Work Experience
2011.4 - Present	Professor, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
2003.10 - 2011.3	Associate Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
2002.6 - 2003.9	Research Associate, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
1997.9 - 2002.5	Research Associate, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

Education
1999.4	Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo
1996.3	M.S. in Mineralogy, University of Tokyo
1994.3	B. S. in Geoscience, University of Tokyo

Awards
2014.4	Prize for Science and Technology, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister, MEXT
2013.1	The 83th Hoko-sho Prize, Hattori Hokokai Fundation
2009.3	German Innovation Award: The 1st Gottfried Wagener Prize
2009.11	The 16th Industrial Achievement Award of Japanese Association for Crystal Growth
2008.7	The 22nd Sentan Gijutsu Taisho, Minister Prize of Economic, Trade and Industry (Grand Prize for Frontier Technology)
2008.3	Award of Japan Mining Industry Association