Tomohiko G. Sano

Education & Professional Preparation

Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2007, Shigakukan Highschool, Japan.
Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2011, Physics B.Sc., Kyoto University, Japan.
Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2013, Physics M. Sc.: Granular media, Kyoto University, Japan
Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2016, Physics Ph.D.: Non-equilibrium physics, Kyoto University, Japan.
Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019, Post-doc: Mechanics of thin structures, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
Apr. 2019 -,                 Post-doc: Mechanics of knots, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

 

Employment history

Apr. 2019. - present       : Flexible Structures Laboratory, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, EPFL.
Apr. 2019. -present       : Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Overseas Research Fellow.
Apr. 2016. - Mar. 2019. : Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow for Young Scientists (PD).
Apr. 2014. - Mar. 2016. : Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow for Young Scientists (DC2).

 

 

Research visiting:

Apr. 2018 - June 2018, Prof. Pedro Reis, EPFL, Switzerland.
Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2017, Prof. Shmuel Rubinstein, Harvard University, the United States of America.
Sep. 2015 - Oct. 2015, Nov. 2016 -Dec.2016, Prof. Adrian Baule, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.
Jan. 2014 - Feb. 2014, Prof. Andrea Puglisi, Instituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC), Sapienza university, Rome, Italy.

 

I Like:

Cycling, karaoke, Japanese sake,

Music (favorite artists: Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Gotch, ELLEGARDEN, KEYTALK, ..), and

Comics (JOJO).

 

 

Club activity:

 

Kyoto University English Speaking Society

Vice President & Speech Chief in 2010

 

Award: 3rd Prize winner @ The All Japan Intercollegiate English Oratorical Contest for the J.U.E.L. Cup in 2010, etc...