Research

Curriculum Vitae

Name

Seiji NAKAGAWA

Birth

July 8, 1971

Fukuoka, Japan

Career

1999: Ph.D. in Biomedical / Electronic Engineerings in the Univ. of Tokyo
(Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine / Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering)

1999: Research Scientist, Electrotechinical Laboratory, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Mistry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Japan

2001: Research Scientist, National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

2006: Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Fellowships

Student trainee, Brain Behavior Lab., Simon Fraser Univ. (BC, Canada) (1995)

Junior Research Fellow, NTT Basic Research Laboratories (1996– 1999)

Research Fellow (DC), Japan Society of Promotion of Science (1997– 1999)

Awards and Prizes (selected)

The Young Scientists' Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2009.4)

Marubun Research Award from the Marubun Research Promotion Foundation (2008.3)

Naito Taishun Memorial Prize from the Naito Taisyun Science and Technology Foundation (2007.3)

Nature Medicine-AnGes MG BioMedical Award (Under 40 Award) (2006.5)

Excellent Research Award from the Institute of Complex Medical Engineering (2006.5)

Ichimura Research Prize from the New Technology Development Foundation (2006.4)

Excellent Research Award from Saga Prefecture, Japan (2005.10)

Second Prize in the Japan Biotechnology Business Competition (2004.4)

Creative Research Award from the International Society for Brain Electromagnetic Topography (2004.4)

Docomo Mobile Science Prize (Basic Research Division) from the Mobile Communication Fund (2002.10)

Ogino Prize from the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering (2003.6)

Young Scientist Award (first honor) from the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), Japan (2002.2)

Research interests

Biomedical engineering based on acoustical physics and hearing sciences

Non-invasive measurement of human neurophysiological functions

Neurophysiology and psychology of hearing

Sound-design for room acoustics and mechanical noises

Academic Societies

	I nstitute for Electric and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
	Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO)
	The Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
	Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
	Acoustical Society of Japan (Councilor of Kansai Chapter, Member of Research Committee of Ultrasound Exposure Risk)
	Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) (Member of Steering Committee, Biological and Physiological Engineering Society)
	Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering
	Japan Ergonomics Society (Councilor of Kansai Chapter)
	The Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers (IEICE) (Member of Editorial Board of Information and Systems Society)
	Japan Biomagnetism and Biomagnetics Society (Councilor, In Japanese)
	The Japan Neuroscience Society
	Japan Audiology Society (In Japanese)
	Symposium on Ultrasonic Electronics (USE) (Member of Steering Committee and Local Organizing Committee)