He earned a B.S. in biology, and then earned a Ph.D. in the philosophy and history of science at Kyoto University. His field of research is at the border between the history of biology and environmental history. His interests include the history of ecology and the agricultural sciences. He has published a book on the history of economic entomology in Japan, and several articles in English. He is currently working both as a member of the editorial board of The Japanese Journal of the History of Biology and as a book review editor of the journal, East Asian Science, Technology, and Society. He has been a member of ISHPSSB since 2005, and he organized the ISHPSSB off-year workshop, "Biology Studies in East Asia," in 2008.