1992-1995 Hiroshima University, Ph.D. in Physics, March 1995

1990-1992: Hiroshima University, Master of Science, March 1992

1986-1990: Kyoto University, Bachelor of Science, March 1990

2000-present: Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astrophysics, Nagoya University

1998-2000: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University

1996-1998: Research Associate, Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo

1995-1996: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo

1997: Inoue Research Award for Young Scientist (from Inoue Foundation for Science)