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Education

The University of Tokyo, Japan                            2011-2015

  • Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters

  • B.A. in Psychology, 2015

  • Supervisor: Dr. Takao Sato

  • Thesis:「眼球運動・頭部運動が色残像の持続時間に及ぼす影響——異なる座標系における身体運動情報の統合—— (Extraretinal factors modulate color after effect)」

The University of Tokyo, Japan                            2015-2020

  • Division of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Education

  • M.S. in Clinical Psychology, 2017

  • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2020

  • Supervisor: Dr. Haruhiko Shimoyama

  • Thesis: "How are depressive symptomatology affected by others' facial expressions: Results from Psychological and Neurological studies(抑うつ状態が他者の表情からどのような影響を受けるか: 臨床心理学と神経科学の観点から)"

Skills

Language: English (TOEFL score 104, TOEIC score 975), Japanese (Native).
Programming skills: MATLAB (adding SPM12 for fMRI data analysis, Psychtoolbox for experiment designs), Rstudio, Python.
Software skills: AcqKnowledge (BIOPAC system), Tobii Eye tracking system, Gorilla.sc, SPSS, JASP.
Qualified clinical psychologist in Japan: Clinical Psychologist (since 2018), Licensed Psychologist (since 2019)

Research Experience

National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry                    2017-2020

  • Research Student, Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience

  • Supervisor: Dr. Hiroshi Kunugi

The University of Reading                                2018

  • Visiting Ph.D., Neuroimaging of Reward Group

  • Supervisor: Dr. Ciara McCabe

Tokyo Woman's Christian University                        2020-2021

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Supervisor: Dr. Akihiro Tanaka

Ritsumeikan University                                2021-2024

  • Visiting Researcher, Research Organization of Open Innovation and Collaboration

  • Supervisor: Dr. Kosuke Takahashi

Tokyo Woman's Christian University                        2024-present

  • JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PD)

  • Supervisor: Dr. Akihiro Tanaka

Teaching Experience

The University of Tokyo, Japan                                2017-2020

  • Teaching Assistant, School of Education

         for Special Seminar on Psychology
Komazawa Women's University                                2020-2021

  • Lecturer, Human Relations Studies

         for Practical Training in Clinical Psychology a,b
         for Seminar on Psychotherapy (Theory and Practice of Psychological Support II)
         for Psychological Assessment I
Tokyo Woman's Christian University                            2024

  • Lecturer, Division of Psychology and Communication

         for Seminar on Psychological Experiments IB
         for Psychological Science (Cognition) II

Clinical Experience

Counselor, Center for Psychological Services, The University of Tokyo                2015-2020
Psychological Intern, Psychiatry Division, Mitsui Memorial Hospital                    2017
Clinical Psychologist, Student Support Office, School of Science, The University of Tokyo        2019-2020

Fundings
Grant for Graduate Program for Social ICT Global Creative Leaders by JSPS    2016-2020
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up by JSPS                    2020-2022

  • Research Project: How contact with others' faces and voices affect depressive mood positively

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows                                2024-2027

  • Research Project: Cultural differences in emotional communication through covert facial mimicry

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