Biographycal sketch

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Born:
Jan. 23, 1966, 3:30 am in Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan.

Education
1970: Jorakuin Kinder Garden in Tachikawa in Tokyo.
1972: Minami-fujimi elementary school in Tachikawa.
September: changed to The tenth elementary school in Hachioji in Tokyo.
1978: Junior high school of Toho Gakuen in Kunitachi in Tokyo.
1981: High school of Toho Gakuen.
1984: Preparation year for the entrance examinations
1985: Waseda University (Prof. Kohichi Itoh)
1989: Master course, Kyoto University (Prof. Tohru Takenaka)
1991: PhD study, Kyoto University (Prof. Junzo Umemura)
1993: quit after obtaining a position at Kobe Pharmaceutical University

Degree:
1995: Ph. D. given by Kyoto University

Job:
1993: Assistant Professor at Kobe Pharmaceutical University

2001: Senior Lecturer at Kobe Pharmaceutical University

2003: Associate Professor at College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University

October 2004: PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (Additional post until March 2007)

2006: Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2011: Professor at Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University (Incumbent)

Awards:

·　The Craver Award 2009 from the Coblentz Society received at Mariott Downtown, Louisville, KY in October 2009.

·　The Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize in 2007

· The Dr. Masao Horiba’s Award in 2005

· Yound Investigator Award from the Japanese Society for Analytical Chemistry received at Kumamoto University in November, 2001

· Best Paper Awards from Spectroscopical Society of Japan received at Waseda University in May, 2001

· The Young Pharmaceutical Scientist Award from the Kinki Division of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
given on January 22, 1999 at Kyoto.