I earned my PhD in Chemistry from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in 2000, focusing on the activation of carbon-oxygen and carbon-sulfur bonds by low-valent transition metal complexes. Following this, I joined the Université Pierre et Marie Curie as a postdoctoral researcher, where I worked on the design and synthesis of organometallic complexes with non-linear optical (NLO) properties. In 2001, I was honored with a prestigious Humboldt Fellowship, which provided me the opportunity to collaborate with Prof. J. A. Gladysz at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. There, I conducted research in organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis.

In 2003, I transitioned to the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB), where I collaborated with Profs. F. Teixidor and C. Viñas as part of the I3P Postdoctoral Program (2003-2006) on various projects on the synthesis of functional boron cluster based molecular materials. This was followed by a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship (2007-2008), culminating in my appointment as a tenured researcher in 2008.

Since 2024, I have co-led the Inorganic Materials and Catalysis Laboratory (LMI) at ICMAB, where I coordinate research activities centered on boron-cluster-based molecular and polymeric materials, including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and their diverse applications. My current work focuses on exploring the limits of boron clusters based polymeric materials in the fields of optics, magnetism, (electro/photo)catalysis and biomedicine, thus bridging various research areas, including chemistry, physics, material science and biomedicine.

My research focuses on the synthesis, characterization and application of inorganic (boron based) and inorganic-organic hybrid solids.

My focus for several years has been on the development of new carborane based ligands or linkers for preparing a variety of molecular, supramolecular and polymeric materials.

The following are the main areas of interest in this research:

1. New concepts in Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Chemistry.

2. Multiffunctional Molecular Materials.

3. Crystal Engineering.