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■Key research interests
- Social networks, social interactions and travel behavior: social interaction patterns, joint activity scheduling mechanisms, use of new technologies to measure interaction patterns
- Effect of new technologies on cities : sharing economy, autonomous vehicles and their mid- to long-term impact on travel behavior and cities
- Built environment effects on travel behavior: walkable cities, reduction of car-dependency, residential self-selection effects, causal relation between built environment and travel
- Evacuation behavior during natural disasters : key factors promoting prompt evacuation, effect of seawalls on evacuation departure from tsunami
- Travel behavior changes during the COVID-19 pandemic
■Work experience
- Lecturer (April 2020- present) The University of Tokyo, Department of Urban Engineering, Urban Transportation Research Unit.
- Assistant Professor (April 2015-March 2020) The University of Tokyo, Department of Urban Engineering, Urban Transportation Research Unit.
- Visiting Lecturer (February 2019 – May 2019) ETH Zurich, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems.
- Research Associate (Oct. 2014-March 2015) The University of Tokyo, Department of Civil Engineering, Behavior in Networks Studies Unit.
■Education
- Ph.D. The University of Tokyo (Urban Engineering) 2014
- M.Sc. The University of Tokyo (Urban Engineering) 2011
- B.A. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña (Architecture) 2006