He was born in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan in 1973. He received his B.S. (1995), M.S. (1997) and Ph.D. (2003) in Nuclear Engineering from Osaka University. He was an Assistant Professor at Osaka University from 1998 to 2009. His current research focuses on Nuclear Fuels/Materials and Thermoelectric Materials. He has over 250 publications. His recent awards include Best Scientific Paper Award at the 24th International Conference on Thermoelectrics (2005), Best Paper Award of Thermoelectric Society of Japan (2008 & 2012), and Encouraging Prize of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (2006).