Academic Qualifications

1981	B.S. (Earth Science), The University of Tokyo
1983	M.S. (Mineralogy), The University of Tokyo
1996	D.Sc. (Mineralogy), The University of Tokyo

Career History

1983-1987	Researcher, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
1987-1988	Visiting Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1988-1995	Senior Researcher, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
1996-1998	Research Associate, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
1998-2016	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
2016-	Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Research Field

- Mineralogy

- Crystallography

- Material Science

- Electron microscopy

Academic Membership

- Clay Science Society of Japan

- Japan Association of Mineralogical Science

- Japanese Society of Microscopy

- Clay Minerals Society (USA)

- Mineralogical Society of America (USA)

Major Awards

- Award of The Mineralogical Society of Japan (2007)

- Award of The Clay Science Society of Japan (2007)

- CMS Jackson Mid-Career Clay Scientist Award (2010)

- The Mineralogical Society of America, Fellow (2013)

- The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, George Brown Lecture Award (2019)

Current Research Subjects

- Phyllosilicates, clays and related layered materials

- Fundamental mechanisms of biomineralization

- Development of new electron beam microanalysis techniques for mineralogy

- Mineralogical elucidation of radioactive contamination after the Fukushima nuclear accident