He received his Ph.D. in Veterinary Medicine from The University of Tokyo and trained in UT Southwestern Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University for his postdoctoral fellowships in cell biology. The research in his lab focuses on understanding the biogenesis and trafficking of membrane proteins. His research has been funded by NIH and American Cancer Society. He has been on the committee of a number of graduate students and served as a judge of UIC Student Research Forums. He is a review member of American Heart Association Basic Cell MSO committee and also serving for an editorial board for Journal of Biological Chemistry.