Complete vitae is available in PDF (last updated on 09/03/2013).

Educational background

  • 2004   Doctor of Philosophy (Geography), University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  • 1999   Master of Engineering (Urban Engineering), University of Tokyo, Japan
  • 1997   Bachelor of Engineering (Urban Engineering), University of Tokyo, Japan

Academic experience

  • 2013-present    Professor, Department of Integrated Science and Engineering for Sustainable Society, Chuo University
  • 2013-present    Visiting Researcher, Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo
  • 2011-2013    Associate Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo
  • 2010-2013    Associate Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo
  • 2010-present    Research Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Utah
  • 2006-2010    Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Utah
  • 2009-2010    Assistant Investigator, Institute of Public and International Affairs, University of Utah
  • 2004-2006    Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and School of Informatics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
  • 2001-2004    Research Assistant, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Courses taught

Chuo University
  • Introduction to Spatial Information Science (Fall 2013-)
University of Tokyo
  • Basic Lectures in Applied Computer Science V: Introduction to Spatial Information Science (Summer 2012)
  • Urban Analysis (Summer 2011-2012; co-teaching)
  • Spatial Information Analysis (Winter 2010; co-teaching)
  • Exercise on Spatial Information Analysis (Winter 2010; co-teaching)
University of Utah
  • Introduction to Medical Geography (Spring 2008-2009)
  • Detection and Monitoring of Spatial Clusters, Graduate Seminar (Fall 2007)
  • Spatial Modeling with GIS (Spring 2007-2010)
  • Network-based Spatial Analysis, Graduate Seminar (Spring 2007)
  • Spatial Statistics (Fall 2006-2009)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
  • Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Spring 2005, 2006)
  • Health Applications of GIS (Spring 2005)
  • Spatial Statistics (Fall 2004, 2005)
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
  • Spatial Statistics (Fall 2003 as a guest speaker)
  • Transportation Modeling and GIS (Spring 2002 as a guest speaker)

Grants, awards, and scholarships

Grants
  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: “Urban Walkability as a Health-Supporting Infrastructure for the Coming Super Aging Society.” PI, 04/2012-03/2015.
  • Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: “Development of Innovative Analytical Methods for Spatial Autocorrelation to Test the First Law of Geography Correctly.” Co-investigator (PI: Atsuyuki Okabe, Aoyama Gakuin University), 04/2012-03/2015.
  • Research Support Grant, Association of Real Estate Agents of Japan: “A Study on Survey Methods for the 2013 Housing and Land Survey in the Regions Stricken by the Tohoku Earthquake.” PI, 11/2011-10/2012.
  • National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant (R01), National Cancer Institute: “Neighborhood Built and Social Environment and Physical Activity and Weight Status.” Co-investigator (PI: Ming Wen, Department of Sociology, University of Utah), $1,245,000, 2010-2014. (* Participated only in 2010.)
  • National Poverty Center & Economic Research Service: “Alternative Measures of Food Environments in Poor and Non-Poor Neighborhoods,” Co-investigator (PIs: Jessie X. Fan and Lori R. Kowaleski-Jones, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah), $5,000, 2008.
  • National Institutes of Health Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21), National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases: “Neighborhood Characteristics and Body Mass Index: Selection or Causation?” Co-investigator (PIs: Lori R. Kowaleski-Jones and Ken R. Smith, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah), $275,000, 2008-2010. Additional administrative supplement of $91,569, 2009.
  • Research Support Grant, Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy: “Spatial Distribution of Teen Pregnancy Incidence in California and Baja California: Comparison between the Border and Non-border Regions,” Principal investigator, $16,000, 2006-2007.
  • Grand-in-Aid for Minority Faculty Development, Office of Professional Development, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis: “Spatial Prospective Surveillance of Nosocomial Infection Events Using Spatial Statistics and Geographic Information Systems,” $3,000, Principal investigator, 2005-2006.
  • Research Support Grant, Polis Center and School of Informatics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis: “Spatial Analysis of Community Health Issues Using SAVI Data,” $5,000, Principal investigator, 2005.
Awards
  • Winner of the Population Association of America poster competition, 2007.
  • Winner of the Regional Science Association International dissertation competition, 2005.
  • Winner of the Emerging Scholar Paper Competition, Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group in AAG, 2005.
Scholarships
  • Full scholarship to attend “Advanced spatial demography” workshop at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. Invited by Dr. Daniel Griffith. November 2005.
  • College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2003-2004.
  • Research Assistantship, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 2001 - 2004.
  • CSISS Workshop Scholarship, Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science, 2001.
  • International Student Scholarship, Heiwa Nakajima Foundation (in Japan), 2000 - 2002.

Professional Affiliations

International
  • Association of American Geographers
  • Regional Science Association International
Japanese
  • Applied Regional Science Conference
  • Association of Japanese Geographers
  • Association of Urban Housing Sciences
  • City Planning Institute of Japan
  • Geographic Information Systems Association in Japan
  • Human Geographical Society of Japan