1987 | B.Sc. Department of Botany, University of Tokyo, Japan |
1989 | M.Sc. Department of Botany, University of Tokyo, Japan |
1991 | Assistant Professor, Botanical Gardens, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo |
1992 | Ph.D. in Plant Systematics from The University of Tokyo |
1993 - 1995 | Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A. |
1997 | Associate Professor, Division of Evolutionary Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences |
2000 - | Professor, Division of Evolutionary Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences |
Evolution of novel and complex traits in plants
Molecular mechanisms and evolution of stem cell formation
President of The Society of Evolutionary Studies, Executive Director of the Botanical Society of Japan, Council member of Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists etc.