His research interests in condensed matter and statistical physics include quantum magnetism, multiferroics, quantum entanglement, topological phases, low-dimensional systems, and solvable/integrable models. He was previously a faculty member at Gakushuin University in Tokyo from 2010 to 2014. He has held postdoctoral positions at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (UC Santa Barbara) and at Cross-Correlated Materials Research Group (RIKEN). He obtained his PhD degree in Applied Physics from The University of Tokyo in 2008.