Yoshitaka Tanimura

Yoshitaka Tanimura
Born (1960-06-26) June 26, 1960
NationalityJapanese
Known forHierarchical equations of motion
AwardsHumboldt Research Award (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, Chemical Physics

Yoshitaka Tanimura (谷村 吉隆, Yoshitaka Tanimura) is a Japanese mathematical physicist, best known for his invention with Ryogo Kubo of the Hierarchical equations of motion. In 1993, while working at University of Rochester with Shaul Mukamel, he published a theoretical paper laying the foundation for (optical) two-dimensional femtosecond spectroscopies.