Takayuki Ishida was born in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. He received his B. Sc. and M. Sc. degrees from the University of Tokyo under the supervision of Prof. Naoki Inamoto and Prof. Renji Okazaki and his D. Sc. under the supervision of Prof. Hiizu Iwamura. He joined The University of Electro-Communications in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, and promoted to a full professor in 2008 at the same university. His current interests cover physical organic chemistry, materials chemistry, magnetochemistry, and coordination chemistry. URL: http://ttf.pc.uec.ac.jp