PFFIE Program FellowDivision of Plant Science & TechnologyUniversity of Missouri - Columbia [Website]
Research Interests:Photosynthesis, Amino acids, Chloroplast, Anthocyanin, Metabolomics
Employment
February 2025 - PresentPFFIE Program FellowUniversity of Missouri - Columbia, USADivision of Plant Science & Technology, Preparing Future Faculty Postdoctoral Program[Website] April 2022 – February 2025Postdoctoral FellowMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, GermanyAdviser: Dr. Alisdair R. Fernie [Website]Fellowships: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS) OverseasResearch Fellowship April 2017 – April 2022Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of Wisconsin – Madison, USAAdviser: Prof. Hiroshi A. Maeda [Website]Fellowships: JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD), Uehara Memorial fellowship
Education
April 2014 – March 2017Ph.D. in ScienceKyoto University, Kyoto, JapanAdviser: Prof. Toshiharu Shikanai [Website]Fellowship: JSPS Research Fellow (DC1) April 2012 – March 2014M.S. in ScienceKyoto University, Kyoto, JapanAdviser: Prof. Toshiharu ShikanaiFellowship: Japan Student Services Organization’April 2008 – March 2012B.S. in ScienceKyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Professional Activities
Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editor
January 2023 – December 2024The Assistant Features Editor Program 2023Plant Physiology[Website][Link]
Honors & Awards
The Plant Journal Early Career Award
June 202564th Annual MeetingThe Phytochemical Society of North America [Program]
2022 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation(WARF) Innovation Awards Finalists
September 2022University of Wisconsin - Madison WARF, USA [Website] [Video]
Best Postdoc Poster Award
December 2020The Phytochemical Society of North AmericaePoster session [Link]
Best Poster Presentation Award
May 2015The 6thAnnual MeetingThe Japanese SocietyofPhotosynthesisOkayama,Japan
Outstanding Poster Presentation Award
March 2013The 11th International Student SeminarKyoto,Japan