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syoshi[atmark]fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp
He is interested in the coloration phenomena in nature that utilizes sub-wavelength structures. He has investigated many natural examples including brilliantly colored butterfly wings, beetles’ elytra, bird feathers, and fish.
rock dove
Morpho butterfly (M. cypris)
Coloration using higher order optical interference in the wing pattern of the Madagascan sunset moth
S. Yoshioka, T. Nakano, Y. Nozue and S. Kinoshita, J. R. S. Interface, 5, 457-464 (2008).
Polarization-sensitive color mixing in the wing of the Madagascan sunset moth
S. Yoshioka and S. Kinoshita. Opt. Express, 15, 2691-2701(2007)
Origin of two-color iridescence in rock dove's feather
S. Yoshioka, E. Nakamura and S. Kinoshita, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., 76, 013801(2007).
Structural or pigmentary? Origin of the distinctive white stripe on the blue wing of a Morpho butterfly
S. Yoshioka and S. Kinoshita, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 273, 129-134(2006).
He studied physics at Hokkaido University, and received PhD in femtosecond time-resolved laser spectroscopy (1998). Then, he studied the low frequency response of molecular liquids as a postdoctoral fellow at Osaka University (1999). He was a research associate of Graduate School of Science of Osaka University from 2000 to 2001, and moved to newly founded Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences (2002).