1966 | Bachelor, Yokohama National University, Faculty of Engineering |
1971 | Ph.D., the University of Tokyo |
1971 - 75 | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University |
1975 - 78 | Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo |
1978 - 86 | Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo |
1986 - 2003 | Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo |
2003 - | Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo |
2003 - 10 | Chairman, Kanagawa Academy of Science & Technology |
2005 - | Special University Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo |
2006 - 08 | President of the Chemical Society of Japan |
2009 - | A Member of Academiae Europaeae |
Photoelectrochemistry, TiO2 Photocatalysis, Photofunctional Materials, Diamond Electrochemistry
Asahi Award form the Asahi Shinbun newspaper 1983
Award for Research Excellence from The Electrochemical Society of Japan 1987
Harushige Inoue Award (for technical innovation) 1998
Innovations in Real Materials Award 1998
Award of the Electrochemical Society of Japan 1999
Award of the Chemical Society of Japan 2000
The Heinz Gerischer Award (of the European Section of the Electrochemical Society) 2003
The Medal with a Purple Ribbon 2003
The Japan Prize 2004
The Japan Academy Prize 2004
National Commendation for Invention Award 2006
Kanagawa Culture Award 2006
Person of Cultural Merit 2010
The Luigi Galvani Medal 2011
Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates 2012
Order of Culture 2017