He received his PhD degree at Kyoto University in 2001. After his defence, he joined Toyota Central R&D Labs to develop poly(lactic acid)-based automobile resin. In 2004, he moved to Kyoto University to start his academic career as an Associate Professor and was promoted to an Associate Professor in 2010. He was concurrently appointed as a PRESTO researcher of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) for the project of “Molecular Technology” from 2013 to 2017. His current interests include development of precision polymerizations, particularly sequence-controlled polymerization and ring-expansion polymerization as well as development of active polymerization catalysts.