CV
Employment
Director
NBRP Public Relations Office, National Institute of Genetics
Project Assistant Professor
National Institutes for the Humanities
Project Researcher
Division for Strategic Public Relations, The University of Tokyo
Researcher/Public Relations Officer
National Bioscience Database Center, Japan Science and Technology Agency
Project Researcher/Public Relations Officer
Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems
2021 - present
2017 - 2021
2013 - 2017
2011 - 2013
2008 - 2011
Education
PhD in Linguistics, 2008, Tokyo Metropolitan University – Tokyo, Japan
MA in Literature, 2005, Tokyo Metropolitan University – Tokyo, Japan
BA in Cognitive Behavioral Science, 2003, The University of Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan
Dissertation
“Phonological processing in the comprehension of spoken Japanese: Behavioral and electrophysiological studies”
Grants and Awards
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) Grant Number JP22K03015 April 2022 to March 2026. Project title: “Study on scientists' perception towards engaging in science communication in a second language” (第二言語を用いた科学コミュニケーションに対する科学者の意識を紐解く総合的研究 )
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up Grant Number JP20K22204 October 2020 to March 2022. Project title: “Qualitative research on the transmission of science news” (科学ニュースの情報伝達経路に関する質的研究)
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) Grant Number JP16K16305 April 2016 to March 2021. Project title: “Building a model for press releases: A theoretical research on Science Communication” (プレスリリースのモデル構築を目指す科学コミュニケーションの理論的研究)
Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellows April 2005 to March 2008. Project title: “Neurophysiological investigation of syntax acquisition in a native language” (母語文法の獲得の神経生理学的研究).