Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology
University of Florida
Office
Room B309C, Building B, UF Scripps
Mailing Address
130 Scripps Way
3B3 # B309C
Jupiter, FL 33458
Education:
Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology – Harvard University, 2016
A.M., Molecular and Cellular Biology – Harvard University, 2012
B.S., Biophysics and Biochemistry – University of Tokyo, 2010
Past Professional Positions:
Assistant Project Scientist – University of California San Diego, 2022-2023
Postdoctoral Scholar – University of California San Diego, 2016-2022
Awards/Fellowships:
Outstanding Mentor Award, Society for Research Fellows, 2025
SFARI Bridge-to-Independence Award, Simons Foundation, 2022-
The Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars Award, Warren Alpert Foundation, 2021-2024
Postdoctoral Grant Award, Kanae Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Science, 2021-2022
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2019-2021
Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Uehara Memorial Foundation, 2018-2019
Graduate Student Fellowship, the Nakajima Foundation, 2010-2015
Dean’s Prize, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, 2009