BIOGRAPHY

I am a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (ITF) at the Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba. I develop sensory intervention technologies—tactile, visual, and multisensory—to alleviate pain and stress, with the broader aim of enhancing human well-being.

My current work spans inflatable wearable robotics, VR-based perceptual modulation, and tactile foundation models, alongside cyber-physical systems that deliver multisensory feedback simultaneously across physical and virtual spaces.

I have been a member of FTLab at the University of Tsukuba since 2015, where I completed my B.E., M.Eng., and Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Fumihide Tanaka. I received the Best Student Robot Design Award at the ACM/IEEE HRI Student Design Competition (2021) and the Dean's Award from the University of Tsukuba (2025).

WORK EXPERIENCE

Apr. 2025 - Present

Assistant Professor (ITF, Specially Appointed)

Institute of Systems and Information Engineering

University of Tsukuba

Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2022

Part-time Researcher

Institute of Systems and Information Engineering

University of Tsukuba

EDUCATION

Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2025

Ph.D. in Engineering

Graduate School of Science and Technology

Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering

University of Tsukuba

Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021

M.Eng.

Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering

Department of Intelligent Interaction Technologies

University of Tsukuba

Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2019

B.Eng.

College of Engineering Systems

School of Science and Engineering

University of Tsukuba

FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS

Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2025

JST SPRING Fellowship

Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2021

Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation

Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2020

The Korean Scholarship Foundation

Mar. 2014 - Mar. 2019

Korea-Japan Joint Government Scholarship Program