Motoko Kotani ke Motlatsi wa Moporesidente wa Phethahatso wa Dipatlisiso, Yunibesithing ya Tohoku, Japane. Thahasello ea hae e bile thutong ea lipalo (geometric analysis), e amanang le fisiks ea lipalo. O ile a fuoa Moputso oa 25 oa Saruhashi bakeng sa "Thuto ea kristale lattice ka tlhahlobo ea geometri ea discrete" ka 2005. Ha a ntse a sebetsa ka lipalo tse hloekileng, o sebetsa ka thata ho buisana le bafuputsi likarolong tse ling tsa saense. O eteletse pele merero e mengata e meholo ea lipatlisiso e kopanyang lipalo le mahlale a thepa. Ho ipapisitsoe le boiphihlelo ba hae le katleho ea hae liphuputsong le taolong, o ile a khetheloa ho ba Motsamaisi oa Setsi se Tsoetseng Pele sa Patlisiso ea Lisebelisoa, Univesithi ea Tohoku ka 2012, setsi se nang le bafuputsi ba 200, se thehiloeng pele tlasa lenaneo la naha la "World Premier International Research Center Initiative" ka 2007.
Kotani o tšoere / o tšoere maemo a latelang:
Menehelo ea hae ea sechaba e fapane: Setho sa Phethahatso, Lekhotla la Saense, Theknoloji le Boqapi, Ofisi ea Kabinete, Japane (2014-)/Setho, Boto ea Babusi, Mokhatlo oa Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology School Corporation (2014-)/Mopresidente oa Mokhatlo oa Lipalo ea Japane (2015-2016), setho sa boto (2008-2019) / Setho sa likomiti tsa boeletsi tsa mekhatlo e mengata ea lipatlisiso ea naha (e kang National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, National Institute of Informatics, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Setsi sa Naha sa Saense ea Lintho), RIKEN
Leqephe le ntlafalitsoe ka May 2024.