He received his Doctor of Science degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) in 2010. After a postdoc career at Tokyo Tech, he joined Kanagawa University as an Assistant Professor in 2011. He also served additional post of PRESTO Principal Investigator at Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) from 2012 to 2016. His current research focuses on hydride ion conduction in solids. He recently developed hydride ion (H–) conductive oxyhydrides, and demonstrated a first battery reaction using H– diffusion. He also received the Spriggs Award from the American Ceramic Society in 2010.