Hiromasa Takemura
Current Affiliations
- Professor, Division of Sensory and Cognitive Brain Mapping, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences
- Director, Center for Communication Networks, National Institute for Physiological Sciences
- Professor, Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
- Professor, Department of Quantitative and Imaging Biology, Headquarter for Co-Creation Strategy, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
- Professor, Core for Spin Life Sciences, Okazaki Collaborative Platform, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
e-mail: htakemur [at] *
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Professional Experience
- Sep 2021 - present： Professor, National Institute for Physiological Sciences
- Sep 2021 - present： Professor, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
- Apr 2021 - Mar 2025： Senior Researcher, CiNet, Advanced ICT Research Institute, NICT
- Apr 2018 - Mar 2021： Researcher (Tenure-Track), CiNet, NICT
- Apr 2015 - Mar 2018： Senior Visiting Researcher, CiNet, NICT
- Apr 2012 - Mar 2015： Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Stanford University (Advisor: Brian Wandell)
Education
- 2012 Ph.D. Department of Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Advisor: Ikuya Murakami
Thesis title: "Psychophysical properties and neurophysiological bases of contextual modulation in visual motion perception." - 2009 M.A. Multidisciplinary Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- 2007 B.A. Liberal Arts, The University of Tokyo
Professional Organization
- Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
- Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
- Vision Society of Japan (VSJ)
- Japan Neuroscience Society (JNSS)
- Japan Human Brain Mapping Society (JHBM)
Professional Activity
- 2024-present: Council Member, Japan Human Brain Mapping Society (JHBM)
- 2023-present: Council Member (Secretary), Organization for Human Brain Mapping
- 2020-present： Handling Editor, Aperture Neuro
- 2024-2025: Program Committee Chair, The 27th JHBM Annual Meeting
- 2018-present: Section Editor, Brain Structure and Function (Springer Nature)
- 2023: Chair, The 7th Japanese Meeting for Human Brain Imaging
- 2017-2024： Organization and Executive Committee Member, Japanese Meeting for Human Brain Imaging
- 2020-2023： Program Committee Member, Organization for Human Brain Mapping
- 2014-2015: Organizer, Vision Lunch Seminar Series, Stanford University
Award
- 2022： Early Career Investigator Award, OHBM
- 2018： Outstanding Abstract Award, ISMRM Japanese Chapter
- 2017： Magna Cum Laude Merit Award, ISMRM
- 2011： JSPS Ikushi Prize
- 2011： Dean Prize, The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- 2010： Best Student Poster Presentation Award, Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision
- 2009： Prize for Encouragement，Department of Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- 2009： Best Presentation Award, Vision Society of Japan