsumi

  • Tomohiko Kishi

  • Tomohisa Asai

• Tohoku University

  • Ryuta Kawashima

  • Hikaru Takeuchi

• NCNP

  • Atsushi Sekiguchi

• Shiga University

  • Hiroshi Morioka

• Toyama University

  • Shigeyuki Ikeda

• AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

  • Jun-ichiro Hirayama

  • Atsunori Kanemura

• Florida International University (USA)

  • Jorge J Riera

• University of Montreal (Canada)

  • Karim Jerbi

• Lyon Neuroscience Center (France)

  • Olivier Bertrand

• Cuba Neuroscience Center (Cuba)

  • Jorge Bosch

  • Pedro A Valdes-Fernandez

• University of Helsinki (Finland)

  • Aapo Hyvarinen

  • Hande Celikkanat

• UCL (UK)

  • Ricardo Monti

[Interests, hobby]

• Sports (baseball, softball, soccer, rugby, cycling) and watching

• Dancing (Salsa)

• Cooking