Basic Information

Faculty

• Faculty of Science

Email Address

• Email Address

  tani.marie.8hkyoto-u.ac.jp

Professional Memberships

• The Physical Society of Japan
• 日本機械学会

Academic Degree

• 22 Mar. 2013

  お茶の水女子大学修士（理学）
• 23 Mar. 2016

  お茶の水女子大学博士（理学）

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• お茶の水女子大学, 理学部物理学科, 卒業

Research History

• From Dec. 2023, To Present

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Assistant Professor
• From Apr. 2020, To Nov. 2023

  Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Physics, Assistant Professor
• From Oct. 2018, To Mar. 2020

  Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Physics, Assistant Professor
• From Apr. 2018, To Sep. 2018

  Ritsumeikan University, Research Organization of Science and Technology, postdoctoral fellow
• From May 2016, To Mar. 2018

  ESPCI, PMMH, Postdoctoral fellow
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Postdoctoral fellow
• From 01 Apr. 2015, To 31 Mar. 2016

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Doctoral Course Students

ID,URL

• External link

  https://sites.google.com/site/wwwmarietani/

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/7000024125

Research

Research Interests

• Active Matter
• Soft matter physics
• Physics of Macroscopic phenomena
• wetting
• elastomer
• Fluid mechanics
• liquid foam
• granular

Research Areas

• Natural sciences, Bio-, chemical, and soft-matter physics

Papers

• Classical solvability to the free boundary problem for a foam drainage equation. II. From the interface to the bottom

  Atusi Tani; Marie Tani

  Journal of Mathematical Physics, 01 Aug. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• Classical solvability to the free boundary problem for a foam drainage equation. I. From the top to the interface

  Atusi Tani; Marie Tani

  Journal of Mathematical Physics, 01 Aug. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• Curvy cuts: Programming axisymmetric kirigami shapes

  Marie Tani; Joo-Won Hong; Takako Tomizawa; Étienne Lepoivre; José Bico; Benoît Roman

  Extreme Mechanics Letters, Sep. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Classical solvability to the two-phase free boundary problem for a foam drainage equation

  Atusi Tani; Marie Tani

  Algebra i Analiz, May 2024, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Formations of force network and softening of amorphous elastic materials from a coarsen-grained particle model

  Rei Kurita; Yuto Tamura; Marie Tani

  Scientific Reports, 17 Apr. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• Role of tubulin C-terminal tail on mechanical properties of microtubule

  Senjuti Nowroz; Syeda Rubaiya Nasrin; Arif Md Rashedul Kabir; Takefumi Yamashita; Tomoichiro Kusumoto; Junichi Taira; Marie Tani; Masatoshi Ichikawa; Kazuki Sada; Akira Kakugo

  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Apr. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• How a Soft Rod Wraps around a Rotating Cylinder

  Marie Tani; Hirofumi Wada

  Physical Review Letters, 02 Feb. 2024

  
• Gel-like mechanisms of durability and deformability in wet granular systems

  Honoka Fujio; Hikari Yokota; Marie Tani; Rei Kurita

  Communications Physics, 09 Jan. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• Scraping of foam on a substrate

  Masaya Endo; Marie Tani; Rei Kurita

  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Nov. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Corresponding author

  
• Selective 3-dimensional patterning during phase separation of a continuously laminated layer

  Rikuya Ishikawa; Marie Tani; Rei Kurita

  Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Jul. 2023, Peer-reviewed

  
• Three-dimensional phase separation under a nonstationary temperature field

  Rikuya Ishikawa; Marie Tani; Rei Kurita

  Physical Review Research, 26 Aug. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Dynamics and mechanism of a deswelling transition of the sponge phase in a bilayer membrane system

  Rei Kurita; Takumi Kanazawa; Yukihiro Terada; Marie Tani

  Physical Review Research, 29 Jun. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Filamentous crystal growth in organic liquids and selection of crystal morphology

  Takumi Yashima; Marie Tani; Rei Kurita

  Scientific Reports, Jun. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Pinch-off from a foam droplet in a Hele-Shaw cell

  Marie Tani; Rei Kurita

  Soft Matter, Mar. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Origin of nonlinear force distributions in a composite system

  Yuto Tamura; Marie Tani; Rei Kurita

  Scientific Reports, Jan. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Classical solvability to the initial boundary value problem for a forced foam drainage equation

  Atusi Tani; Marie Tani

  Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Dec. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Transition Behavior in Silicone-coated Sand Mixtures

  Marie Tani; Honoka Fujio; Rei Kurita

  Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 15 Mar. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Dynamics and mechanism of liquid film collapse in a foam

  Naoya Yanagisawa; Marie Tani; Rei Kurita

  Soft Matter, 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Elastocapillary adhesion of a soft cap on a rigid sphere

  H. Bense; M. Tani; M. Saint-Jean; E. Reyssat; B. Roman; J. Bico

  Soft Matter, Jan. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Formation mechanism of hierarchical structure of crystal morphology in a sessile droplet

  Kouki Morinaga; Marie Tani; Rei Kurita

  Phys. Rev. Research, Jan. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Micro arch-bridge structured surface fabricated by kirigami-on-elastomer approach for liquid-dependent iso/anisotropic wetting

  Atsushi Takei; Mayuko Murano; Marie Tani; Hiroyuki Fujita; Ko Okumura

  APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, Apr. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Towards combinatorial mixing devices without any pumps by open-capillary channels: fundamentals and applications

  Marie Tani; Ryuji Kawano; Koki Kamiya; Ko Okumura

  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, Jun. 2015, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Capillary Rise on Legs of a Small Animal and on Artificially Textured Surfaces Mimicking Them

  Marie Tani; Daisuke Ishii; Shuto Ito; Takahiko Hariyama; Masatsugu Shimomura; Ko Okumura

  PLOS ONE, May 2014, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  

Misc.

• 弾性ひもはどのように他の物体に巻き付くのか

  谷 茉莉; 和田浩史

  日本物理学会誌, Mar. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• コーティングされた砂を含む複合粉粒体系の力学特性 〜子供用玩具の砂を混ぜると頑強になる？〜

  谷茉莉; 栗田玲

  骨材情報誌「アグリゲイト」, 31 May 2021, Invited, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• 泡沫滴からの液体ピンチオフ

  谷茉莉; 栗田玲

  日本物理学会誌, Nov. 2022, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• コーティングされた砂を含む複合粉粒体系の力学特性 : 子供用玩具の砂を混ぜると頑強になる?

  谷 茉莉; 栗田 玲

  月刊コンクリート総合誌「コンクリートテクノ」, 01 Jun. 2021, Invited, Lead author, Corresponding author

  

Presentations

• 紐の物理：生物から非生物まで

  谷茉莉

  日本物理学会 第36回オンライン物理講話, 18 Oct. 2025, Invited

  
• Morphological patterns of coiling in soft filaments

  Marie Tani

  International Symposium on Advances in Soft and Biofunctional Materials, 25 Sep. 2025, Invited

  
• ひもやシートが作り出すかたちと力学

  谷 茉莉

  第70回物性若手夏の学校, 31 Jul. 2025, Invited

  
• スケーリング的手法による身近な現象の理解

  谷 茉莉

  第12回統計物理学懇談会, 25 Mar. 2025, Invited

  
• 身近なソフトマター関連現象に潜む物理法則とそのメカニズム解明（領域12日本物理学会若手奨励賞受賞記念講演）

  谷 茉莉

  日本物理学会2025年春季大会, 20 Mar. 2025, Invited

  
• 弾性体×幾何学で生まれる形状パターン：ひもの巻き付き、ソフトコンタクトレンズ

  谷 茉莉

  第34回非線形反応と協同現象研究会, 30 Nov. 2024, Invited

  
• A Soft Filament Coiling Around Another Object

  Marie Tani

  Gel Symposium 2024, 18 Nov. 2024, Invited

  
• ソフトロッドからソフトロボティクスへ

  谷 茉莉

  日本物理学会第79回年次大会（領域12・11合同 シンポジウム「ソフトロボティックマターの物理学」, 19 Sep. 2024, Invited

  
• ソフトマターと生き物と動く物たち

  谷 茉莉

  第64回生物物理若手の会 夏の学校, Aug. 2024, Invited

  
• Coiling patterns of soft filaments

  Marie Tani

  The physics of self-organising active matter, 10 Jul. 2024, Invited

  
• 身近な現象に隠された物理法則〜弾性体・液体・泡沫〜

  谷 茉莉

  第10回分子サイバネティクス・第54回分子ロボティクス定例研究会, 01 Jun. 2024, Invited

  
• 壁に吹き付けられた泡沫からの液体ピンチオフ

  谷 茉莉

  第10回ソフトマター研究会, 21 Nov. 2022, Invited

  
• Coiling of a Soft Rod around a Cylinder

  Marie Tani

  Workshop on Physics of Soft, Active and Living Matter, 07 Jan. 2020, Invited

  
• 切り紙で３Ｄ形状をデザインする

  谷 茉莉

  日本物理学会第74回年次大会（領域11・12合同 シンポジウム「しなやかなマテリアルデザイン − 構造力学から折り紙、切り紙、メタマテリアルまで−」, Mar. 2019, Invited

  
• Physical approach to Capillary Rise on Legs of a Small Animal

  Marie Tani

  2015 International Workshop on Bionic Engineering (IWBE2015), Oct. 2015, Invited

  
• Imbibition Dynamics on Surfaces of Legs of a Small Animal and on Artificial Surfaces Mimicking Them

  Marie Tani; Daisuke Ishii; Shuto Ito; Takahiko Hariyama; Masatsugu Shimomura; Ko Okumura

  OIST workshop: Dynamics at Interfaces, Invited

  

Industrial Property Rights

• 特許第6244017号, 特願2016-515181, ブレード複合型開放流路装置およびその接合体

  針山 孝彦; 石井 大佑; 下村 政嗣; 奥村 剛; 谷 茉莉

  
• 特開2015-223562, 特願2014-110214, 微量液体移送デバイス

  奥村 剛; 神谷 厚輝; 川野 竜司; 谷 茉莉

  
• WO2015-163365, JP2015062233, ブレード複合型開放流路装置およびその接合体

  針山 孝彦; 石井 大佑; 下村 政嗣; 奥村 剛; 谷 茉莉

  

Awards

• 09 Dec. 2015

  平成27年度 学生表彰(お茶の水女子大学)
• 02 Feb. 2018

  第34回井上研究奨励賞（井上科学振興財団）
• 03 Jul. 2021

  ポスター賞(サイエンス・フォーラム "Japan XR Science Forum 2021 in Paris")
• 04 Nov. 2014

  ベストポスター賞(新学術領域 融合マテリアル国際会議 “The 2nd International Symposium on Fusion Materials”)

External funds: Kakenhi

• Dynamics and mechanism of quasi-two-dimensional foam droplets under gravity from microscopic and macroscopic perspective

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 13040:Biophysics, chemical physics and soft matter physics-related

  Tokyo Metropolitan University

  Marie Tani

  From 01 Apr. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2023, Project Closed

  ソフトマター;泡沫;ピンチオフ;動的挙動

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-20K14431/
• Proof of concept for capillary metamaterials

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

  Basic Section 18010:Mechanics of materials and materials-related

  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

  矢菅 浩規

  From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2028, Granted

  毛管現象;濡れ;3次元マイクロ構造;3Dプリンタ;ソフトマター物理学

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-25K01128/
• Fundamentals of Emergence of Function from Structures Built by Self-Propelled Agents

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

  Medium-sized Section 13:Condensed matter physics and related fields

  Kyoto University

  角五 彰

  From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2028, Granted

  微小管;物質輸送;キネシン

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-25H00608/

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Soft Matter Physics: From Condensed Matter to Life

  N203, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Special study course II(Physical Science) Q8

  5217, Year-long, Faculty of Science, 12
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Seminar on Dissipative & Biological Physics D

  2030, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Seminar on Dissipative & Biological Physics C

  2029, Spring, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Seminar on Dissipative & Biological Physics B

  2028, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Seminar on Dissipative & Biological Physics A

  2027, Spring, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Laboratory Work in Physics B8

  8281, Fall, Faculty of Science, 5
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Laboratory Work in Physics B8

  8280, Spring, Faculty of Science, 5
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Special study course II(Physical Science) Q8

  5217, Year-long, Faculty of Science, 12
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Seminar on Dissipative & Biological Physics B

  2028, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Seminar on Dissipative & Biological Physics A

  2027, Spring, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Seminar on Dissipative & Biological Physics D

  2030, Fall, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Seminar on Dissipative & Biological Physics C

  2029, Spring, Graduate School of Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Laboratory Work in Physics B8

  8280, Spring, Faculty of Science, 5
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Laboratory Work in Physics B8

  8281, Fall, Faculty of Science, 5

Academic, Social Contribution

Committee Memberships

• From 2025, To 2025

  日本機械学会 熱工学コンファレンス2025, オーガナイズドセッション（OS）「OS-13：濡れ性制御と液滴ダイナミクス」 オーガナイザー
• From Apr. 2025

  日本物理学会 会誌編集委員
• From 2024, To 2024

  オーガナイズドセッション（OS）「OS-13：濡れ性制御と液滴ダイナミクス」 オーガナイザー, 日本機械学会 熱工学コンファレンス2024
• From 2023, To 2023

  オーガナイズドセッション（OS）「OS-13：濡れ性制御と液滴ダイナミクス」 オーガナイザー, 日本機械学会 熱工学コンファレンス2023
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  運営委員（領域１２）, 日本物理学会