Academic position
2023-Present. Professor (PI)
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University (JAPAN)
2022-2023. Professor (PI)
Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Metropolitan University (JAPAN)
2019-2022. Professor (PI)
Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University (JAPAN)
2017-2021. JST PRESTO Researcher (Co-appointment)
Japan Science and Technology (JAPAN)
2017-2019. Associate Professor (PI)
Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University (JAPAN)
2013-2017. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (PI)
Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University (JAPAN)
2013-2016. Visiting Scientist (joint appointment)
Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo (JAPAN)
2009-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow (Host adviser: Prof. Ali Javey)
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley (CA, USA)
2009-2013 Joint appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher (Host adviser: Prof. Ali Javey)
Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (CA, USA)
Education
2009 Ph.D. Engineering (Department of Electronics and Information)
Toyohashi University of Technology (JAPAN) (Host adviser: Prof. Makoto Ishida)
(Ph.D. thesis: Integrated microtube-probe arrays for a neural interface device)
2008 Visiting scholar (EECS)
University of California, Berkeley (CA, USA)
2007-2009 Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2006 M.S. (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
Toyohashi University of Technology (JAPAN)
2004 Visiting scholar (Research Assistant) (EECS)
University of Louisville (KY, USA) (2004-2005)
2003 B.S. (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
Toyohashi University of Technology (JAPAN)
Awards and Honors
- Marubun Prize (2021)
- Funai Foundation, FFIT Prize (2020)
- Clarivate Analytics, Highly Cited Researchers 2018 (2018)
- Yong Scientist’s Prize by MEXT Japan (2018)
- NISTEP researcher, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, JAPAN (2015)
- Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) Research Award (2015)
- Nature Industrial Award in Japan, Special Award (2013)
- 35 innovators under 35, MIT Technology Review (2013)
- Netexplorateur 2011 award in Paris, France (2011)
- Discover The 100 Top Science Stories of 2010
- Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC2) (2007-2009)
Journal reviews
Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Electronics, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Communications, Nature Review Materials, Science Advances, Matter, NPG Asia Materials, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, etc.