Fumiaki NakaiGranular rheology 日本語

Curriculum Vitae

This academic CV lists my education, appointments, research funding, scholarships, and awards.

Education

  1. Apr 2021–Mar 2024: Doctoral Program, Department of Materials Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University.
  2. Apr 2019–Mar 2021: Master’s Program, Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University.
  3. Apr 2015–Mar 2019: Bachelor’s Program, Department of Physical Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Nagoya University.
  4. Aug 2013: Passed the High School Equivalency Examination.
  5. Apr 2011–Aug 2013: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kisarazu College (withdrew).

Degree

PhD in Engineering from Nagoya University (supervisor: Associate Professor Takashi Uneyama).
Dissertation: Diffusion of Particles in Structureless Media

Academic Appointments

  1. Dec 2025–Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Osaka.
  2. Apr 2024–Dec 2025: JSPS Research Fellow (PD).
  3. Nov 2021–Mar 2022: Academic Guest at ETH Zurich, supported by the Young Researchers’ Exchange Programme between Switzerland and Japan 2021.
  4. Apr 2021–Mar 2024: JSPS Research Fellow (DC1).

Research Funding

  1. Apr 2025–Mar 2028: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Early-Career Scientists). Project: Dislocation Glide in Granular Media: Clarification of Emergence Conditions, Rheological Properties, and Experimental Realization.
  2. Apr 2025–Mar 2026: Supercomputer Joint Usage Program, Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo. Project: Relation Between Viscoelastic Relaxation and Particle Dynamics in Vibrated Granular Systems.
  3. Oct 2024–Mar 2025: Supercomputer Joint Usage Program, Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo. Project: Mechanism of Size Segregation in Granular Media under Vibration: Analysis Based on Effective Interparticle Forces.
  4. Apr 2024–Mar 2027: JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD). Project: Rheological Evaluation of Granular Materials with Large Structures Due to Particle Size and Shape: From Method Development to Physical Interpretation.
  5. Apr 2023–Mar 2024: Nagoya University HPC Computational Science Collaborative Research Project (co-investigator). Project: Long-Term Durability Evaluation of Concrete Structures—Stochastic Simulation of Low-Molecular-Weight Diffusion in Concrete with a Polymer Barrier Layer.
  6. Aug 2023: Student Travel Grant for the 19th International Congress on Rheology, Athens, Greece.
  7. Nov 2021–Mar 2022: Young Researchers’ Exchange Programme between Switzerland and Japan 2021; host: Prof. Martin Kröger, ETH Zurich. Project: Analysis of Collision Statistics of Fat Rods by Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations.
  8. Apr 2021–Mar 2024: JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1). Project: Elucidation of the Dynamics of Rod-Shaped Granular Particles Based on Collision Statistics.
  9. Dec 2020: Student Travel Grant for the 18th International Congress on Rheology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Scholarships and Grants

  1. Apr 2021–Mar 2024: Doctoral Research Grant, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University.
  2. Apr 2019–Mar 2021: JASSO Type I Scholarship (full repayment exemption).

Awards

  1. Oct 2023: Poster Award, 71st Autumn Conference of the Society of Rheology, Japan.
  2. May 2023: Academic Encouragement Award, Nagoya University.
  3. Feb 2023: Best Presentation Award, 16th International Workshop for East Asian Young Rheologist.
  4. Nov 2022: Poster Award, 10th Soft Matter Conference, Japan.
  5. Sep 2022: Poster Award, 183rd Tokai Polymer Research Meeting, Japan.
  6. May 2022: Best Presentation Award, 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, Japan.
  7. Mar 2021: Best Presentation Award, Master’s Thesis Presentation, Department of Materials Science, Nagoya University.
  8. Oct 2020: Best Presentation Award, 13th Student Workshop of the Western Japan Branch of the Society of Rheology, Japan.
  9. Jan 2020: Poster Award, 15th International Workshop for East Asian Young Rheologist.
  10. Dec 2019: Poster Award, 33rd Molecular Simulation Conference, Japan.
  11. Dec 2019: Poster Award, 9th Soft Matter Conference, Japan.