- 2008-present, Curator (Mycology), Department of Botany, Division of Fungi and Algae, National Museum of Nature and Science (Tsukuba, Japan)
- 2005-2008, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Botany, The Field Museum (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- 2005, Ph.D (Botany & Plant Pathology), Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)
- 1999, B.S. (Biology), Department of Biology, University of the Ryukyusu (Okinawa), Japan