Date of Birth | January 23, 1937 | ||
University Degrees |
1959 | B. Sc. Ther University of Tokyo | |
1961 | M. Sc. The University of Tokyo | ||
1964 | D. Sc. The University of Tokyo (Thesis title: Vibrational Spectroscopy of Chain Molecules) |
The University of Michigan, USA, Research Associate for Professor S. Krimm | 1965-1966 | |
Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Research Associate for Dr. G. Zerbi under Professor G. Natta | 1966-1967 |
Assistant, The University of Tokyo | 1964-1971 | |
Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo | 1971-1977 | |
Professor, The University of Tokyo | 1977-1997 | |
Director, Cryogenic Center, The University of Tokyo | 1987-1988 | |
Member of the Senate, The University of Tokyo | 1990-1992 | |
Director, Research Centre for Spectrochemistry, The University of Tokyo | 1991-1995 | |
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo | 1997-Present | |
Professor, Saitama University | 1996-2002 | |
Dean, Faculty of Science, Saitama University | 1998-2002 | |
Member of the Senate, Saitama University | 1998-2002 | |
Dean, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University | 1999-2001 | |
Professor Emeritus, Saitama University | 2002-Present | |
Chairman of the Council, Institute for Molecular Science | 1997-1999 | |
Vice Chairman of the Council, Okazaki National Research Institutes | 1997-1999 | |
Member of the Board of Directors, The Chemical Society of Japan | 1987-1989 | |
President, The Spectroscopical Society of Japan | 1997-1999 | |
Member of the Board of Directors, ASIA SEED | 2002-Present | |
Visiting Professor, College of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley | 2002-2003 | |
Member of the Senate, Shibaura Institute of Technology | 2003-2009 | |
President, Saitama University | 2004-2008 |
Fulbright Scholarship for Researchers | 1965-1967 | |
Prize of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (Spectroscopic Studies of Regular and Irregular Polymers) | 1971 | |
Prize of the Chemical Society of Japan (Studies on the Structures, Dynamics, and Functions of Synthetic and Biological Macromolecules and Related Molecules) | 1994 | |
Prize of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan (Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies on Macromolecular Systems and Model Molecules) | 1997 | |
The Ellis R. Lippincott Award from the Optical Society of America, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, and Coblentz Society (Outstanding Contributions to Vibrational Spectroscopy) | 1999 | |
The Purple Ribbon Medal from the Japanese Government(Studies on Physical Chemistry) | 1999 | |
The TRVS Award from the International Conference on Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy (Many Significant, Long-term Contributions to the Scientific Field of Vibrational Spectroscopy) | 1999 | |
Fellow of the Optical Society of America | 2000 | |
Honorary Membership Award from the Society for Applied Spectroscopy | 2004 | |
Fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy | 2004 | |
Honorary Member of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan | 2007 | |
Honorary Member of the Japan Society for Molecular Science | 2015 | |
Honorary Member of the Protein Science Society of Japan | 2016 |
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Molecular Structure | 1979-2007 | |
Member of the Editorial Board, Vibrational Spectra and Structure | 1987-2000 | |
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Spectrochimica Acta | 1988-2008 | |
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy | 1989-2009 | |
Member of the International Advisory Board, Comprehensive Polymer Science | 1989-1994 | |
Member of the Editorial Board, Vibrational Spectroscopy, a Section of Analytica Chimica Acta | 1990-2004 | |
Regional Editor for the Far-East, Biopolymers/Biospectroscopy | 1995-2003 | |
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Biopolymers | 2004-Present |
Member of the International Organizing Committee for the International Conferences on Time Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy | 1982-2003 | |
Member of the International Committee for the European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy | 1983-2008 | |
Member of the International Steering Committee for the International Conferences on Raman Spectroscopy | 1984-1988 | |
Secretary General of the Organizing Committee for the 9th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, Tokyo, Japan | 1984 | |
Member of the Program Committee for the 1985 International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Ottawa, Canada | 1985 | |
Member of the Organizing Committee for the 1989 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies | 1986-1990 | |
Member of the Program Committee for the 1989 International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Fairfax, USA | 1989 | |
Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 5th International Conference on Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy, Tokyo, Japan | 1991 | |
Member of the Program Committee for the 1991 International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Travemunde, Germany | 1991 | |
Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 1st International Symposium on Advanced Infrared Spectroscopy, Tokyo, Japan | 1993 | |
Member of the Program Committee for the 1993 International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Calgary, Canada | 1993 | |
Organizer and Moderator of the Round Table Discussion on Current Issues in Biological and Biomedical FTS at the 1993 International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Calgary, Canada | 1993 | |
Member of the Program Committee for the 1995 International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Budapest, Hungary | 1995 | |
Organizer of the International Symposium on Ultrafast Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy, Tokyo, Japan | 1995 | |
Organizer of the Symposium on Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy at the 1995 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, USA | 1995 | |
Member of the Program Committee for the 1997 International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Athens, Georgia, USA | 1997 | |
Chairman of the Program Committee for the 1999 International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Tokyo, Japan | 1999 | |
Member of the Organizing Committee for the 2000 8th International Conference on Laser Applications in Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan | 2000 | |
Member of the Organizing Committee for the 2001 10th International Conference on Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy, Okazaki, Japan | 2001 | |
Member of the Steering Committee for the International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy | 1999-2001 | |
Member of the Program Committee for the 2001 1st International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy, Turku, Finland | 2001 | |
Member of the Honorary Presidium for the 2002 18th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, Budapest, Hungary | 2002 |
Associate Member of the Commission on Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy | 1982-1987 | |
Titular Member of the Commission on Physicochemical Symbols, Terminology, and Units | 1988-1991 | |
Associate Member of the Commission on Physicochemical Symbols, Terminology, and Units | 1990-1993 | |
Associate Member of the Division of Physical and Biophysical Chemistry | 2002-2005 |
Chairman of the Task Group on the Survey of Data Sources in Asian-Oceanic Countries | 1989-1995 | |
Member of the Executive Committee | 1994-2000 |