Shinichi WARISAWA

Project Professor (Concurrent post)

1989 March: Graduated from Faculty of Engineering (University of Tokyo)
1994 March: Received Ph.D. in Engineering from University of Tokyo
1994 April: Research associate (Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
2000 April: Lecturer (School of Engineering, University of Tokyo)
2003 August: Associate Professor (School of Engineering, University of Tokyo)
2010 April-2011 March: Visiting Scholar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
2012 April: Associate Professor (Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo)
2015 June: Professor (Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo)
2019 April: Adviser to the President (University of Tokyo)
2020 April: Special Adviser to the President (University of Tokyo)

Kaoru SAKATANI

Project Researcher

Guest Senior Researcher/Visiting Professor, Institute for Healthcare Robotics, Future Robotics Organization, Waseda University

1981: Graduated from Osaka Medical University School of Medicine
1987: Received PhD in Medicine from Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Medical University
1987: Postdoctoral fellow in Neurosurgical Research Institute, School of Medicine, New York University, USA
1989: Assistant Professor, Neurosurgical Research Institute, School of Medicine, New York University, USA
1991: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Yale University, USA
1998: Received PhD in Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University (Doctor of Engineering)
2002: Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Nihon University School of Medicine
2012: Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nihon University Faculty of Engineering
2019: Project Professor, Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Current position since 2021

Awards; The Medical Research Encouragement Prize of The Japan Medical Association (2010)
Asian Computer Tomography Award (1998)

Tomomasa SATO

Professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo
Project Researcher

1971,73,76 B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Tokyo
1976 Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL)
1998 Professor of Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) and
the Department of Mechano-Informatics
2013 Project Professor of Future Center Initiatives

Research area: human symbiosis robot systems,community co-creation robotics.

Yukio YAMADA

Project Researcher

1970: B.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1973: M.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Tokyo Institute of Technology
1974: Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japanese Government.
1983 - 1984: Visiting Researcher, Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley.
1998: Director of Department of Material Science and Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory.
2001: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems, The University of Electro-Communications.
2013: Professor Emeritus/Visiting Professor, The University of Electro-Communications.

Shigeru ASANO

Project Researcher

2012 Bachelor (Law), The University of Tokyo
2012 Sales Department, Rakuten Inc.
2014 Executive Officer, Surpass Asano co. Ltd.
2015 Executive Officer, SOCIAL ROBOTICS Inc.
2016 Master (Environment), Frontier Science Department, Graduation School of the University of Tokyo
2019 CEO, SOCIAL ROBOTICS Inc.
2019 Executive Officer, IKO health technologies co. ltd.
2020 Doctor (Environment), Frontier Science Department, Graduation School of the University of Tokyo
2020 Project Researcher, Frontier Science Department, Graduation School of the University of Tokyo

Lizhen HU

Visiting Researcher

1988. Graduated from Lanzhou Medical College School of Medicine, China
1988. Clinician, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Lanzhou Jincheng Hospital, China
2007. Received PhD in Medicine from Graduate School of Medicine, University of Toyama
2007. Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama
2008. Lecturer Fellow, Educational Foundation Usui College, Toyama
2010. Cooperative Researcher, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama
2014. Researcher, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Nihon University

Ronko ITAMURA

Visiting Researcher

1984: MD, Kansai Medical University
1988: PhD, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
1989: Assistant , Department of dermatology in Jikei University
1992:Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology in Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2004:Director , Obitsu Sankei Seminary Clinic
2008: Psychiatrist, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine in Yasuda Hospital
2014: Fellowship , Integrative Medicine of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
2018: Senior research fellow , the Institute for Future Engineering

Masamichi MORIYA

Visiting Researcher

2011  Bachelor of Physical Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy Faculty of Health and Medical Science Teikyo Heisei University
2011 Department of Rehabilitation, Nihon University Itabashi Hospital
2015  Master of Science in Health Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Teikyo Heisei University
2015  Research fellow, Department of Pain clinic, The Jikei University Hospital
2018 Doctor’s Program in Cellular and Integrative Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Jikei University.
2018  Researcher, Department of Autonomic Neuroscience, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
2019 Research Associate, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Care and Medical Sports Teikyo Heisei University
2020 Researcher, Department of Pain clinic, Yokohama City University Medical Center

Chisae MURATA

Visiting Researcher

1999: RN, Tokyo Children Rehabilitation Hospital
2006: RN, The University of Tokyo Hospital
2013: Master’s degree in Nursing (Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing)
2017: Lecturer (part-time), Department of Health and Hygiene, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
2018: Ph.D. degree in Nursing (Tokyo Women's Medical University)
2018: Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Tokyo Women's Medical University
2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Rumiko OKAMOTO

Visiting Researcher

2002 B.A. in Sports Health Sciences, University of Juntendo
2002- Economic Caster, Anchorman, MC,
Training Officer in Business manner and Business Communication Skill
2017 M.S. in Health Sciences, University of Tsukuba
2020 Ph.D in Human Care Sciences, University of Tsukuba
2020 Researcher(part time), Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
2021- Project Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba