1983  Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, The Univ. of Tokyo

1988  Doctor of Science in Chemistry, The Univ. of Tokyo

1988  Research Associate, Institute of Molecular Science

1992 Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, The Univ. of Tokyo

2001 Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University

2005 Professor, Research Center for Materials Science

1993 Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award for Young Chemists Fellowship (Japan)

2001 Morino Foundation for Molecular Science

2003 IBM Japan Prize for Science (Japan)