[Research Background]

• R & D of photon calculation method,
• Ultra-slight luminescence instrumentation technology of biological systems,
• NIRS (Near-infrared spectroscope) instrumentation technology of brain activities,
• Development of a super-resolution optical microscope in terms of the optical cut method,
• and R & D of dendrimer-based supra-molecular structure as optical medium and nano-fabrication technology for molecular electronics, which are oriented to molecular nanotechnology since 1993.

[Professional Experience]

Jul.2008 -present

Director general, Kobe Research Laboratories

2008 -present

Group leader, Biological ICT Group Kobe Research Laboratories, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

2006 - 2008

Group leader, Biological ICT Group Kobe Advanced ICT Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

2004 - 2005

Group leader, Protein Biophysics Group National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (former Communications Research Laboratory)

2000 -present

Professor, Joint Appointment with the University of Hyogo

2001 - 2004

Group leader, Protein Biophysics Group, Communications Research Laboratory), Japan

1997 - 2001

Section chief, Biological Functions Section, Communications Research Laboratory, MPT, Japan

1994 - 1997

Senior researcher, Biological Functions Section, Communications Research Laboratory, MPT, Japan

1994 - 1995

Visiting researcher, Division of Physical Biochemistry National Institute for Medical Research, United Kingdom

1993 - 1994

Researcher, Biological Functions Section, Communications Research Laboratory, MPT, Japan

1989 - 1993

Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Japan

1988 - 1989

Research Associate, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Japan