Fun Facts

I am an avid urbanist and transit enthusiast, and I like trainspotting in my free time. This video explaining the Tokyo area rail network heavily features footage shot by me!

Pictured: A tram passing by the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

I am a fan of Harajuku street fashion and try to incorporate elements of it into my own style. I sporadically post my outfits on my Instagram.

Pictured: Me on the Nobeyama Plateau (野辺山高原) in Nagano prefecture, Japan.

My name is written as 森 in Japanese, meaning "forest."

Pictured: A poster titled forest (森) made by Japanese graphic designer Yamashiro Ryuichi (山城隆一) in 1955. Image upscaled by my friend Andrea, since high-res images of the poster are hard to come by.

Sometimes I like to make satirical redesigns of school logos, such as my proposed rebranding for CBS pictured here (somehow the school hasn't decided to adopt it yet).

Banner photo descriptions:

All photos on this site are taken by or of me unless otherwise specified.

Homepage banner: Three trains pass by 125th Street Station (by Columbia Business School) on the 1 line in New York. A downtown 1 train is approaching on the nearest track, an uptown 1 train has just departed the station on the far track, and an out-of-service 3 train is emerging from 137th Street Yard on the center track. A rare trifecta!
Research tab banner: An old information display formerly used in the dispatching center of the Sanyō Shinkansen (山陽新幹線; high speed rail line in West Japan between Osaka and Fukuoka). Taken at the Kyoto Railway Museum (京都鉄道博物館).
Teaching tab banner: Teaching my MS in Marketing Science course, "Statistical Modeling and Decision Making," at CBS in 2022.
Credential tab banner: The rose garden at UBC.
Fun facts tab banner: The view from Obasute Station (姨捨駅) in Nagano prefecture during sunset; said to be one of the 3 great views from a train in Japan (日本三大車窓), and the only one still accessible today.