- Fields of study：
- Nonliner Optics / Sleep medicine
- Mentors：
- Dr. Sakiko Honjoh / Dr. Hideaki Kano
Toward the Exploration of Unknown Fields
After graduating from Kushiro National College of Technology with a degree in electronic engineering, I transferred to the College of Engineering and Sciences at the University of Tsukuba, where I majored in applied physics. With a desire to apply my background in electronic and physical engineering to the understanding of life science phenomena, I chose the Ph.D Program in Humanics, which encourages the fusion of disciplines.
At the University of Tsukuba's International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (IIIS), I am a member of the Honjo Laboratory, where I am learning basic biological and neuroscientific knowledge and actual experimental techniques using mice. Under Professor Hideaki Kano of Kyushu University, I am deepening my understanding of the principles of nonlinear optical effects using optical engineering based on quantum mechanics and the development techniques of applied microscopes.
The Ph.D program in Humanics provides support for students to concentrate on their research. Financial support is available through employment as research assistants beginning in the first or second year of the master's degree equivalent, allowing students to devote more time to research activities. One of the most attractive points of the program is that each student receives a travel grant, which allows them to freely travel to and from conferences and collaborative research sites. I myself have been to several academic conferences and research labs at Kyushu University and have been able to do the research that I want to do to the fullest extent.
I am conducting research with professors and colleagues in fields that I could not have encountered without participating in this program. I believe that it is important to learn and pursue research according to one's own interests without being restricted to one's own field of study. I believe that by doing so, I will be able to open up new and unknown areas that are unique to me in unexpected ways.
[Time table of an ordinary day]
I submitted a paper to Biomedical Optics Express as a co-author with Humanics students (Masaki-san and Miyazaki-san) during my first year.
At IIIS, I'm learning primarily electrophysiological techniques.
Research activities are also underway at Kyushu University.