Education
- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
- 04/1994-03/1996 Master’s Course, Department of Polymer Science
- 04/1996-03/1998 Doctoral Course, Department of Polymer Science
- 03/1999 the Ph.D. degree in Polymer Science (awarded)
Academic / Research Positions
- Kyushu University
- 04/1998-03/2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering
- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (SPring-8)
- 04/2004-03/2008 Associate Senior Scientist, Materials Structure Group I, Research & Utilization Division
- 04/2008-03/2010 Senior Scientist and & Dynamical Structure Team Leader, Materials Structure Group I, Research & Utilization Division
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center
- 12/2010-present Instrumentation Team Leader, RSC-RIGAKU Collaboration Center
- Kyoto Institute of Technology
- 04/2010-12/2015 Associate Professor, Department of Biobased Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology
- 01/2016–present Full Professor, Faculty of Fiber Science and Engineering
Awards
- 05/2005 SPSJ Award for the Outstanding Paper in Polymer Journal in 1999, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ)
- 05/2008 Award for the 55th Outstanding Paper in the Journal of Nippon Gomu Kyokaishi (NGK) (jointly won)
