Profile
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
| April 2024 – Present | Office Manager (seconded to Headquarters organization), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
| April 2020 – March 2024 | Research Group Leader, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
| October 2017 - March 2020 | Senior Chief Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
| April 2016 - September 2017 | Chief Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
| Oct. 2012 - Mar. 2016 | Senior Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
| Oct. 2011 - Sep. 2012 | Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
| Oct. 2006 - Sep. 2011 | Young Researcher with Fixed Term Appointment, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
| Apr. 2005 - Sep. 2006 | Overseas Special Researcher, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Scripps Research Institute) |
| Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2005 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Scripps Research Institute |
| Apr. 2002 - Mar. 2004 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Michigan |
| April 1999 - March 2002 | Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1) |
Concurrent post
| November 2018 - Present | Professor, Graduate School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba / Global Education Academy |
| January 2020 - Present | Professor, United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Gifu University |
| October 2016 - March 2020 | PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency |
EDUCATION
| April 1999 - March 2002 | Doctoral Program in Science of Bioresources, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University |
| April 1997 - March 1999 | Tohoku University, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Department of Resource Bioscience, Master's Program |
| April 1993 - March 1997 | Tohoku University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry |
| April 1990 - March 1993 | Tochigi Prefectural Ashikaga High School |
AWARDS
| October 2018 | The 2nd Bioindustry Encouragement Prize, Japan Bioindustry Association Development of Glycan Profiling Technology and its Application to Regenerative Medicine and Drug Discovery |
| August 2014 | The 17th (2014) Japan Glycobiology Society Encouragement Prize Development of Stem Cell Evaluation Technology Using Glycan Lectin Engineering and its Industrial Application |
| March 2010 | The Japanese Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry 2009 The Japanese Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry Award for Young Scientists Structural and functional analysis of lectins and their application to glycobiology |
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
| 2007-present | Member of the Japanese Society for Glycobiology (Councilor from April 2017) |
| 2007-present | Member of the Japanese Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry |
| 2007-present | TMember of the Japanese Biochemical Society (Councilor from November 2023) |
| 2013-present | Member of the Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine |
| 2017-present | Secretary of the Japanese Consortium for Glycobiology and Glycotechnology |
| 2023-present | Member of MIRAGE (Minimum Information Required for A Glycomics Experiment), a global initiative to provide guidelines for reporting experiments in glycomics |