| 2016 April-Present | Professor |
School of Science & Technology, Meiji University |
| 2009 April-2016 March | Associate Professor |
School of Science & Technology, Meiji University |
| 2006 April-2009 March | Lecturer |
School of Science & Technology, Meiji University |
| 2004 April-2006 March | Visiting Lecturer |
School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University |
| 2002 April-2004 March | JSPS Research Fellow |
School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University |
| 2000 April-2002 March | Research Associate |
School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University |
| 2018 April-2019 March | 12 months |
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 2008 February-2008 March | 2 months |
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 2007 August-2007 September | 2 months |
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 2003 February-2004 January | 12 months |
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 2002 April-2002 October | 6 months |
Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany |
| 2001 July-2001 September | 2 months |
Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany |
| 1 |
Young Scientist Award for the Presentation of an Excellent Paper (1/9/2004) |
| The Japan Society of Applied Physics |
| Title: In-situ Observation on Thermochromism of J-Aggregates Monolayer at the Air-Water Interface Using Grazing-Incidence X-ray Diffraction Method. |
| 2 |
Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science (24/12/2004) |
| The Materials Research Society of Japan |
| Title: Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction of Merocyanine J-Aggregate Monolayers at the air-water interface. |
| 3 |
Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science (28/12/2005) |
| The Materials Research Society of Japan |
| Title: Thermochromism of Merocyanine J-Aggregate Monolayers on Binary Counterion Subphases. |
| Interests | Techniques |
| Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films | UV-vis-NIR absorption spectroscopy |
| Layer-by-Layer assembly | Fluorescence spectroscopy |
| Template-assisted assembly | Image intensifier optical multichannel spectroscopy |
| Micro and nanoparticles | FT-IR spectroscopy |
| Micro and nanocapsules | Circular dichroism spectroscopy |
| Mesoporous silica | OPO tunable laser |
| Drug carriers and controlled release | Dynamical light scattering |
| Cellular uptake | Laser-Doppler electrophoresis |
| Cytotoxicity | Nanoparticles counter |
| Vesicles (GUV & LUV) | Quartz crystal microbalance |
| Membrane interacting peptides | Differential interference contrast microscopy |
| Biopolymers (peptides and DNA) | Hoffman modulation contrast microscopy |
| Molecular dynamics simulation | Laser scanning fluorescence microscopy |
| J-aggregates | Second harmonic generation microscopy |
| Second harmonic generation | Two-photo fluorescence microscopy |
| Two-photo excited fluorescence | Atomic force microscopy |
| Gold nanoparticle and shell | Transmission electron microscopy |
| Surface plasmon enhancement | X-ray diffraction |