Education
1976-1985 Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TITech)
1981-1982 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Manchester (UK)
1988 Dr. of Engineering,TITech (Prof.Atsuo Fukuda)
Other Appointments
Lab Unit Administrator, Chemical Evolution Lab Unit, Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), TITech
Project Leader, TKT CAMPUS Asia Consortium, International Office, TITech
Senior Visiting Scientist, Global Research Cluster, RIKEN
Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fusion Technology Center (FTC), Hanyang University, Korea
Appointments
1985-1999 Senior Research Scientist, Polymer Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
1986-1991 Research Scientist, Frontier Research Program (FRP), RIKEN
1991-1997 Lecturer, Department of Functional Materials, Chiba University
1991-1999 Deputy Head, Laboratory for Exotic Nano-Materials, FRP, RIKEN
1996-2003 Lecturer, Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, TITech
1997-2002 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Electronic Chemistry, TITech
1999-2007 Lab Head, Local Spatio-Temporal Functions Lab, Frontier Research System (FRS), RIKEN
2001-Present Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fusion Technology Center (FTC), Hanyang University, Korea
2002-2003 Visiting Professor, Department of Electronic Chemistry, TITech
2003-Present Professor, Department of Electronic Chemistry, TITech
2007-2008 Lab Head, Emergent Functions Asian Collaboration Laboratory, FRS, RIKEN
2008-2009 Group Director and Team Leader, Global Collaboration Research Group, Flucto-Order Functions Asian Collaboration Team, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute (ASI)
2009-2013 Director and Team Leader, RIKEN-HYU Collaboration Research Center at Hanyang University (Seoul, Korea), RIKEN ASI
2011-2013 Director, Corporate and International Relation Division, RIKEN ASI
2012-Present Project Leader, CAMPUS Asia Consortium, International Office, TITech
2013-Present Senior Visiting Scientist, Global Research Cluster, RIKEN
2013-Present Lab Unit Administrator, Chemical Evolution Lab Unit, Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), TITech
Research Interests
Nanotechnology and Nanoscience, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Self-Assembled Monolayers, Bio-Interfaces, Spatio-Temporal Functions, Emergent Functions, Flucto-Order Functions, Bio-Computing, Biological Information Processing, Chemical Evolution, and Origin of Life