Brief resume

1988	D.Sci., Tohoku University
1988	Technical Associate, Institute for Molecular Science
1989	Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular Science
1990	JSPS Postdoctral Fellow Abroad, Cornell University, USA
1991	JSPS Postdoctral Fellow Abroad, University of California, Berkeley, USA
1992	Associate Professor, Institute for Molecular Science
2002	Chief Scienrist, Director of Chemical Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN (-2011)
2006	Visiting Professor, Free Electron Research Center, Tokyo University of Science (-2023)
2009	Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University (-current)
2010	Team Leader, Molecular Reaction Dynamics Research Team, Extreme Photonics Research Group, RIKEN (-2015)
2013	Department Chair, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University (-2014)
2018	Vice Dean, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University (-2020)

Award

1993	Morino Award for Molecular Science
1994	Award for Young Chemist, Chemical Society of Japan
1998	Award for Best Article, Spectroscopic Society of Japan
2004	Broida Prize, International Symposium on Free Radicals
2005	Japan Society for Promotion of Science Award
2006	Japan IBM Science Award
2009	Prizes for Science and Technology (Research Category), the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2012	Distinguished Asian Lecturer, University of Alberta, Canada
2013	CSJ Award for Creative Work, Chemical Society of Japan
2014	Kim Yong Hae Lecturer, KAIST, Korea
2020	Distinguished Scientist Awards of the Japan Society for Molecular Science
2021	Spiers Memorial Award, The Royal Society of Chemistry
2025	Fellow of the American Physical Society

Academic activity

Founder and Organizer, East Asian Workshop on Chemical Dynamics

President, Japan Society for Molecular Science (2010-2012)

International Advisory Board, International Symposium on Molecular Beams

International Advisory Board, Femtochemistry

International Advisory Board, International Symposium on Free Radicals

International Advisory Board, Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer and Complex Systems

Associate Editor, Structural Dynamics (AIP and ACA)

Editorial Advisory Board, PCCP

Advisor, PREST, JST