She received BS in 1996 from Osaka University and MS in 1998 and Ph.D. in 2001 from the graduate school of engineering science, Osaka University. She taught there from 2000-2003 before coming to Ritsumeikan University. She was concurrently a special project associate in Biomedical Imaging Resource Laboratory at Mayo Clinic from 2001-2002, and a Sakigake Researcher of PRESTO Japan Science and Technology Agency from 2006-2010. Her research interest includes human-computer interaction, tangible interface and mixed reality.