- Graduated Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, March, 1985 Obtained a M.S., March, 1987
- Received a Ph.D. in January, 1991 from Kyoto University for a thesis entitled "Novel Biocatalysts of Poly[(N-acylimino)ethylene]-Enzyme Hybrids"
- Research Associate, Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1990-1996
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Lehigh University, USA, 1991-1992
- Research Associate, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, 1996-2000
- Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, 2000-2007
- Professor, Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, 2007-present