Ph. D., the School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Tokyo
| July 1988 | Professor, Engineering Department, The University of Tokyo |
| April 1995 | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2000 | Head of Engineering Department, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2003 | Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2004 | Governor ,Vice President and Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2005 | President, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2009 | Adviser to President, The University of Tokyo Chairman of the Institute, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. |
| November 2011 | Member, Board of Governors, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology School Corporation (-present) |
