Education
April 1993-March 1995
Master's Program in Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
April 1995-March 1997
Doctoral Program, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima Unuversity
April 1997-March 1998
Doctoral Program, Department of Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
(Supervisor: Professor Seizo Morita)
Degree
March 1998 Dr. (Engineering) (Osaka University)
Thesis: "Study on the imaging mechanism of non-contact atomic force microscope and high resolution of electrostatic force measurement"
Work Experiences
April 1998-March 1999
Postdoctoral Fellow, Atom Technology Research Institute (ATP Fellow, Okada Group)
April 1999-March 2000
Atom Technology Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (NEDO Fellow, Ishikawa Group)
April 2000-July 2002
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Himeji Institute of Technology (PI: Professor Masatake Kishino)
August 2002-July 2004
Senior Scientist, SFI Nanoscience Institute, Trinity College Dublin (PI: Professor Suzanne P. Jarvis)
April 2004-March 2006
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Kanazawa University (PI: Professor Toshio Ando)
April 2006-March 2008
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Kanazawa University
April 2008-March 2015
Kanazawa University College of Science and Technology Associate Professor
April 2006-March 2008
Professor, Kanazawa University College of Science and Technology
Kanazawa University College of Science and Technology Bio-AFM Advanced Research Center
Center director (joint appointment)
April 2017-
Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
2021-
Tokai National Higher Education Organization Sugar Chain Life Core Research Institute (iGCORE)
Molecular Physiology / Dynamics Department (concurrent post)
Adjunct Appointments
April 2016-March 2017
Visiting Professor, Institute of Energy Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
April 2018-March 2020
Visiting Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, Life and Complex Molecular Science Research Area
August 2018-
Life Creation Research Center / Biomolecular Dynamics Measurement Group (Collaboration Research Group)
Visiting professor