Academic Degrees

– Ph.D. (Osaka University, March 1984)

Career Highlights

– **May 1984 – March 1985**

  – Part-time Lecturer, Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University

– **April 1985 – September 1988**

  – Research Fellow, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

– **November 1988 – December 1991**

  – Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University

– **January 1992 – March 1998**

  – Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University

– **April 1998 – March 2021**

  – Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University

– **April 1992 – March 1998**

  – Associate Professor, Center for Bioengineering and Integrative Medicine, Osaka University (concurrently)

– **April 1998 – March2020**

  – Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University (concurrently)

– **April 2004 – March 2009**

  – Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University (concurrently)

– **April 2005 – March 2021**

  – Professor, Center for Advanced Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University (concurrently)

– **April 2008 – September 2009**

  – Member, Education and Research Council, Osaka University

– **November 2009 – August 2011**

  – Executive Vice President, Osaka University

– **January 2013 – March 2017**

  – Division Head, Organization for Institute for Academic Initiatives, Osaka University (concurrently)

– **January 2017 – March 2021**

  – Deputy Director, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Head of Drug Discovery Science Division (concurrently)

– **April 2018 – March 2021**

  – Dean, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Dean of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

– **October 2019 – March 2021**

  – Vice Director, Institute for Open Innovation, Osaka University

– **March 2021 – **

  – Professor Emeritus, Osaka University

– **April 2021 – Present**

  – Specially Appointed Professor, MA-T Oxidation Control Science (Earth Corporation), Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University

– **December 2022 – Present**

  – Specially Appointed Professor, Administrative Director, Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine, Osaka University

Awards

– Academic Encouragement Award, Japan Atherosclerosis Society (1993)

– Kinki Branch Award, the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan for Young Scientists (1995)

– Belz Award (1998)

– The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Divisional Scientific Promotion (2005)