Award Winners April 2023-March 2024
CONGRATULATIONS！
NOTES:
-The titles are as of the time awarded.
-Recipients who belong to other departments/entities are excluded.
PROF: Professor, EMER: Emeritus Professor, AOP: Associate Professor, LECT: Lecturer, PLECT: Project Lecturer, AP: Assistant Professor/Research Associate, PAP: Project Assistant Professor, PR: Project Researcher, SR: Special Researcher, AS: Academic Stuff member, D: Doctoral course student (D3: third-year doctoral course student), M: Master’s course student
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AWARDED BY/AT: |
AWARD |
AWARD WINNERS |
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Department of Advanced Materials Science |
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| Quantum Beam Science Festa 2023 Committee | Student Incentive Award | Zijun Wei (D1) |
| Journal of Materials Chemistry A, The Royal Society of Chemistry | 2023 Emerging Investigator | Yasunari Tamai (AOP) |
| Journal of the Physical Society of Japan | Papers of Editors' Choices | Toshiya Ikenobe (D1), Zenji Hiroi (PROF) and 7 other members |
| SPring-8 Users Community (SPRUC) Research Groups | 12th SPRUC Young Scientist Award | Shunsuke Kitou (AP) |
| Clarivate Analytics | Highly Cited Researcher （Chemistry） | Katsuhiko Ariga (PROF) |
| Trans-Scale Quantum Science Institute International Symposium on Quantum Electronics 2024, | Award of Excellence in the Poster Presentation | Zijun Wei (D1) |
| The Laser Society of Japan | Encouragement of Research in the 44th Annual Meeting | Takeru Koike (D2) |
| Japan Society of Applied Physics | Poster Award at the 17th Plasma Electronics Incubation Hall | Takahide Gunji(M2) |
| The Japan Society of Applied Physics, Thin Film and Surface Physics Division | IWDTF Young Researcher Award | Takashi Onaya (AP) |
| The Japan Society of Applied Physics, Silicon Technology Division | The 15th Silicon Technology Division Paper Award | Takashi Onaya (AP) and 5 other members |
| Science of 2.5 Dimensional Materials The 6th Project Meeting | Young Scientist Award | Takahiro Ono (D1) |
| Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) Unveiling, Design, and Development of Asymmetric Quantum Matters | Outstanding Poster Award | Takeshi Hayashida (D3) |
| Crystal Defect Core Project | Poster Award (Silver Prize) | Keita Nishida (M1) |
| The Japanese Photochemistry Association | Award for Young Scientist for 2023 | Yasunari Tamai (AOP) |
| The Society of Polymer Science, Japan | SPSJ Award for the Outstanding Paper in Polymer Journal sponsored by ZEON 2023 | Rena Ianamsu (D3) |
| The Society of Polymer Science, Japan | Poster Award, the 72nd Annual Meeting of Society of Polymer Science, Japan | Takato Enoki (M2) |
| The Society of Polymer Science, Japan | Poster Award, the 72nd Symposium on Macromolecules | Lisa Watakabe (M1) |
| Japan Research Institute of Material Technology | Japan Research Institute of Material Technology Symposium 2023 Gold Poster Award | Yusuke Tomiyori (D2) |
| Japan Spcoety of Coordination Chemistry | JSCC Student Lecture Award | Masahiro Abe (D3) |
| The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan The 186th ISIJ Meeting | The 186th ISIJ Meeting Student Poster Award | Wataru Sato(M2) |
| The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan The 186th ISIJ Meeting | Student Poster Award | Takahide Gunji (M2) |
| The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan The 187th ISIJ Meeting | Student Poster Award | Wataru Sato(M2) |
| The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan The 187th ISIJ Meeting | Student Poster Award | Yusuke Noda (M1) |
| The Physical Society of Japan | Student Presentation Award (Division 8) | Toshiya Ikenobe (D1) |
| The Physical Society of Japan | Student Presentation Award (Division 9) | Yoshiko Sakaguchi (D1) |
| The Physical Society of Japan | Student Presentation Award (Division 8) | Toshihiko Muroi (D1) |
| The Physical Society of Japan | Student Presentation Award (Division 10) | Hodaka Kikuchi (D3) |
| The Physical Society of Japan | Student Presentation Award (Division 8) | Takeshi Hayashida (D3) |
| The Membrane Society of Japan The Membrane Society of Japan "45th Annual Meeting"&"Membrane Symposium 2023" Joint Conference | Student Award | Yusuke Tomiyori (D2) |
| Network Joint Research Center for Materials and Devices | Joint Research Award | Toshiya Ikenobe(D1) and one member |
| The Joint Research Meeting of MEXT National Projects on Condensed-Matter Science | Young Scientist Award | Shunsuke Kitou (AP) |
| Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | The MEXT Young Scientists' Prize | Kenichiro Hashimoto (AOP) |
| Center for low temperature Plasma Sciences, Nagoya University | Plasma Materials Science Hall of Fame Prize | Kazuo Terashima (PROF) |
| RIKEN | FY 2023 RIKEN SPDR Research Report Session, Presentation Award Physics II Prize | Shunsuke Kitou (AP) |
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Department of Advanced Energy |
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| IEEE | IEEE Fellow | Hiroshi Fujimoto (PROF) |
| IEEE | Student Travel Support Program of AIM 2023 | Yuto Naoki (M2) |
| IEEE | Student Travel Support Program of AIM 2023 | Takumi Ueno (M2) |
| IEEE | Student Travel Support Program of AIM 2023 | Manto Kamiya (M2) |
| Springer | One of the Best Handling Editors of 2023 for Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics | Hiroshi Yamada (PROF) |
| The 36th International Symposium on Superconductivity | ISS Best Presentation Award | Satsuki Okumura (D1) |
| IEICE | Best Paper Award | Aoi Oyane (PAP) and 4 other members |
| The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research | The JSPF Award for Notable Contribution to Technology | Hiroshi Yamada (PROF) and one member |
| The Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. | Graduate School Research Award | Yutaka Shikauchi (M2) |
| Cryogenics and Superconducting Society of Japan | Outstanding Review Paper Award | Yutaka Terao (AP), Hiroyuki Ohsaki (PROF) |
| The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan | Distinguished Transaction Paper Award, 2023 | Hiroshi Fujimoto (PROF), Takumi Hayashi (D3) and 2 other members |
| The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan | IEEJ Meritorious Contribution Award | Hiroyuki Ohsaki (PROF) |
| The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences The 67th Space Sciences and Technology Conference | Student Excellence Award | Takayuki Shihara (M2) |
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Department of Complexity Science and Engineering |
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| IEICE TC-IBISML | 2022 IEICE TC-IBISML Research Award Finalist | Nobutaka Ito (PLCT), Masashi Sugiyama (PROF) |
| ICASSP2023 Organizing Committee | ICASSP2023 Best Paper Award | Nobutaka Ito (PLCT), Masashi Sugiyama (PROF) |
| IEEE Transactions on Haptics | Best Application Paper Award | Seki Inoue(PAP), Yasutoshi Makino (AOP), Hiroyuki Shinoda (PROF), and 5 other members |
| IEEE World Haptics Conference 2023 | Finalist, Best ToH Short Paper | Atsushi Matsubayashi (PAP), Yasutoshi Makino (AOP), Hiroyuki Shinoda (PROF), and one member |
| The Japan Neuroscience Society | Training School for Next Generation Scientists Presentation Award | Sai Tanimoto (D3) |
| Clarivate | Highly Cited Researchers 2023 | Naoto Yokoya (AOP) |
| SICE (The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers) | International Standardization Award | Hiroyuki Shinoda (PROF) |
| SICE SI (System Integration Division) | SI2023 Presentation Award | Gakuto Arakawa (D1),Yasutoshi Makino (AOP), Hiroyuki Shinoda (PROF) |
| The Funai Foundation for Information Technology | Funai Information Technology Award for Young Researchers | Takashi Ishida (LECT) |
| Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (SGEPSS) | Student Presentation Award (Aurora Medal) | Shota Chiba (D3) |
| The University of Tokyo, Mathematics and Informatics Center The 6th Data Science Contest | Grand Prize | Tomohiro Nabika (M2), Keisuke Shioya (D1), Yui Hayashi (M2) |
| The Virtual Reality Society of Japan | Young Researchers Award | Hiroyuki Shinoda (PROF) and one member |
| the Japanese Neural Network Society | Best Presentation Award | Sai Tanimoto (D3) |
| RIKEN CBS | 2023 UCSF-CBS Young Investigator Exchange Travel Award | Sai Tanimoto (D3) |
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Department of Integrated Biosciences |
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| Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference 2023 Convenor | Best PhD Talk Award | Shotaro Hiraiwa (D3) |
| Biophysics and Physicobiology | Editors' Choice Award 2023 | Takao Suzuki (PAP) |
| International Society for Seed Science | ISSS Prize | Hikaru Sato (PAP) |
| The Japanese Society of Applied Physics | Best Presentation Award | Fumina Minamitani (D3) |
| The eDNA Society | Best Student Poster Award | Fei Xia (M1) |
| Yeast Genetics Society of Japan | Best Presentation Award | Chenwei Wang (M2) |
| Japanese Society for Bioinformatics | Best Oral Presentation Award | Shunsuke Sakai (D1) |
| Society of Evolutionary Studies | Best Oral Presentation Award | Hiroshi Akashi (PAP) |
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Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences |
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| IIBMP Organizing Committee | IIBMP2023 Best Poster Presentation | Dingnan Jin (D1) |
| Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) | The Commendation for MEXT Young Scientists’ Award | Ryo Tamura (LECT) |
| Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) Multifaceted Proteins: Expanding and Transformative Protein World | Student Poster Award | Kotaro Tomuro (M2) |
| The 32nd Annaul Meeting of the Japanese Association for Metastasis Research | Young Researchers Excellent Poster Award | Marie Kawahara (M2) |
| The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association | Young Researcher Poster Award | Miko Komiya (D2) |
| The RNA Society of Japan | Aoba award (Best Presentation Award) | Taisei Wakigawa (D3) |
| The RNA Society of Japan | Excellent Research Award | Kotaro Tomuro (M2) |
| Japan Association for Medical Informatics | The 6th JAMI Best Paper Award | Masataka Kikuchi (PAOP) |
| RIKEN | Researcher Incentive Award (Oubu Award) | Masaru Koido (AP) |
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Department of Natural Environmental Studies |
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| Asian Development Bank - Japan Scholarship Program | Best Thesis and 1st Place for Cluster Award for Rural Development and Environment at the ADB-JSP Thesis of the Year Award 2023 | Zanne Sandriati Putri (M2) |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA Postdoctoral Program | Hayoung Bong (D3) |
| The Society for the Study of Species Biology | 17th Plant Species Biology Best Paper Award (PSB Award) | Kento Rammitsu (AP) and 6 other members |
| Japanese Society of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding | Best Student Presentation Award | Hiroshi Abe (D2) |
| The Soundscape Association of Japan | The Award of the Soundscape Association of Japan | Kazuhiko Nakamura (LECT) |
| Japanese Society for Active Fault Studies | Best Presentation Award for Young Scientists | Ryuhei Sanjo (D3), Toshihiko Sugai (PROF) |
| The Japanese Forest Society | Student Poster Award | Erina Fujii (M2) |
| The Ecological Society of Japan | The Annual Meeting Award of the Ecological Society of Japan (Poster Award) | Hiroshi Abe (D2), Kazuhide Nara (PROF), and one member |
| Kanto Branch, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture | Poster Presentation Award | Shuyue Wu (D1), Kazuhiko Nakamura (LECT) , and one member |
| Federation of Microbiological Societies of Japan | Nomoto Award | Susumu Yoshizawa (AOP) |
| The Japanese Society of Limnology | Japanese Journal of Limnology Excellent Paper Award | Masumi Yamamuro (PROF) and one member |
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Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment |
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| The 38th International Symposium on the Okhotsk Sea & Polar Oceans 2024 | Aota Masaaki Award 2024 | Tomotaka Katsuno (M2) and 3 other members |
| Japan Society of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering | Scholarship Award | Tomotaka Katsuno (M2) |
| East Asian Network for Marine Environment and Energy | Excellent Paper Presentation Award | Sheng Chen (M1) |
| The 10th International Conference on Gas Hydrates | Donald W. Davidson Award | Yoshihiro Konno (AOP) |
| Japanese Association for Coastal Zone Studies | Outstanding Presentation Award | Kaede Furuichi (M1) |
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Department of Environment Systems |
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| Asia Research Awards | International Outstanding Researcher Award in Geophysics | Masashi Kodama (D3), Jun Matsushima (PROF) |
| Asia Research Awards | International Outstanding Researcher Award in Seismic Exploration | Jun Matsushima (PROF) and one member |
| Committees of the Asian Conference on Safety & Education in Laboratory | Best Poster of 10th ACSEL 2023 | Yamiao Chen (M2) |
| East Asian Network for Marine Environment and Energy | Outstanding Paper Award | Yutian Ding (D3), Shigeru Tabeta (PROF), Jialu Wang (D2) |
| East Asian Network for Marine Environment and Energy | Student Paper Presentation Award | Jialu Wang (D2) |
| The 21st International Conference on Solid-State Protonic Conductors | Best Poster Award | Moe Okazaki (D3) |
| The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan | Outstanding Poster Award | Shun Yamate (D3) |
| The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan | Outstanding Student Award | Taishi Dowaki (M2) |
| The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan | Outstanding Student Award | Shotaro Seki (M2) |
| Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment | Student/Young Researcher Poster Presentation Award | Keito Kashima (M1) |
| The Electrochemical Society of Japan | Outstanding Student Lecture Award | Moe Okazaki (D3) |
| Japan Society of Civil Engineers | The 51st Environmental Systems Research Paper Presentation Award for Outstanding Student Presentation | Taishi Dowaki (M2) |
| Japan Geoscience Union | Outstanding Student Presentation Award | Satoshi Tajima (D2) |
| The Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan | Recognition of Meritorious Membership | Jun Matsushima (PROF) |
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Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies |
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| 2023 20th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots | Candidate for Best Paper Award | Atsushi Yamashita(PROF) and 12 other members |
| The 8th International Workshop on New Trends in Medical and Service Robots (MESROB 2023) | Silver Best Student Paper Award | Mayuka Kojima(D2) |
| Intelligent Autonomous Systems Society The 18th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-18) | Best Paper Award | Atsushi Yamashita (PROF), Qi An (AOP), and 2 other members |
| Japanese Council of IFToMM The 6th Jc-IFToMM International Symposium in 2024 | The Finalist of Young Investigator Fund Best Paper Award | Naoya Matsutani (M1) |
| Laval Virtual | SIGGRAPH Award/Revolution #Research | Kenichi Ito (D3) and 2 other members |
| The 41st Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan | International Session Best Presentation Award | Zhinan Zhang (M1) |
| Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan | The 73rd Asahara Science Award | Hiroshi Yoshitake (PAP) |
| The Japan Society for Precision Engineering | Advanced Best Presentation Award | Motoki Kojima (M2) |
| The 31st Symposium on Fuzzy, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence | Wada Award (Best Presentation Award) | Koki Honda (PAP) |
| The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan | Excellent Presentation Award | Koji Haruta (M2) |
| The Robotics Society of Japan | Advanced Robotics Excellent Paper Award | Atsushi Yamashita (PROF) and 5 other members |
| The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | The 12th Achievement Award (FY2022) | Hiroshi Okuda (PROF) |
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Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies |
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| Technical Committee on Network Software (NS), IEICE | Outstanding Poster Award in Network Software | Shota Ono(D3) |
| Hibiya Landscape Design Exhibition Executive Committee | Fujino Takashi Award 2024 | Arisa Ohshima(M1) |
| Architectural Institute of Japan | AIJ Young Researcher Award 2023 | Miki Kozaki (AOP) |
| Japan Geoscience Union | Outstanding Student Presentation Award in the Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section | Wataru Nakamura(D3) |
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Department of International Studies |
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| Japan Society for International Development (JASID) | Best Poster Presentation Award | Maya Igawa (M2) |
| Japan Society for International Development (JASID) | Best Poster Presentation Award | Yuna Tamamura (D1) |
| International Society on Environmental and Rural Development | Award of Excellent Poster Presentation | Hiroki Oda (M2) |
2023 GSFS Dean's Awards
12 master’s and 12 doctoral students received awards in the academic category.
Academic Section (Master’s Courses)
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Department/Program |
Name |
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| Advanced Materials Science | Takato Enoki |
| Advanced Energy | Masayuki Matsuura |
| Complexity Science and Engineering | Hajime Ueda |
| Integrated Biosciences | Satoshi Nishino |
| Computational Biology and Medical Sciences | Ange Yan |
| Natural Environmental Studies | Kodai Usami |
| Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment | Ryota Hamada |
| Environment Systems | Taishi Dowaki |
| Human & Engineered Environmental Studies | Yohei Ohata |
| Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies | Takaki Nishitani |
| International Studies | Shun Ikumi |
| Graduate Program in Sustainability Science Global Leadership Initiative | Chinghei Ciu |
Academic Section (Doctoral Courses)
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Department/Program |
Name |
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| Advanced Materials Science | Takeshi Hayashida |
| Advanced Energy | Takuya Chikazawa |
| Complexity Science and Engineering | Hanzheng Li |
| Integrated Biosciences | Ryusei Waizumi |
| Computational Biology and Medical Sciences | Yunye He |
| Natural Environmental Studies | Hilda Mardiana Pratiwi |
| Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment | Takuya Nakashima |
| Environment Systems | Sho Hata |
| Human & Engineered Environmental Studies | Kenichi Ito |
| Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies | Wataru Nakamura |
| International Studies | Takefumi Fujimoto |
| Graduate Program in Sustainability Science Global Leadership Initiative | Quanli Wang |
vol.44
- Cover
- The Potentials of Materials Science
- A Turning Point of Fusion Energy Research: Increasing Commercial Ventures for Practical Application
- Pioneering New Life Science with Parasitology and Bioinformatics
- For Acquisition and Proper Use of Water Environment Data
- GSFS Front Runners: Interview with an entrepreneur
- Voices from International Students
- On Campus/Off Campus
- Event & Topics
- Awards
- Information
- Relay Essay