Teruo Kishi ni Alakoso akọkọ ti National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) lati ọdun 2001 titi di ọdun 2009 ati ni bayi Alakoso Emeritus, NIMS ati tun Ọjọgbọn Emeritus, Yunifasiti ti Tokyo.
Teruo Kishi gba alefa ti Dokita ti Imọ-ẹrọ lati Ile-ẹkọ giga ti Tokyo ni ọdun 1969. Imọye rẹ jẹ imọ-jinlẹ ohun elo, paapaa awọn mekaniki fifọ ati idanwo aibikita ti irin, awọn ohun elo amọ ati awọn ohun elo apapo. O jẹ Ọjọgbọn, Ile-iṣẹ Iwadi fun Imọ-jinlẹ ati Imọ-ẹrọ Onitẹsiwaju (RCAST), Ile-ẹkọ giga ti Tokyo ni 1988, Oludari Gbogbogbo ti RCAST ni 1995, ati Oludari Gbogbogbo ti National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI) ni ọdun 1997, Igbakeji Alakoso ti Igbimọ Imọ-jinlẹ ti Japan ni ọdun 2003, Alakoso ti Japan Federation of Engineering Societies ni 2007, Imọ-ẹrọ ati Onimọnran Imọ-ẹrọ si Minisita fun Ọran Ajeji ni 2015.
Teruo Kishi gba awọn ẹbun wọnyi: Ẹlẹgbẹ ti Society, American Ceramic Society (1996), Legion d'Honneur, Officer of France (2004), Honda Memorial Eye, Honda Foundation (2006), Barkhausen Award, Dresden, Germany ( 2007), Carl-von-Bach-Medal Eye, Germany (2009), Iyatọ Igbesi aye Ẹgbẹ, ASM, USA (2010), Ostwald Fellowship, BAM, Germany (2010), ati Ẹlẹgbẹ ti Japan Federation of Engineering Societies, ati be be lo.