Research Area:

Materials; Nanomaterials; Mass Spectrometry; Nanoparticles; Thin Films

Research Experience:

1994 Doctor: Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo1994-1995 Postdoctoral fellow: Institute of Catalyst Research, CNRS, Lyon, France1994-1996 JSPS Research Fellow (Postdoctoral): The University of Tokyo1996 Assistant Professor: Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University2000 PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency2001 Associate Professor: Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya University2002 Associate Professor: Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo2009 Professor: Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido UniversityCarrier Award, Colloid and Interface Science Division, Chemical Society of Japan 2002Young Scientist Award, Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Kansai Branch, 2005Hot article award, Analytical Sciences, 2011Most cited paper award, Analytical Sciences, 2011Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Hitachi Chemical Award, 2011Xingda Lectureship, Peking University, China 2015Fellow – The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016