My current research focuses on Computer Vision and Pattern Discovery for analysis of live cells images. These images are obtained from wide-field and confocal microscopy, including image data sets from high-throughput screens. Our efforts contribute to the trend towards quantitative biology, in which scientific hypothesis are based on statistically significant objective data.


Other areas of interest includes development of Monte Carlo algorithms, Condensed Matter Physics, Biophysics and Magnetism.


Research and Educational History

  • 2006-present: Research Scientist and Group Leader, Imaging Informatics Division, Bioinformatics Institute
  • 2005-2006: Senior Research Engineer, Spintronics, Media and Interfaces Division, Data Storage Institute
  • 2003-2005: Special Research Fellow, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • 2001-2003: Post doctoral Research Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, U.S.A.
  • 2001-2003: Post doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Georgia, Georgia, U.S.A.
  • 1995-2001: Ph.D. student, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • 1995-2001: Student, National University of Singapore