He is an associate professor of School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo and a member of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Naval Architectures of Japan, the Japan Society for Composite Materials, Japan Society of Civil Engineers and Japan Society of Maintenology. His research topics are structural health monitoring with fiber-optic sensors and composite structures. He received the B.E., M.E., and Dr.Eng. degrees in the University of Tokyo in 1996, 1998, 2001, respectively.