Photochemistry, Laser Process, Nano/Micro Science and Technology.

1984 Post‐doctoral researcher, The University of Texas.

1986 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tsukuba.

1988 Researcher, Microphotoconversion Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation.

1991 Group Leader, Microphotoconversion Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation.

1993 Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima.

1995 Professor, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima.

1997 Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokushima.

2003‐present, Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University.

2006‐2009, Head, Nanotechnology Research Center, The Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University.

2009‐present, Director, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University.

1998‐1999, Representative Researcher, The Core Research for Industry Creation, NEDO Community Consortium Research Development.

2000‐2001, Representative Researcher, Community New Technology Creation Research Development, NEDO Community Consortium Research Development.

2003‐2007, Representative Researcher, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation.

2007‐2011, Representative, Strong Photon‐Molecule Coupling Fields for Chemical Reactions, Grant‐in‐Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) on Priority Area, MEXT, Japan.

2007‐2012, HINTS Hokkaido University Representative, Hokkaido Innovation through Nanotechnology Support (HINTS), Nanotechnology Network Project, MEXT, Japan.

2012‐present, Representative, The development of plasmonic antennae realizing light harvestinglocalization and its application to solar cells, Grant‐in‐Aid for Scientific Research (S), MEXT, Japan.