About Us

Dr. Park is characterized by three interrelated areas of inquiry: sustainable development, risk management, leadership development, and STEM workforce development. He received extensive methodological training in the area of organizational psychology.

Dr. Vanhoy’s research interests are  in the fields of digital signal processing, wireless communications, software defined radio, and machine-learning. For seven years, he taught undergraduate engineers and computer scientists at the senior level the foundations of making and creating hardware and software for the future.

Dr. Yamano holds a Ph.D. in engineering and a master’s degree in life science from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She also worked as a project specialist on public relations for the university. Her research areas include network science, computational social science, and technology management of innovation science.

Dr. Lin obtained her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences Program at Oregon Health & Science University. Her research experience mainly is focus on Genetic Analysis of Channelopathy & Ion channel electrophysiology in Diabetes mellitus & Cardiovascular Disease.

Mihee Park, MS, has conducted Official Development Aid projects as a researcher or project manager in Southeast Asian countries and East coast African countries. Her major research interests lie in the areas of diversity and inclusion, women empowerment, sustainability education and practice, and multiculturalism.

Andrews Idun is a professional teacher with eight years of experience in school management and currently working as a basic school teacher for Ghana Education Service. He received his Bachelor of Education from the University of Education Winneba. Andrews is passionate about empowering his community through skills development and the acquisition of entrepreneurship knowledge.

Dr. Takano obtained his B.A. from the Univ. of Tokyo, M.A. from the Univ. of Chicago, M.S. and Ph.D. from the Univ. of Tokyo. He is a human geographer focusing on urban development around railroad station. He has engaged in peace education through researching interpreting military and war ruins. Finding and preserving modernization period heritage like abandoned industrial and transportational facilities is also his recent interest.

Mumbe Mwangangi is passionate about various issues such as education, urbanization, and youth development. She has wide experience in advocating for these issues as she has worked with Kenyan and international Non Governmental organizations. Mumbe graduated with a degree in International Relations and Diplomacy with a minor in Information Technology in 2018. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Disaster Management and Sustainable development.

Dr. Marzieh Kadivar got her Ph.D. degree from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, with her thesis focused on the Development of high-performance bamboo-based materials through densification process.

Oyun Tsogtsaikhan earned her Master of Engineering degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. She is currently a PhD candidate at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) in Japan. Her research focus is ICT-enabled ESD teacher education in Mongolia. Her long-term goal is to work as an expert on ICT in sustainability.

Dr. Izawa holds a master’s degree from São Paulo University, Brazil and a Ph.D. in Japanese language and culture from Osaka University. Her research areas are Humanities and social sciences, Japanese language education for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children. Her research interests include bilingualism, multiculturalism, minority rights, international relationship, intercultural education training and teacher training.

MS in International Management (Northeastern University). As a global strategist, currently working with startups that are based in the USA & Israel and giving them marketing and branding consultation. Creating and implementing marketing and brand strategy in Pillar Foundation Inc.

BS in Information Technology, discipline in web development at George Mason University. Currently honing skills in front end web development, user interface design, and technical support. Designing and optimizing website for the Pillar Foundation. 

She is taking advantage of her high communication skills and is now participating in the project with us as a bridge the gap between Japan and overseas.