Satoshi Horike received a Ph.D. in 2007 at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. Subsequently, he moved to carry out postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley. Upon completion of his postdoctoral studies in 2009, he began to work at Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering as an Assistant Professor. From 2017, he is working at the current position of Associate Professor at Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University. His research is based on synthetic coordination chemistry and solid-state chemistry, and it involves design of solid ion conductors, and molecular framework-based glass materials.