Employment

Apr, 2024 - present

Research Scientist, Geobiology and Astrobiology Laboratory , RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR), RIKEN

May, 2021 - Mar, 2024

Researcher, Department of Interdisciplinary Space Science, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

May, 2019 - April, 2021

Associate Research Scientist (-Apr/2020 Postdoctoral Associate), Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University

Aug, 2015 - Apr, 2019

Research Associate, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo

April, 2014 - July, 2015

Research Scientist, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology

LecturerAssistant

2015 - 2018, 2021 Part-time lecturer, Kyushu University

2013-2014 Research Assistant, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Education

2014 Doctoral Degree from the Tokyo Institute of Technology

2011 Master's Degree from the Tokyo Institute of Technology

2009 Bachelor's Degree from the Kitasato University

Research Fund

I really appreciate all support

2024-2028 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)

2022-2026 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) (co-investigator) (Representative:Shino Suzuki)

2022- National Institute of Natural Sciences(NINS), the Astrobiology Center Project (co-investigator) (Representative:Kosuke Fujishima)

2021-2023 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI, Early-Career Scientists

2022 In-house recruitment research, JAXA

2020 "Leave a Nest Co.,ltd.", Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference, Encouragement Award

2019-2020 National Institute of Natural Sciences(NINS), the Astrobiology Center Project (co-investigator) (Representative:Yoshihiro Shimizu)

2015-2017 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

2015-2016 National Institute of Natural Sciences(NINS), the Astrobiology Center Project

2014-2015 The Sumitomo Foundation, Basic Science Research Grant

2014-2015 Earth-Life Science Institute, Startup

Awards and Prizes

Young Scientist Oral Presentation Award, BMB2015 (Joint annual meeting, the 88th annual meeting of the japanese biochemical society, the 38th annual meeting of the molecular biology society of japan)

iGEM 2013 Gold Medal, Best Information Processing Project (Advisor)

iGEM 2011 Gold Medal, Best Model in Asia, iGEMer’s Prize, Sweet Sixteen (Advisor)

iGEM 2010 Gold Medal, Best Information Processing Project (Advisor)

iGEM 2009 Gold Medal

Graduation Research Contribution Award, 2009, Kitasato University

Organization / Academic activities

The 39th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Poster Chair

Summer school for young researchers of origin and evolution of life 2014, Organizer : Kazuaki Amikura, Daisuke Kiga

51th summer school for young researchers of biochemistry, Chairman : Masatake Sugita, Secretary general : Kazuaki Amikura

50th summer school for young researchers of biochemistry, Organizer : Yohei Tashiro, Kazuaki Amikura, Shio Iseki

Qualification

2007 The Japanese Society for Bioinformatics (JSBi) Certified Bioinformatics Engineer

2007 Fundamental Information Technology Engineer (National Qualification)

Scholarship

Apr, 2011 - Feb, 2014 Japan Student Services Organization