Timeline

2026–present	International invited lectures and conference papers across Europe and Japan; research on visual agency, cultural imperialism, and contemporary visual culture
2024–2025	Lecturer in East Asian Art History, University of Zurich
2024–2025	Academic Project Strategist, UZH–Museum Rietberg Partnership
2024	PhD Defence (summa cum laude), University of Tübingen; Outstanding Dissertation Award (2025)
2010–present	Affiliated Researcher and Lecturer, Asia-Orient-Institute University of Zurich Visiting Researcher, University of Zurich & Hosei University, Tokyo Chief curator, Digital Humanities Project JBAE
2005–2008	Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundeskunsthalle), Bonn
2004–2005	Tokyo National Museum
2002-2004	Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundeskunsthalle), Bonn
1999–2002	Gallery Manager, London
1999	MA (Distinction), SOAS, University of London

Awards

2025	Awarded the Promotionspreis der Universität Tübingen 2025 Faculty Award for outstanding doctoral project of the University of Tuebingen, Germany, for the project Negotiating Paradigms: Construing the Nexus of Mission, Collection, and Imperialist Agenda
2001	Awarded the Independent Researcher Scholarship Award for Japanese Art History by the Culture Communication Fund, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Research paper: Comparative development of early Shingon sculptural tradition in East Asia