Fundamentals
Name: Kenta ISHIMOTO
Position: Associate Professor
Birth: Nara (Japan) in 1987
Address:
Rm.316, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences,
Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku,
Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
E-Mail: ishimoto (at) kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp
TEL: +81-75-753-7202 FAX: +81-75-753-7272
Academic Career
Aug 2019 - present Associate Professor
- Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University
Apr 2018 - Jul 2019 (Project) Assistant Professor (tenure-track, MEXT Excellent Young Researcher)
- Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Apr 2017 - Feb 2019 JSPS Overseas Research Fellow
- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Apr 2015 - Mar 2018 (Program-specific) Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track)
- The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University
- (by courtesy) Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University
Apr 2012 - Mar 2015 JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
- Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University
Part-time Appointments
Oct 2019 - Mar 2023 PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Apr 2015 - Mar 2016 Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Setsunan University
Oct 2012 - Mar 2015 Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University
Apr 2008 - Mar 2012 Science Technician, Nishiyamato Gakuen High School (Private School in Nara)
Professional Services
Oct 2023 - present Section Editor, Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences
Aug 2019 - present Associate Editor (Mathematics Section), Royal Society Open Science
Education
Mar 2015 PhD in Mathematics - Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University
Supervisor: Prof Michio Yamada and Prof Eamonn A. Gaffney (University of Oxford)
Thesis title: Hydrodynamics of squirming locomotion at low Reynolds numbers
Mar 2012 MSc in Mathematics - Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University
Mar 2010 BSc in Physics - Department of Physics I, Kyoto University
Awards
Oct 2022 Hiroshi Fujiwara Prize for Mathematical Sciences
Dec 2021 The Mimura Prize for Excellent Young Researchers
Apr 2021 The Young Scientists' Award, The Commendation for Science and Technology
by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Mar 2021 The 2020 MSJ Prize for Excellent Young Applied Mathematician
Feb 2017 Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists
Mar 2016 Young Scientist Award of Physical Society of Japan
Mar 2014 Kyoto University President’s Award
Feb 2014 Award for Outstanding Paper in Fluid Mechanics, The Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics
Mar 2012 Iwadare Scholarship, Iwadare Foundation
Research Grant
AY2024 - 2026 JSPS Grany-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory) 24K21517 (PI)
AY2024 - 2025 JSPS Grany-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory) 24K21497 (Co-I)
AY2023 - 2029 Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), FOREST (JPMJFR212N) (PI)
AY2021 - 2025 JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A: 21H05309) (PI)
AY2019 - 2022 Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), PRESTO (JPMJPR1921) (PI)
AY2018 - 2023 JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (18K13456) (PI)
AY2017 - 2018 MEXT Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (PI)
AY2016 - 2017 Kyoto University Supporting Program for Interaction-Based Initiative Team Studies (PI)
AY2015 - 2017 Kyoto University Hakubi Project (6th batch) (PI)
AY2015 - 2016 JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up: 15H06314) (PI)
AY2012 - 2014 JSPS Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow (DC1: 24-2077) (PI)
Teaching
AY2024 Invitation to Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences (Omnibus Lecture Series)
- Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kyoto University
Forefront of Mathematics and Mathematical Science I (Omnibus Lecture Series)
- Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University
AY2023 Introduction to Nonlinear Analysis - Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University
AY2022 Introduction to Nonlinear Analysis - Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University
AY2021 Special Study Course (Mathematical Sciences) - Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
AY2020 Invitation to Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences (Omnibus Lecture Series)
- Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kyoto University
AY2019 Exercise in Basics of Mathematical Sciences/ Theoretical Basics of Mathematics
- College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
AY2016 Calculus A, B - Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University
AY2015 Linear Algebra I , II - Faculty of Science and Engineering, Setsunan University
Workshop Organiser
AY2022 JSPS KAKENHI Project - Ethological dynamics in diorama environments
One-day Workshop on Cellular-level Ethological Dynamics towards “Proto-Intelligence”, 29, Oct 2022
AY2021 RIMS Research Project - Mathematical Biofluid Mechanics
RIMS Tutorial Seminar: Lectures on patterns and dynamics in biology, 15-18, Jun 2021
RIMS Symposium: Biofluid symposium, 21-24, Jun 2021
RIMS Workshop: Toward an integration of fluids, ecology, and evolution, 5-7, Jul 2021
RIMS Workshop: Mathematical mechanobiology, 14-16, Jul 2021
RIMS Workshop: Biofluid mechanics of reproduction, 29-30, Jul 2021
RIMS Workshop: Mathematical methods for the studies of flow, shape, and dynamics, 30-31, Aug 2021
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