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
- 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
