Senior Research Scientist, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS)

Ryosuke Iritani

Ph.D.

Research Fields
Mathematical Biology, Evolutionary Ecology
Term and History
2019/03/01 - 2023/03/31 Research Scientist
2023/04/01 - Senior Research Scientist
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Ryosuke Iritani's personal website

Self-introduction

Hi, what’s up! I’m Ryosuke (Ryo) Iritani. I’m originally from Kobe and did my biology and math undergrad at Kyoto University in Japan. I started my Ph.D. with Yoh Iwasa at Kyushu University in 2011 and worked as a research fellow (DC1) from 2013, visiting Lausanne (Switzerland) and Montpellier (France) to improve my theoretical skills. I then received Ph.D. in 2016 and started my postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley (as a fellow at the University of Exeter, the UK).

I am broadly interested in the field of evolutionary ecology, with a special focus on evolutionary game theory in structured populations. I’m very keen on applying mathematics to biology. Of my recent (2020), particular interest is information theory, so that we can describe natural selection.

I like coffee, soccer, typographical fonts, cooking, math, and living organisms (with a special passion for insects).

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January 29 (Sat) at 15:00 - 16:40, 2022 External Event

Generalized Bernoulli process and computation of proportional areas for Venn diagram

December 8 (Wed) at 16:00 - 18:00, 2021 Seminar iTHEMS Math Seminar

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May 6 (Thu) at 10:00 - 11:00, 2021 Seminar iTHEMS Biology Seminar

Information theory in ecology: Markov chain, Venn diagram, Kronecker (and Cartesian graph) products, and Tsallis entropy

January 20 (Wed) at 13:00 - 14:00, 2021 Seminar Information Theory SG Seminar

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September 2 (Wed) at 10:00 - 10:30, 2020 Seminar iTHEMS Biology Seminar

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