Curriculum Vitae

 (2024.10.01)

RESEARCH AREA

• Plant physiology and plant production technology under controlled environments

Keywords

• Greenhouse horticulture / Protected horticulture

• Plant factory with artificial lighting (PFAL) / Vertical farming

• Photosynthesis

• Plant-made pharmaceuticals (PMPs)

• Greenhouse crop growth model

EDUCATION

• 2007.03    Ph.D. in Biological and Environmental Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Supervisor: Prof. Kenji Kurata)

• 2004.03    M.S. in Biological and Environmental Engineering, The University of Tokyo

• 2002.03    B.S. in Biological Systems Engineering, The University of Tokyo

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2024.10–

Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

• 2016.03–2024.09

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

• 2013.03–2016.03

Senior Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

• 2011.02–2013.03

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

• 2010.06–2011.02

Research Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

• 2009.04–2010.05

Research Scientist, National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

• 2009.01–2009.03

Visiting Scholar (worked with Dr. Ep Heuvelink), Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

• 2008.04–2008.12

Postdoctoral Research Associate (at Prof. Chieri Kubota's group), Department of Plant Sciences, The University of Arizona, USA

• 2007.09–2008.03

Visiting Scholar (at Prof. Chieri Kubota's group), Department of Plant Sciences, The University of Arizona, USA

• 2006.04–2008.03

JSPS Research Fellow, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

AWARD

• 2017.11    2017 The University of Tokyo Excellent Young Researcher

• 2021.03    The Best Paper Award FY2020 of the Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan

• 2023.03    The Academic Award FY2022 of the Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan

ACADEMIC SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

• 2002–     The Japanese Society of Photosynthesis Research

• 2004–     Japanese Society of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Engineers and Scientists

• 2008–     The Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan

• 2009–     International Society for Horticultural Science

• 2012–     The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

• 2014–     Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES (FY2024)

• Plant-Environment Systems (Full responsibility, for 3rd-grade undergraduates)

• Exercises in Bioenvironmental Engineering (Full responsibility, for 3rd-grade undergraduates)

• Applied Bioenvironmental Engineering (Full responsibility, for M.S. students)