Bachelor: Kyoto University, 1975

D. Sc.: Kyoto University, 1980

Research Associate (Postdoctoral fellow), The Medical College of Wisconsin 1980-1982

Research Fellow (Postdoctoral fellow), Princeton University 1982-1984

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University 1984-1988

Visiting Professor of Biophysics Research Institute and Director of Microphotonic Center, The Medical College of Wisconsin 1984-1993

Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo 1988-1997

Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University 1997-2004

Professor, The Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University 2002-2004

Professor, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University 2005-

Setoh award of the Microscope Society , 2003