Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

2023.04- Present Deputy Associate Director, Visual Research Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science

2021.07 - 2023.03 Associate Professor, University of Yamanashi, Japan

2010.08 - 2020.02 Lecturer, University of Yamanashi, Japan

2008.01 – 2010.09 Researcher, NTT BRL, Japan

2006.05 – 2007.12 Research Associate, NTT BRL, Japan

2005.04 – 2006.04 Postdoctoral Researcher, NIHS, Japan

2001.11 – 2005.03 Project Research Assistant, NIHS, Japan

2001.04 – 2001.10 Researcher, Chanson Cosmetics Ltd., Japan

Education

2002.04 – 2005.03 Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science

Molecular Recognition of Chemotherapy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University

1999.04 – 2001.03 Master in Science

Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University

1995.04 – 1999.03 Bachelor in Science

Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University

Honors & Awards

May 2017 Travel Award from the Ichiro Kanehara Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Sciences & Medical Care

Aug 2013 Travel Award from the Kato Memorial Bioscience Foundation

Oct 2011 ISN Travel Award

Oct 2010 JSPS Nanoprobe Technology Encouraging Award

Oct 2010 NTT BRL Director Award

Oct 2009 Best Poster Award, the 3rd International Symposium on Nanomedicine

Sep 2009 Best Poster Award, International Symposium on Purinergic Singlaing

Aug 2008 Best Poster Award, Gordon Research Conference, “Magnesium in Biochemical Processes & Medicine”.

Mar 2005 Best Presentation Award, the 78th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Pharmacological Society

Funding

2022.04 – 2025.03 JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (22K07368)

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2021.11.  International Collaborative Travel Grant from Daiichi Sankyo Foundation of Life Science 

2021.04 – 2024.03 JSPS KAKENHI Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (A))(20KK0366)

2021.04 – 2023.03 JSPS KAKENHI Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (21H04786, co-investigator)

2020.11 – 2025.03 JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Areas (A) (20H05902, co-investigator)

2018.04 – 2021.03 JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (18K06481)

2017.04 – 2018.03 Research grant from the ocular disease research foundation

2016.04 – 2018.03 JSPS KAKENHI Grand-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (JP16K18390)

2016.04 – 2017.03 Continuous Research Grand for Medical Sciences from Takeda Science Foundation

2015.04 – 2016.03 Research Grant for Challenging Research from University of Yamanashi

2014.04 – 2015.03 Research Grand for Medical Sciences from Takeda Science Foundation

2014.04 – 2015.03 Research Grant for Challenging Research from University of Yamanashi

2013.04 – 2015.03 JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research (25670622, co-investigator)

2012.04 – 2013.03 Research Grant from the Uehara Memorial Foundation

2011.04 -2014.04 JSPS KAKENHI Grand-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)(23700442)

2009.04 – 2012.03 JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)(21240034, co-investigator)

Professional Affiliations

2023. June~ Committee member for utilization of biobank (Jpn soc for neurochem)

2021. Nov～ Assoc Editor, Frontiers in Ophthalmology (Glaucoma)

2021. Nov～ Board member, Japanese Society for Ocular Pharmacology

2021. July～ Review Editor, Frontiers in Ophthalmology (Glaucoma)

2020. June～Associate Editor, Frontier in Molecular Neuroscience (Non-Neuronal Cells)

2019. Oct～ Membaer for Japanese Society for Ocular Pharmacology

2013 ～ Board member for Japanese Pharmaceutical Society

2011~ Member for the International Society for Neurochemistry

2017~ Member for ARVO

・Japan Purine Club (2016年事務局)

・ARVO会員

・JSN会員

・日本眼薬理学会(評議員)

・日本眼科学会

・日本神経科学会

・日本神経化学会 (評議員)

・日本神経精神薬理学会

・日本薬理学会 (評議員)

・日本プリンクラブ(事務局)