I am a postdoctoral research associate and am conducting biophysics research in Prof. Glenn Edwards Lab at Duke Physics Department and Duke Free Electron Laser Laboratory. I collaborate with Prof. Dan Kiehart Lab at Department of Biology and Prof. Stephanos Venakides Lab at Department of Mathematics and am working in an unique interdisciplinary team.

To investigate problems in the physical and biological sciences, I use the methods of biophysics including microscopy, laser microsurgery, genetic manipulation, image quantification, and modeling approaches. My favorite research orientation is understanding biological phenomena, finding their biological meaning, controlling, and applying them to the other systems.

My current research interests are:

- Mechanical force contribution in biological systems;

- Individual cells and multicellular mechanics and dynamics;

- Force production and resultant;

- Apoptotic force (see “Research” page for more details);

- Force / tension measurement (especially in vivo);

- Tissue engineering;

- Mechanosensing;

- Advanced microscopy techniques.

Before I started my carrier as biophysisist at Duke, I as a graduate student dedicated to a Laser Driven Inertial Confinement Fusion at Institution of Laser Engineering, Osaka Univ., Japan. Under the direction of Prof. Ryosuke Kodama, I characterized the thermal neutron created by the fusion reaction and studied the propagation of relativistic electrons in solid plasma. Although the subjects were different from what I am doing now, the research philosophy and the background of physics / engineering that I had developed through the projects help my current research life a lot.