Motoko Kotani ndiye Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri Mukuru weKutsvakurudza, Tohoku University, Japan. Kufarira kwake kwave kuri musvomhu (geometric analysis), ine chekuita nemasvomhu fizikisi. Akapiwa 25th Saruhashi Prize ye "Kudzidza kwecrystal lattice via discrete geometric analysis" mu 2005. Kunyange zvazvo achishanda mumasvomhu akachena, ari kushingaira mukukurukurirana nevatsvakurudzi mune mamwe masayenzi. Akatungamira akati wandei mapurojekiti ekutsvagisa achibatanidza masvomhu nesainzi yemidziyo. Zvichienderana neruzivo rwake uye kubudirira mukutsvaga nekutungamira, akagadzwa seMutungamiriri weAdvanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University muna 2012, chikoro chine vaongorori mazana maviri, chakatanga kuvambwa pasi pechirongwa chenyika "World Premier International Research Center Initiative" muna 200.
Kotani ane/ akabata zvinzvimbo zvinotevera:
Mipiro yake yezvemagariro evanhu yakasiyana-siyana: Nhengo yepamusoro, Council of Science, Technology uye Innovation, Cabinet Office, Japan (2014-) / Nhengo, Bhodhi reMagavhuna, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology School Corporation (2014-) / Mutungamiri weMathematics Society. yeJapan (2015-2016), nhengo yebhodhi (2008-2019) / Nhengo yemakomiti emazano emasangano akati wandei enyika (akadai seNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science neTekinoroji, National Institute of Informatics, National Institute of Information uye Communications Technology, National Institute for Materials Science), RIKEN
Iyo peji yakagadziridzwa muna Chivabvu 2024.