He was appointed as an Editorial Advisory Board of Chemical Communications, RSC in 2012 and an Associate Editor of RSC Advances, RSC in 2015. During the last five years, he has delivered nearly 60 invited and plenary lectures. He has been awarded several prizes, including the IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists (2005), Inoue Research Aid for Young Scientists (2007), Young Scholar Lecture Series, CSJ (2007), HGCS Japan Award of Excellence (2008), Fujifilm Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (2008), CSJ Award for Young Chemists (2009), Maruyama Memorial Research Award (2012), Young Scientists’ Prize, the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan (2012), SPP/JPP Young Investigator Award (2012), ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship (2012), Nozoe Memorial Award for Young Organic Chemists (2013), Mitsubishi Chemical Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (2013), Nagase Foundation Award (2015), Banyu Chemist Award (2015), Fellow of the RSC (2015), and Thieme Chemistry Journal Award (2016).