Curriculum Vitae

Shin-ichi OHTA

Born in March 1978

Degrees

  • Mar 2001: Master of Science, Tohoku University (Supervisor: Hiroyasu IZEKI)
  • Sep 2003: Doctor of Science, Tohoku University (Supervisor: Takashi SHIOYA)

Employment

  • Oct 2003 - Sep 2009: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University
  • Oct 2009 - Mar 2017: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University
  • Apr 2017 - Present: Professor (Distinguished Professor), Department of Mathematics, Osaka University
  • Oct 2017 - Mar 2022: Part-time Team Leader, Mathematical Analysis Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP)
  • Apr 2019 - Mar 2025: Research Area Advisor, JST ACT-X [Frontier of Mathematics and Information Science]
  • Apr 2022 - Present: Visiting Researcher, Mathematical Science Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP)

Fellowships, etc.

  • Apr - Sep 2003: JSPS research fellow (DC2)
  • Apr 2006 - Mar 2008: JSPS postdoctoral fellow for research abroad at Institut für Angewandte Mathematik,
Universität Bonn, Germany (Host: Karl-Theodor STURM)
  • Apr - Sep 2010: Visiting position at Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn, Germany
  • Sep - Oct 2024: Visiting position at Politecnico di Bari, Italy (Host: Erasmo CAPONIO)

Grants

  • Apr 2004 - Mar 2006: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) 16740034
"Harmonic functions on metric spaces"
  • Apr 2008 - Mar 2011: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) 20740036
"On the geometry of the space of probability measures and its applications"
  • Apr 2011 - Mar 2015: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) 23740048
"Geometry of metric measure spaces and optimal transport theory"
  • Apr 2015 - Mar 2019: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 15K04844
"Comparison geometry of Finsler manifolds and gradient flows"
  • Apr 2019 - Mar 2024: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 19H01786
"Geometry of optimal transport theory and gradient flows"
  • Apr 2024 - Mar 2029: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 24K00523
"New developments in gradient flow theory on metric spaces"
  • Jul 2024 - Mar 2027: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory) 24K21511
"Further development of optimal transport theory -Mathematics & Informatics-"

Awards

  • Sep 2005: Takebe Prize (Math. Soc. Japan; for young mathematicians under 30)
"Geometry and analysis on metric spaces"
  • Sep 2011: Geometry Prize (Math. Soc. Japan, Geometry section)
"Geometric analysis on Finsler manifolds"
  • Mar 2012: Spring Prize (Math. Soc. Japan; for mathematicians under 40)
"Geometric analysis on metric measure spaces and Finsler manifolds"
  • Apr 2012: Young Scientists' Prize (MEXT, Japan; for scientists under 40)
"Geometric analysis on metric spaces"
  • Feb 2014: JSPS Prize (Japan Soc. Promotion Sci.; for researchers under 45)
"Geometric analysis on metric measure spaces"

Advisees

  • Doctor Course:
Cong Hung MAI (Kyoto University, Mar 2021)
Yufeng LU (Osaka University, Mar 2021)
Hiroshi TSUJI (Osaka University, Mar 2023)
Tomoya AKAMATSU (Osaka University, Mar 2024)
  • Postdocs:
Miklós PÁLFIA (Canon Foundation research fellow, Sep 2013 - Jul 2014; JSPS international research fellow, Oct 2014 - Dec 2015)
Yu KITABEPPU (JSPS postdoctoral fellow, Apr 2014 - Sep 2016)
Ryunosuke OZAWA (JSPS postdoctoral fellow, Apr 2017 - Mar 2019)
Daisuke KAZUKAWA (JSPS postdoctoral fellow, Apr 2020 - Mar 2022)
Yufeng LU (KAKENHI project researcher, Apr - Jul 2021)
Cong Hung MAI (JSPS postdoctoral fellow, Apr 2021 - Mar 2022; KAKENHI project researcher, Apr - Sep 2022)
Tadashi FUJIOKA (JSPS postdoctoral fellow, Apr 2022 - )
Takumi GOMYOU (KAKENHI project researcher, Aug 2022 - )
Hiroshi TSUJI (JSPS postdoctoral fellow, Apr 2023 - Mar 2024)