
- Localized convection patterns and their dynamics in binary fluid and in microorganism suspension
- Bifurcation of various convection patterns in binary fluid mixture
- Formation process of global flow structure
Selected Publications:
- T. Ogawa, E. Shoji, N. J. Suematsu, H. Nishimori, S. Izumi and M. Iima, “The flux of Euglena gracilis cells depends on the gradient of light intensity,” PLoS ONE,11 (2016) e0168114. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168114. (Open Access)
- T. Watanabe, M. Iima and Y. Nishiura, “A skeleton of collision dynamics — Hierarchical network structure among even-symmetric steady pulses in binary fluid convection —,“ SIAM Journal of Applied Dynamical Systems, 15 (2016) 789–806 (Open Access)
- E. Shoji, H. Nishimori, A. Awazu, S. Izumi and M. Iima, “Localized bioconvection patterns and their initial state dependency in Euglena gracilis in an annular container”, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn, 83 (2014) 043001

- Paper 3 was selected as JPSJ Papers of Editors’ Choice
- Bioconvection study appeared in “The Science News” (「科学新聞」) on 25th, Apr., 2014.
- Bioconvection study was selected as “Outstanding Study in the Annual Meeting 2013”(「注目研究 in 年会 2013」) in the annual meeting of JSFM (The Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics) 2013; also selected as “Outstanding Study in the Annual Meeting 2014”(「注目研究 in 年会 2014」) in the annual meeting of JSFM (The Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics) 2014