He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in applied chemistry from Nagoya University in 1989 and 1991, respectively. He worked from 1991 to 1994 at Matushita Electric Industrial (now Panasonic) Co., Ltd. He earned his Doctorate of Engineering from Nagoya University in 2000. He was appointed an associate professor in the Center for Integrated Research in Science and Engineering (now named Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability), Nagoya University, in February 2002. His research interests are novel processing and properties evaluation of electroceramics and functional nanostructured materials.