University of Tokyo, Geophysics, B.Sc., 1992.
University of Tokyo, Earth and Planetary Physics, M.Sc., 1994.
MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Oceanography, Ph.D., 2000.
MIT, Postdoctoral Fellow, Mantle dynamics, 2000-2001.
UC Berkeley, Miller Research Fellow, Theoretical mineral physics, 2001-2002.