Toshiyuki Kobayashi is a Professor at the Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo. His research focuses on Lie theory , unitary representation theory , non-commutative harmonic analysis , and discontinuous groups . He has co-authored foundational works on minimal representations and symmetry breaking operators, and serves as vice director of the French-Japanese Laboratory of Mathematics and its Interactions (FJLMI). Academic service includes editor roles for Japanese Journal of Mathematics , International Mathematics Research Notices , and the Takagi Lectures series. Research Interests : Visible actions on symmetric spaces and complex manifolds Spectral analysis on non-Riemannian locally symmetric spaces Branching problems in representation theory Conformal geometry and differential operators Applications to special functions and quantum theory Scientific Contributions : Developed a framework for symmetry breaking operators in indefinite orthogonal groups Unified geometric and representation-theoretic approaches to minimal representations Provided criteria for compact quotients of homogeneous spaces Generalized Cartan decomposition via visible actions Awards : Festschrift (2025) Doctorat Honoris Causa, University of Reims (2022) AMS Fellow (2017) Humboldt Research Award (2008) Takebe Prize (1997) Students and Collaborators : Advised over 40 students including Kazuki Kannaka, Víctor Pérez-Valdés, and Koichi Tojo Collaborators include Fanny Kassel, Gen Mano, and Bent Ørsted






