1991 Graduated from Hiroshima University, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences. 1994 Research Assistant, International Institute for Advanced Research (IIAR), Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. 1998 Research Associate, NIPS. 2001 Research Scientist, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). 2004 Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2007 Instructor, Baylor College of Medicine. 2009 Associate Professor, NIPS. 2021 Project Professor, NIPS
Structural biology, Electron Microscopy