{"id":171,"date":"2022-05-05T18:27:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T09:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp\/shimokawa-lab\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2025-08-09T09:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T00:50:38","slug":"english-version","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp\/shimokawa-lab\/english-version","title":{"rendered":"English"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Name<\/h4>\n<p>Koya Shimokawa<\/p>\n<h4>Research field<\/h4>\n<p>Knot theory and 3-manifold topology and their application to DNA topology, polymer science, and materials science<\/p>\n<h4>e-mail<\/h4>\n<p>shimokawa.koya (-at-) ocha.ac.jp<\/p>\n<h4>Affiliation<\/h4>\n<p>Professor, Department of Mathematics, Ochanomizu University<br \/>\nTrustee, Mathematical Society of Japan<br \/>\nAffiliate member, WPI-SKCM<sup>2<\/sup>, Hiroshima University<br \/>\nVisiting Professor, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science<\/p>\n<h4>Address<\/h4>\n<p>2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan<\/p>\n<h4>Researcher information<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=1S8_E4sAAAAJ\" target=\"top\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Scholar Author Page<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7196-9060\" target=\"top\" rel=\"noopener\">ORCID : 0000-0001-7196-9060<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/researchmap.jp\/koyashimokawa\" target=\"top\" rel=\"noopener\">researchmap<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Koya_Shimokawa\/\" target=\"top\" rel=\"noopener\">ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Degree<\/h4>\n<p>Doctor of Mathematicas Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1998.<\/p>\n<h4>Award<\/h4>\n<p>The Takebe Prize, The Mathematical Society of Japan, 1999.<\/p>\n<h4>Education<\/h4>\n<p>1995 \u2013 1998 Ph.D. University of Tokyo<br \/>\n1993 \u2013 1995 M.S. University of Tokyo<br \/>\n1989 \u2013 1993 B.S. University of Tokyo<\/p>\n<h4>Professional career<\/h4>\n<p>2022-Present: Professor, Department of Mathematics, Ochanomizu University<br \/>\n2013-2022: Professor, Department of Mathematics, Saitama University<br \/>\n2002-2013: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Saitama University<br \/>\n1999-2002: Assistant Professor, Graduate school of Information Sciences, Tohoku University<br \/>\n1995-1999: Research Associate (DC1,PD) supported by Fellowships of JSPS, University of Tokyo<\/p>\n<h4>Academic Activities<\/h4>\n<p>2023-Present: Trustee, Mathematical Society of Japan<br \/>\n2022: Chair of Executive Committee, MSJ Spring Meeting 2022 at Saitama University, Mathematical Society of Japan<br \/>\n2019-2021: Editor in Chief, Sugaku, Mathematical Society of Japan<\/p>\n<h4>International Conferences Organized (Organizing)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Polymer Modelling and DNA Topology (25w5490), Banff International Research Station, November 9-14, 2025, Banff, Canada, Organizers: Christine Soteros, Javier Arsuaga, Eleni Panagiotou, Koya Shimokawa<\/li>\n<li>Topology, geometry and combinatorics of biopolymers, Special session for the NZMS\/AustMS\/AMS joint meeting, 9-13 December 2024, Auckland, New Zealand, Organizers: Nick Beaton, Christine Soteros, Koya Shimokawa, Mariel Vazquez<\/li>\n<li>Applied Topology: DNA topology, Material Science, Topological Data Analysis, Special session for the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) meeting, June 1-3, 2024, Saskatoon, Canada, Organizers: Ryan Budney, Allison Moore, Christine Soteros, Koya Shimokawa, Mariel Vazquez<\/li>\n<li>The 21st International Conference on Discrete Geometric Analysis for Materials Design, September 26-29, 2021, Online<\/li>\n<li>Polymers and networks via topology and entanglement, August 7-9, 2019, Ochanomizu University, Japan, Organizers: Tetsuo Deguchi and Koya Shimokawa<\/li>\n<li>The Topology of Nucleic Acids: Research at the Interface of Low-Dimensional Topology, Polymer Physics and Molecular Biology (19w5226), March 24-29, 2019, Banff, Canada, Organizers: Christine Soteros, Javier Arsuaga, Mario Eudave Munoz, Koya Shimokawa<\/li>\n<li>Polymers meet Topology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, January 30-February 1,2019, Organizers: Tetsuo Deguchi, Yasuyuki Tezuka, and Koya Shimokawa<\/li>\n<li>Topology and graphs in polymer chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, August 6-7, 2016, Organizers: Koya Shimokawa, Tetsuo Deguchi, and Yasuyuki Tezuka<\/li>\n<li>Topology, Geometry and Combinatorics of Biopolymers, Special session in 8th Australia New Zealand Mathematics Convention, December 2014, University of Melbourne, Australia, Organizers: Javier Arsuaga, Koya Shimokawa and Mariel Vazquez<\/li>\n<li>Statistical Physics and Topology of Polymers with Ramifications to Structure and Function of DNA and Proteins, Yukawa Hall, YITP, Kyoto University, August 2-6, 2010, Organizers: T. Deguchi, A. Stasiak, H. Hayakawa, K. Shimokawa, K. Tsurusaki<\/li>\n<li>Knots and soft-matter physics: topology of polymers and related topics in physics, mathematics and biology, Yukawa Hall, YITP, Kyoto University, August 2-6, 2010, Organizers: A. Stasiak, K. Shimokawa, K. Tsurusaki, H. Takano, M. Imai, T. Deguchi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Publications<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp\/shimokawa-lab\/publication\">Go to Publication<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name Koya Shimokawa Research field Knot theory and 3-manifold topology and their application to DNA topology,  &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp\/shimokawa-lab\/english-version\">\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_one_column.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-171","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp\/shimokawa-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp\/shimokawa-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp\/shimokawa-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp\/shimokawa-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp\/shimokawa-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp\/shimokawa-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"https:\/\/www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp\/shimokawa-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp\/shimokawa-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}