Career
4/1/2000-8/31/2003 NASA Glenn Research Center, NRC Research Associate
9/1/2003-9/29/2003 Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Research Associate
9/30/2003 Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Research Associate
10/1/2003-3/31/2007 Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Research Associate
2007/4/1-2010/3/31
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Assistant Professor
4/1/2010-
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Associate Professor

Concurrent positions
2004/4/1-2010/3/31
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Tokyo, Assistant Professor
4/1/2010-
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Associate Professor
10/1/2007- Jaxa's Engineering Digital Innovation Center

Education
3/31/1995 Bachelor of Engineering at Tohoku University in Japan (Nakahashi and Obayashi's Lab)
Summer 1997 International Space University, Summer Session Program at Houston, Texas
3/31/1997 Master of Engineering at Tohoku University in Japan (Nakahashi and Obayashi's Lab)
3/31/2000 Doctor of Engineering at Tohoku University in Japan (Nakahashi and Obayashi's Lab)

Awards and Grants
April 1991 Junichi Nishizawa Award
June 1997 Grant for International Space University (from Institute of Fluid Sciences, Tohoku University)
1/1/1999-3/31/2000 Research Fellow of JSPC
March 2000 Young Scientist Award of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
March 2000 National Research Council Research Associateship
4/1/2004-3/31/2007 Graind-in-Aid for young scientists (B)
June 2004 Best Paper Award (GECCO Workshop on Application of Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms
to Complex Optimization Problems)
4/1/2008-3/31/2010 Graind-in-Aid for young scientists (B)
4/1/2008-3/31/2011 Grant-in-Aid for scientific research (A)
December 2010
The best paper award in Evolutionary Computation Symposium 2010
4/1/2011-3/31/2013
Grant-in-Aid for young scientists (B)
4/1/2012-3/31/2015
Grant-in-Aid for scientific research (A)
9/27/2012
JSME Design and Systems Division Frontier Achievement Award