Yusuke Notomi

Profile Information

Affiliation

JSPS Research Fellow PD, Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy: Ph.D(Mar, 2026, The University of Tokyo)

Contact information

notomiantgmail.com

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1378-0654

J-GLOBAL ID

202401018847443474

researchmap Member ID

R000066404

External link

https://jpmyrmecol.com/en/home-en/

Research Interests

• Tracking
• interaction
• cognition
• innate behavior
• Systems Ethology
• ants
• social insects

Research History

• Apr, 2026 - Present

  Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University
• Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2026

  JSPS Research Fellow DC1
• Mar, 2020 - Mar, 2026

  Research Students, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

Education

• Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2026

  Department of Multi-Disciplinary Sciences,General Systems Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
• Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2023

  Department of Applied Biological Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
• Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2021

  Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
• Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2017

  Ichikawa Senior High School

Committee Memberships

• Nov, 2024 - Present

  Head, The Society of Systems Ethology
• Apr, 2023 - Present

  Councilor, The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
• Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2025

  Head of JSCPB Younger, The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
• Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2023

  Editorial committee member, The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry

Awards

• Nov, 2025

  日本動物行動学会 第44回大会 最優秀賞, 逆境的条件が誘発するクロオオアリの視覚誘導行動, 日本動物行動学会
• Oct, 2024

  The Award for the Best Article presented in the 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Hybrid top-down behavioral tracking using UMATracker and DeepLabCut., The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry

  Yusuke Notomi
• Sep, 2024

  Best Student Paper Award, Toward Understanding the Principles of Animal Behaviors: Systems Ethology., The 8th International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics 2024

  Hayayo M Yamanouchi, Yusuke Notomi, Ryoya Tanaka, Shumpei Hisamoto, Shigeto Dobata
• Dec, 2023

  The Award for the Best Article presented in the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Decision-making on land and water in ants., The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry

  Yusuke Notomi
• Nov, 2022

  The Award for the Best Article presented in the 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Species-specific diversity and multi-modal modulation of beacon aiming in ants., The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry

  Yusuke Notomi

Papers

• Toward understanding the principles of animal behaviors: a systems ethology approach

  Hayato M. Yamanouchi, Yusuke Notomi, Shumpei Hisamoto

  Artificial Life and Robotics, Jan 8, 2026 Peer-reviewed
• Innate visual attraction before, during and after escape from adverse substrates in carpenter ants

  Yusuke Notomi, Shigeto Dobata, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Shigehiro Namiki, Ryohei Kanzaki, Stephan Shuichi Haupt

  Journal of Experimental Biology, 228(13) jeb250278, Jul 1, 2025 Peer-reviewedLead author
• Use of visual information by ant species occurring in similar urban anthropogenic environments

  Yusuke Notomi, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Ryohei Kanzaki, Stephan Shuichi Haupt

  Zoological Science, 39(6) 529-544, Oct 12, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead author

Misc.

• ECR Spotlight – Yusuke Notomi

  Journal of Experimental Biology, Jul, 2025
• Collective behavior of water beetles with varying degrees of information closure.

  Shigeto Dobata, Yusuke Notomi, Tatsumi Kudo, Ilya Horiguchi, Michael Crosscombe, Norihiro Maruyama, Acer Yu-Chan Chang, Takashi Ikegami

  2025 Peer-reviewed
• Report on the symposium "The Ecological Turn of Learning" in the annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology

  HIROSHI MATSUI, KANTA TERAO, YUSUKE NOTOMI, HARUKA UEHARA

  Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology, Nov, 2024
• Toward Understanding the Principles of Animal Behaviors: Systems Ethology

  Hayayo M Yamanouchi, Yusuke Notomi, Ryoya Tanaka, Shumpei Hisamoto, Shigeto Dobata

  SWARM2024, Sep, 2024 Peer-reviewedCorresponding author
• Species- and Situation-Dependent Variations of a Simple Visual Response in Ants

  Yusuke Notomi, Shigehiro Namiki, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigeto Dobata, Stephan Shuichi Haupt

  AROB-ISBC-SWARM2024, Jan, 2024 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author

Presentations

• Innate visual attraction before, during, and after experiencing adversity in the ant Camponotus japonicus

  Yusuke Notomi, Stephan Shuichi Haupt, Shigeto Dobata

  XX. International Congress of the IUSSI, Aug, 2026
• Stress-induced plasticity of an innate visually guided behaviour in the ant Camponotus japonicus

  Yusuke Notomi, Stephan Shuichi Haupt, Shigeto Dobata

  The 20th International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE) Congress, Jul, 2026
• 逆境的経験が誘発するクロオオアリの生得的視覚誘導行動

  The 70th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Mar, 2026 Invited
• Stress-induced visually guided approach in Camponotus japonicus

  Yusuke Notomi, Stephan Shuichi Haupt, Shigeto Dobata

  The 73rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, Mar, 2026
• Species specificity and state-dependent flexibility of visually guided behavior in ants

  Yusuke Notomi, Stephan Shuichi Haup, Shigeto Dobata

  ICMMA2025, Jan 14, 2026 Invited
• 逆境的条件が誘発するクロオオアリの視覚誘導行動

  Yusuke Notomi, Stephan Shuichi Haupt, Shigeto Dobata

  The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japan Ethological Society, Nov, 2025
• Behavioral Synchronization of Whirligig Beetles in Response to Expanding Visual Stimuli

  Yusuke Notomi, Tatsumi Kudo, Shigeto Dobata

  The 72st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, S11 "Evolution of Collective Behavior and Sociality: From Insects to Mammals", Mar, 2025 Invited
• Spontaneous Orientation Toward a Simple Visual Cue and Flexible Decision-Making in Ants

  Yusuke Notomi

  The 84th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology, Symposium: The "ecological turn" of learning Invited
• Hybrid top-down behavioral tracking using UMATracker and DeepLabCut.

  Yusuke Notomi, Shigeto Dobata

  The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Oct, 2024
• 視覚ランドマークに対するアリの反応の種間比較および文脈に応じた行動変化

  Yusuke Notomi

  Myrmecological Society of Japan, Sep, 2024
• Efficient and Optimized Two-Step Top-Down Pose Estimation Method for Small Animals.

  Yusuke Notomi, Shigeto Dobata

  SWARM2024, Sep, 2024
• Factors determining the expression of a simple visual response, beacon-aiming, in ants.

  Yusuke Notomi, Shigeto Dobata, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigehiro Namiki, Stephan Shuichi Haupt

  ICE2024, Aug, 2024
• 陸上と水上におけるアリの意思決定戦略

  納富祐典

  東京大学総合文化研究科 生物部会 夏の交流会, Jul, 2024
• 視覚的接近反応Beacon-aimingに関するアリ個体の意思決定とシステム行動学

  納富祐典

  社会性昆虫勉強会, Jun, 2024 Invited
• Context-dependent selection of behavior in a simple visual landmark.

  Yusuke Notomi, Shigehiro Namiki, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigeto Dobata, Stephan Shuichi Haupt

  The 71st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, Mar, 2024
• Species- and situation-dependent variations of a simple visual response in ants.

  Yusuke Notomi, Shigehiro Namiki, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigeto Dobata, Stephan Shuichi Haupt

  AROB-ISBC-SWARM 2024, Jan, 2024
• Decision-making on land and water in ants.

  Yusuke Notomi, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigehiro Namiki, Shigeto Dobata, Stephan Shuichi Haupt

  The 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Dec, 2023
• 提示された水刺激に対するアリの意思決定戦略

  Yusuke Notomi, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigehiro Namiki, Shigeto Dobata, Stephan Shuichi Haupt

  The 42th Annual Meeting of the Japan Ethological Society, Nov, 2023
• Species-specific diversity and multi-modal modulation of beacon aiming in ants.

  Yusuke Notomi, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigehiro Namiki, Stephan Shuichi Haupt

  The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Nov, 2022
• アリ視覚定位行動における包括的な種間比較

  Yusuke Notomi, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigehiro Namiki, Stephan Shuichi Haupt

  The 41th Annual Meeting of the Japan Ethological Society, Nov, 2022

Teaching Experience

• 2023 - 2025

  First-Year Seminar for Natural Sciences Students (College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
• 2021 - 2022

  応用生物科学実験(TA) (Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science)

Professional Memberships

• 2024 - Present

  The Society for Systems Ethology
• 2023 - Present

  日本蟻類研究会
• 2023 - Present

  The Ecological Society of Japan
• 2022 - Present

  Japan Ethological Society
• 2022 - Present

  The Zoological Society of Japan
• 2021 - Present

  The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry

Research Projects

• 自律分散型インフラ整備行動の局所ルールと柔軟な集団採餌最適化

  科学研究費助成事業, 特別研究員奨励費, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2026 - Mar, 2029

  納富 祐典
• 高精度な動的姿勢推定によるアリの触角センシングおよび個体間情報伝達機構の解明

  科学研究費助成事業, 特別研究員奨励費, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2026

  納富 祐典

Academic Activities

• 第4回 次世代動物生理・フロンティア研究会

  Planning, management, etc.

  日本比較生理生化学会 若手の会, Sep, 2025
• 第55回 生態学こまば教室 浜道凱也

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  納富祐典; 工藤達実; 朝鍋遥, Sep, 2025
• 第54回 生態学こまば教室 水野理央

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  納富祐典; 工藤達実; 朝鍋遥, Aug, 2025
• 第53回 生態学こまば教室 森田慶一

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  納富祐典; 工藤達実; 朝鍋遥, Aug, 2025
• The 1st Conference of the Society for Systems Ethology

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  May, 2025
• 第52回 生態学こまば教室 宮竹貴久

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  納富祐典; 工藤達実; 朝鍋遥, May, 2025
• 第51回 行動進化生態こまば教室 森井椋太

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  村上翔太; 納富祐典; 工藤達実; 徐伯瑋, Mar, 2025
• 第50回 行動進化生態こまば教室 野崎友成

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  村上翔太; 納富祐典; 工藤達実; 徐伯瑋, Jan, 2025
• Insect Frontier Society Meeting for Younger The 3rd Congress at the University of Tokyo, Japan

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, JSCPB Younger, Dec, 2024
• 『第1回 システム行動学スペシャルセミナー』第49回 行動進化生態こまば教室

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  納富祐典; 工藤達実; 村上翔太; 徐伯瑋, Nov, 2024
• 第48回 行動進化生態こまば教室 藤岡春菜

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  納富祐典; 工藤達実; 村上翔太; 徐伯瑋, Nov, 2024
• 第47回 行動進化生態こまば教室 大崎遥花

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  納富祐典; 工藤達実; 村上翔太; 徐伯瑋, Oct, 2024
• 日本比較生理生化学会若手の会主催 大阪大会 合宿&意見交流会

  Planning, management, etc.

  The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, JSCPB Younger, Oct, 2024
• Systems Ethology: Toward Elucidating the Design Principles of Animal Behavior in international conference of the SWARM2024

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  Yusuke Notomi; Hayato M Yamanouchi; Ryoya Tanaka; Shumpei Hisamoto, Sep, 2024
• 第46回 行動進化生態こまば教室 Chin-Cheng Scotty YANG

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  徐伯瑋; 納富祐典; 工藤達実; 村上翔太, Jul, 2024
• 第45回 行動進化生態こまば教室「シン・社会性」寺尾 勘太,植松 圭吾

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  Yusuke Notomi; Tatsumi Kudo; Shota Murakami, Mar, 2024
• 第44回 進化生態こまば教室「進化生態スペシャルセミナー」佐々木崇夫,西海望

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  Yusuke Notomi; Shota Murakami, Dec, 2023
• 第43回 進化生態こまば教室「進化生態スペシャルセミナー」水元惟暁,久本峻平

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  Yusuke Notomi; Shota Murakami, Dec, 2023
• 日本比較生理生化学会若手の会主催 大阪大会 合宿&意見交流会

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, JSCPB Younger, Dec, 2023
• ラウンドテーブル企画「動物行動の総合的理解に向けて: メカニズムの帰還」日本動物行動学会 第42回大会

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  Yoshifumi Yamawaki; Kensuke Nakata; JSCPB Younger (Head: Yusuke Notomi), Nov, 2023

Social Activities

• Advanced Education Outreach lab at Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

  Edit, Lecturer, Logistic support

  2022 - Present
• ×ばつ東大先端研『都会の真ん中で昆虫ざんまい』LEARNプログラム

  Logistic support

  Jul, 2023
• 理系女子のリアルを覗こう「放課後トーク」第3弾 東京大学先端科学技術研究センター

  Lecturer, Logistic support

  Advanced Education Outreach lab (AEO), Jun, 2023
• 『真冬の昆虫採集』LEARNプログラム

  Logistic support

  Feb, 2023
• 学振セミナー 2022秋

  Lecturer

  生化学会若い研究者の会, Oct, 2022

Other

• 若手研究者向け研究加速プログラム「academist Prize」第5期

  2025 - Present
• 「システム行動学(Systems Ethology)への招待」公益信託 進化学振興木村資生基金

  Jun, 2024 - May, 2025
• 日本学生支援機構大学院第一種奨学金 返還免除(全額)

  2023
• 昭和池田記念財団 2022年度 一般奨学生(給付)

  2022