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Morikawa, Kentaro
Graduate School of Engineering, Division of Micro Engineering Assistant Professor
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Last Updated :2026/04/25
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morikawa.kentaro.4e
kyoto-u.ac.jp
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- From Oct. 2024, To PresentAmerican Physical Society
- From May 2022, To Present日本生物物理学会
- From Oct. 2021, To Present日本機械学会
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- From Jan. 2025, To PresentKyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering Department of Micro Engineering, Assistant Professor
- From Apr. 2024, To Dec. 2024Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering Department of Micro Engineering, 特定研究員
- From Oct. 2021, To Mar. 2023Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering Department of Micro Engineering, 奨励研究員
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Last Updated :2026/04/25
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- Morphogenesis of the carapace from phyllosoma to puerulus in the Japanese spiny lobsterHaruhiko Adachi; Kentaro Morikawa; Yasuhiro Inoue; Shigeru KondoZoological Letters, 02 Apr. 2026, Peer-reviewed
- The “Forms” Which Provide a “Qualitative” Goal to Society Workers Linking Art and Science: Practicioners and Concrete RealizationNaohide Tomita; Kentaro Morikawa日本哲学史研究 : 京都大学大学院文学研究科日本哲学史研究室紀要, 15 Feb. 2022
- Computational mechanics simulations on epithelial folding (Strengths, insights, and future challenges)Kentaro MORIKAWA; Yasuhiro INOUEJournal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author
- Unveiling the role of differential growth in 3D morphogenesis: An inference method to analyze area expansion rate distribution in biological systems.Kentaro Morikawa; Shinichi Morita; Kazuki Sakura; Akiteru Maeno; Hiroki Gotoh; Teruyuki Niimi; Yasuhiro InoueJournal of theoretical biology, 07 Nov. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author
- Impact of environmental asymmetry on epithelial morphogenesis.Kentaro Morikawa; Daichi Kuroda; Yasuhiro InoueScientific reports, 05 Jul. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author
- An Attempt at a Mathematical Modeling of Life and “Understanding”Kentaro Morikawa; Naohide Tomita; Yasuhiro Inoue日本哲学史研究 : 京都大学大学院文学研究科日本哲学史研究室紀要, 15 Feb. 2022, Lead author
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- Geometric Analysis of Differential Growth Governing 3D Morphogenesis of Biological SurfacesMORIKAWA Kentaro; MORITA Shinichi; MORITA Shinichi; SAKURA Kazuki; SAKURA Kazuki; MAENO Akiteru; GOTOH Hiroki; NIIMI Teruyuki; NIIMI Teruyuki; INOUE Yasuhiro日本数理生物学会年会(Web), 2025
- Estimation of area expansion rate distribution on epithelial morphogenesis using harmonic map森川健太郎; 森田慎一; 森田慎一; 左倉和喜; 後藤寛貴; 新美輝幸; 新美輝幸; 井上康博日本機械学会バイオフロンティア講演会講演論文集(CD-ROM), Dec. 2022
- Method for estimating the area expansion rate distribution of epithelial cell sheets in three-dimensional morphogenesis森川健太郎; 森田慎一; 左倉和喜; 後藤寛貴; 新美輝幸; 新美輝幸; 井上康博日本機械学会バイオフロンティア講演会講演論文集(CD-ROM), Jan. 2022
Presentations
- 昆虫の曲面形態形成の原理に学ぶ工学森川 健太郎第一回バイオミメティクス・シーズ研究会, 12 Feb. 2026, Invited
- 貝殻構造から学んだ薄肉曲面への折り目構造導入による剛性向上手法近藤 克樹; 森川 健太郎; 井上 康博日本機械学会 第36回バイオフロンティア講演会, 06 Dec. 2025
- Geometric Analysis of Differential Growth Governing 3D Morphogenesis of Biological SurfacesKentaro Morikawa; Shinichi Morita; Kazuki Sakura; Akiteru Maeno; Hiroki Gotoh; Teruyuki Niimi; Yasuhiro InoueJoint Meeting of Asian Conference for Mathematical Biology and Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology (ACMB-JSMB2025), 11 Jul. 2025, Invited
- 曲面形状を皺構造として作る昆虫外骨格の設計原理の幾何学的理解森川 健太郎; 清水 雄貴; 斉藤 稔; 井上 康博日本機械学会 第37回バイオエンジニアリング講演会, 24 May 2025, Invited
- A Method for Inferring Differential Growth Rate Distributions in 3D Surface Morphogenesis Using Conformal MapsKentaro Morikawa; Shinichi Morita; Kazuki Sakura; Akiteru Maeno; Hiroki Gotoh; Teruyuki Niimi; Yasuhiro InoueAPS Global Physics Summit 2025, 17 Mar. 2025, American Physical Society
- 昆虫形態形成に見られる「逆折り紙」に学ぶ曲面造形手法森川 健太郎; 清水 雄貴; 斉藤 稔; 井上 康博日本折紙学会 第37回折り紙の科学・数学・教育研究集会, 30 Nov. 2024
- 生物の偏差成長の原理に学ぶ曲面構造の物理的造形手法森川 健太郎; 中村 拓未; 松本 嘉彦; 松田 佳祐; 秋山 正和; 山﨑 慎太郎; 近藤 滋; 井上 康博日本機械学会 第36回バイオエンジニアリング講演会, 12 May 2024
- 昆虫の形作りの原理を幾何学の視点から理解する森川 健太郎富山大学理学部 2024年度第1回数学談話会, 18 Apr. 2024
- 展開して曲面形状となる皺構造の生成手法の開発森川 健太郎; 斉藤 稔; 井上 康博日本機械学会 第35回バイオエンジニアリング講演会, 04 Jun. 2023
- An Analytical Method for Curved Surface Morphogenesis and Its Application in FabricationKentaro Morikawa; Yasuhiro Inoue4th International Workshops on Advances in Computational Mechanics (IWACOM-IV), 20 Sep. 2024, The Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science (JSCES), Invited
- Analysis of Differential Growth in Curved Surface Morphogenesis through Constructing a Conformal MapKentaro Morikawa; Shinichi Morita; Kazuki Sakura; Akiteru Maeno; Hiroki Gotoh; Teruyuki Niimi; Yasuhiro InoueIUPAB 2024 21st International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics and 62nd Biophysics Society of Japan, 28 Jun. 2024
- Inference of area expansion rate distribution in 3D sheet morphogenesisKentaro Morikawa; Shinichi Morita; Kazuki Sakura; Hiroki Gotoh; Akiteru Maeno; Teruyuki Niimi; Yasuhiro Inoue12th Asian Pacific Conference on Biomechanics, Nov. 2023
- Estimation of the distribution of area expansion rates in epithelial morphogenesis with Markov chain Monte Carlo methodsKentaro Morikawa; Shinichi Morita; Kazuki Sakura; Hiroki Gotoh; Teruyuki Niimi; Yasuhiro Inoue9th World Congress of Biomechanics, Jul. 2022
- Mathematical modeling of epithelial folding with cell proliferation depending on the curvature of the tissueKentaro Morikawa; Yasuhiro Inoue5th Computational Chemistry Symposium - The Main Symposium of ICCMSE 2019 -, May 2019
- 幾何学からみた生物の曲面形態形成の解析手法森川 健太郎; 森田 慎一; 左倉 和喜; 前野 哲輝; 後藤 寛貴; 新美 輝幸; 井上 康博数理生物学会年会, 04 Sep. 2023, Invited
- 調和写像法を用いた上皮形態形成における面積拡大率分布の推定森川 健太郎; 森田 慎一; 左倉 和喜; 後藤 寛貴; 新美 輝幸; 井上 康博日本機械学会 第33回バイオフロンティア講演会, 18 Dec. 2022, Invited
External funds: Kakenhi
- 目的の曲面へ展開する皺構造を作る昆虫外骨格形態の幾何学的な設計原理Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up0702:Biology at cellular to organismal levels, and related fieldsKyoto University森川 健太郎From 31 Jul. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted形態形成;上皮折り畳み;計算幾何学;生物の面構造;バイオミメティクス
- 皺構造に着目した折り紙と逆折り紙による曲面構造の造形Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsBasic Section 90010:Design-relatedKyoto University森川 健太郎From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2029, Grantedバイオミメティクス;計算幾何学;曲面構造;曲線折り;曲面折り
