1994 Doctor: Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
1994-1995 Postdoctoral fellow: Institute of Catalyst Research, CNRS, Lyon, France
1994-1996 JSPS Research Fellow (Postdoctoral): The University of Tokyo
1996 Assistant Professor: Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
2000 PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency
2001 Associate Professor: Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya University
2002 Associate Professor: Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
2009 Professor: Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University
Carrier Award, Colloid and Interface Science Division, Chemical Society of Japan 2002
Young Scientist Award, Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Kansai Branch, 2005
Hot article award, Analytical Sciences, 2011
Most cited paper award, Analytical Sciences, 2011
Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Hitachi Chemical Award, 2011
Xingda Lectureship, Peking University, China 2015
Fellow – The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016