After graduating from Kyoto University in 2002, I pursued neuroscience and began electrophysiological research in non-human primates at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan. In 2008, I earned a Ph.D. with a dissertation titled “Cortical and spinal contributions to the voluntary control of grasping in primates.” In 2009, I joined the National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry as a research scientist, and became Section Chief in 2011. From 2014 to 2018, I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen’s University, Canada. In 2018, I returned to Kyoto University as a Program-Specific Associate Professor, jointly appointed at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Studies and the Graduate School of Medicine. In 2021, I moved to the Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University as an Associate Professor, and since April 2024, I have served as Professor at the same institute. My research focuses on the neural control of movement and its dysfunctions.
