Education

• Mar. 2004, Tokyo Institute of Technology Ph. D

• Mar. 1999, Tokyo institute of Technology, finished within three years

Jobs

• Apr. 2012 - present,  Associate Professor@NIT Ube college

• Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2012, Scientist@Japan Mirai-Kan

• Jul 2005 - Mar. 2011, Postdoctral Researcher@Florida State Universityts, Tallahassee FL

• Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2005,  Scientist@Tokyo Tech. 

Awards

• Feb. 2021, 18th Onkyo World Braille Writing Contest, Excellence Award

• Dec. 2019, 54th NHK Disability Welfare Grand Prize, Honorable Mention

• Jun. 2019, Shimonoseki toastmasters Best Table Topic Speaker Award

• Feb. 2019 isee! "Working Awards"  MIP Award

• Sep. 2018 Japan Biophysical Society, Biophysics and Physicobiology Editors' Choice Award

• Sep. 2012年  Japan Biophysical Society,  Young Scientist Award

• Dec. 2009,  American Society of Cell Biology,  Postdoctoral Travel Award

• May 1996, Sanpei Fellowship

Mics

• • Oct. 2020 - present, Biophysical Society of Japan, Website Editorial Board Member (Accessibility)

  •  Apr. 2019 - present, Ube City Federation of Physical Disability Organizations, Board Member 

  • Apr. 2019 - present, Ube City Welfare Association for the Visually Impaired, Secretary (2019-)

  • Jun. 2019 - present, Patient Representative, Yamaguchi Low Vision Study Group

  • July 2014 - Mar. 2020, Councilor, Japan Retinitis Pigmentosa Society

  • Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2020, Director, Japan Retinitis Pigmentosa Society, Wings (Research Promotion Committee) 

Essays

• Let's be a visual researcher! I am visually impaired, but I still want to be a microscopist

• Terrible vision but highly excited