Visiting Scientists, Students and Interns

Dr. Krbec completed her residency training at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Tulane University and a Master’s in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of North Carolina. She obtained her medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is interested in clinical and translational research. She is currently an attending neonatologist at Tufts Medical Center.

Buntoku is a Visiting Scientist from Sekisui House, Ltd., Osaka, Japan where he has been conducting research and development for the market introduction of the company's new services. Buntoku is in charge of the research and development of vital estimation algorithms using non-contact sensors and the development of service systems. With this service, health-related information can be acquired naturally in daily life without the stress of wearing the device, and acute disease detection is also planned to be installed as a function. His research included the acquisition and visualization of room temperature and humidity data, which has been installed in the service called "Platform House Touch" that has already been put on the Japanese market. Residents can easily know the environment of the room by the color of the room displayed on the floor plan of the house, and will be notified when there is a danger of heat stroke. He will be furthering his work on sensors and algorithms related to health and aging in place.