Work Experience
2016.4 – present	Professor, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
2002.4 – 2003.3	JSPS Overseas Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Eisenforschung, Germany
2001.4 – 2016.3	Researcher, Senior Researcher, Principal Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
1999.6 – 2001.3	Researcher, National Research Institute for Metals, Japan
1997.5 – 1999.5	Post-Doctoral Researcher, Fontana Corrosion Center, The Ohio State University, USA
1991.4 – 1999.6	Research Associate, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

Education
1996	Doctor of Science, Tohoku University
1989.4 – 1991.3	Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
1985.4 – 1989.3	Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University

Awards
2014.11	Paper Award (Japanese Soc. of Steel Const.)
2009.3	Nishiyama Commemorative Prize (The Iron & Steel Inst. of Japan)
2001.9	Hans-Jürgen Engell Prize 2000 (Int. Soc. of Electrochem.)
1997.9	Encouragement Award (Japan Institute of Metals)
1997.11	Harada Encouragement Award (The Honda Memorial Foundation)
1994.12	Encouragement Award (Mat. Res. Soc. of Japan)