Curriculum Vitae

Apr 1961: Born in Fukushima, Japan
Mar 1984: Graduated from Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
Mar 1989: Ph. D (Engineering) degree from Osaka University
Apr 1989 - Oct 2002: Research Associate, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University
Nov 2002 - Feb 2008: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Kyoto University
Mar 2008 - present: Professor, Institute of Materials Structure Science, KEK
Apr 2009 - Mar 2012: Head of Neutron Science Division, IMSS, KEK
Apr 2010 - Mar 2018: Vice Head of MLF Division, J-PARC
Jan 2013 - Mar 2021: Vice Director of IMSS, KEK
Apr 2023 - present: Chair of Materials Structure Science Program, Graduate University of Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)

Awards

• Japan Oil Chemists' Society Oleo-Science Award (2004)
• JPSJ Papers of Editors' Choice (2007)
• Outstanding Paper Award of the Physical Society of Japan（2012）
• Japanese Society of Neutron Science, President's Choice（2012）
• Japanese Society for Neutron Science, The 19th JSNS Science Prize(2021)