Professional Experience and Education
2014 - 2020 Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics &Pediatric Dentistry, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2012 - 2014 Instructor, Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
2009 - 2012 Research Fellow, Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
2007 - 2009 Clinical Fellow in Orthodontics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
2007 PhD, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
2003 DDS, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Honors and Awards
2017 Most Outstanding Basic Abstract Award, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
2012 Young Investigator Award, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
2011 Gideon and Sevgi Rodan Fellowship Award, International Bone and Mineral Research
2003 Nagao Academic Award (for summa cum laude), Tokyo Medical and Dental University
2003 Kobayashi Ikueikai Award (for excellence in clinic), Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Research Interests
Skeletal stem cells and bone regeneration
Mechanism of bone development
Growth plate and cartilage biology