CV

Curriculum Vitae

Since April 2023 Associate Professor, School of Informatics and Data Science / Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
September 2019–March 2023 Assistant Professor, Division of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
April 2018–August 2019 JSPS Research Fellow, Neural Information Engineering Laboratory, Center for Information and Neural Networks, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
April 2015–March 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, U.S.
June 2009–March 2015 Student Intern (June 2009–March 2014) / Researcher (April 2014–March 2015), Department of Computational Brain Imaging, Neural Information Analysis Laboratories (split from Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in April 2010), Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Japan

March 2014 Ph.D. in Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan (Thesis title: State-space methods for reconstructing neuronal current sources)
March 2011 Master's degree in Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan (Thesis title: Localizing focal current sources from MEG by efficient inference in a high dimensional state-space model)
March 2009 Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Biophysical Engineering Course, Department of Systems Science, School of Engineering Science, Osaka University (currently, The University of Osaka), Japan (Thesis title: Intermittent control during real-time simulated balance task using human electromyograms)

Affiliate Associate Professor (Since July 2023), Graduate School of Innovation and Practice for Smart Society, Hiroshima University, Japan
Senior Visiting Researcher (Since October 2019, except for April 1–20, 2023), Neural Information Engineering Laboratory, Center for Information and Neural Networks, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
Cooperate Researcher (April 2015–March 2018, April 2018–August 2019, Since April 2025) / Visiting Researcher (October 2019–March 2023, May 2023–March 2025), Department of Computational Brain Imaging, Neural Information Analysis Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Japan
Affiliate Assistant Professor (April 2020–March 2023), Data Science Center, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Visiting Researcher (June 2018–August 2019), Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University (currently, The University of Osaka), Japan
Guest Researcher (May–August 2012), Methods and Development Unit—Cortical Networks and Cognitive Functions, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany

August 2014 Complex Networks Summer School 2014 (Venue: Tohoku University, Affiliations of Organizers: National Institute of Informatics, Tohoku University)
August 2010 5th International Summer School in Biomedical Engineering—Multimodal Integration of Functional Brain Measurements (Venue: LEUCOREA, Affiliations of Organizers: Technical University Ilmenau, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences)
August–September 2008 US Training Course for Research and Presentation in Engineering and Science (Venue: University of California, Santa Cruz, Affiliation of Organizers: Osaka University)

April 2018 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
April 2016 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
March 2015 Research and Development Award, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
December 2014 Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Uehara Memorial Foundation
May 2011 Exemption from Repayment of Student Loans, Japan Student Services Organization
April. 2011 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

March 2024–March 2025 Research Incentive Grant, The Uehara Memorial Foundation
April 2021–March 2024 Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
April 2020–March 2022 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
April 2020–March 2021 Collaborative Technical Development in Data-Driven Brain Science, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
April 2020–March 2021 Education and Research Activities Grant, Foundation for Nara institute of Science and Technology
April 2020–March 2021 30th Anniversary Research Grant, Japanese Neural Network Society
April 2019–March 2021 Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
April 2018–March 2020 Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
April 2011–March 2014 Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Journals: Aperture Neuro, Brain Structure and Function, Communications Biology, Communications Medicine, Communications Physics, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, Human Brain Mapping, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Nature Communications, Network Neuroscience, Neural Networks, NeuroImage, Physics Letters A, PLOS ONE
Grants: Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology