Education: 1974 Dept. of Chem., Grad. Sch. of Sci., Tokyo Univ. of Education 1971-1973 M. Eng. Dept. of Poly. Sci., Fac. of Eng., Nagoya Institute of Technology 1967-1971 B. Eng. Dept. of Poly. Sci., Fac. of Eng., Nagoya Institute of Technology Degree: Ph. D. (1979, University of Tsukuba) (under supervision of Prof. Shigeru Oae) Employment: 2001-present Prof., TARA Center & Dept. of Chem., Univ. of Tsukuba 1996-2001 Prof., Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Tech., Niigata Univ. 1987-1996 Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Chem., Univ. of Tsukuba. 1981-1987 Assist. Prof., Dept. of Chem., Univ. of Tsukuba. (Prof. Ando’s Lab) 1979-1981 Research Associate, Dept. Chem., Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA 1974-1979 Research Associate, Dept. of Chem. Univ. of Tsukuba. (Prof. Oae’s Lab) 1998-2000 Visiting Professor, Institute for Molecular Science 2010.2-2015.2 Adjunct Professor, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China 2008.9-2012.8 Adjunct Professor, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China. 2005.10-2009.9 Adjunct Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China 2008-2012 Project Leader of a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovation Areas (No. 20108001, “pi-Space”, http://www.pi-space.jp/) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan.