I am an associate professor in the Department of Biosciences, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University (日本大学 文理学部 生命科学科), based in Tokyo, Japan. I have been leading the Laboratory of Structural Bioinformatics since April 2025. 

My primary research interests related to B-cells in the immune system are summarized in a recent review article I published in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, although I am also interested in several other topics, such as those related to T-cells.

My full publication list is available on Google Scholar.

Since my Ph.D. studies, I have focused on computer-aided antibody design. My latest work on this topic, building on an earlier paper in Bioinformatics, was published in Nature Communications. I have also served as the lead author of a classic review in the field [PEDS], edited a comprehensive book on the subject [Springer Nature], and contributed a book chapter to Biopharmaceutical Informatics [CRC Press]. In addition to computer-aided antibody design, I have been studying B-cell repertoires using computational modeling; see, for instance, my publications in PNAS and npj Vaccines.

Besides my research, I also teach several courses in the department, including Bioinformatics, Structural Biology, Programming, Mathematics, and Drug Discovery.