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)
Yasuaki FUJITANI (Osaka University, Mar 2025)
  • 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 - Mar 2025)
Takumi GOMYOU (KAKENHI project researcher, Aug 2022 - )
Hiroshi TSUJI (JSPS postdoctoral fellow, Apr 2023 - Mar 2024)