April 2013- August 2014: Professor, Division leader, Division of Biomolecular Engineering, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University
April 2003-March 2013: Professor, Division leader, Division of Biomolecular Engineering, Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime University
April 2001-March 2003: Unit Leader, Protein Engineering Laboratory, Mitsubishi Chemical Institute of Life Sciences, Tokyo, JAPAN
April 1995-March 2001: Principal Investigator / National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry, Tsukuba, Japan
September 1994-March 1995: Postdoc / Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, NJ, USA
May 1993-August 1994: Postdoc / National Institutes of Health, MD, USA
April 1992-April 1993: Postdoc / Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, Tokyo, JAPAN
PhD: 1992, “Molecular Genetical Study on Heat-Shock Protein GroE”. Supervised by Prof. Hideo Takahashi (Molecular Genetics), Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
Master: 1989, "Study on Molebdenum-Cofactor Containing Enzyme, DMSO reductase", Supervised by Prof. Shozo Toda (Analytical Chemistry), Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
Bachelor: 1987, "Organic synthesis of Pheromone of Square-Necked Grain Beatle" Supervised by Prof. Kenji Mori (Organic Chemistry), Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo