Awords | vol.46

Recipients of the 2024 University of Tokyo President’s Award

Tomoe Kodama (M2)
Department of Integrated Biosciences

Award-winning research theme:
Elucidation of the mechanism of endosymbiosis by developing a method to enhance the phagocytosis of cultured human cells

(From left to right) Kodama and her supervisor, Professor Sachihiro Matsunaga

Award Winners April 2024-March 2025

CONGRATULATIONS!

NOTES:
-The titles and M/D year are as of the time awarded. (M: master's course, D:doctoral course)
-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

AWARDED BY/AT:

AWARD

AWARD WINNERS

Department of Advanced Materials Science

Committee of The 23rd
Korea-Taiwan-Japan Symposium on
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
Poster Awards Yu Peisen(M2)
NF Foundation 13th NF Foundation R&D Encouragement Award, 2024 Shunsuke Kitou(AP)
Japan Society of Applied Physics, Workshop on Electron Device Interface Technology Yukio Yasuda Award (poster presentation) Haruki Yoshida(M1)
Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) 1000-Tesla Science The 4th Area Meeting Best Presentation Award Gold Prixe Chiu Polin(D3)
Clarivate Analytics 2024 Highly Cited Researcher Katsuhiko Ariga(PROF)
New Frontiers in
Advanced Magnetism 2024
Poster Award Toshihiko Muroi(D2)
The Physical Society of Japan Student Presentation Award of the Physical Society of Japan, 2025 Yamamoto Masaki(D1)
The Physical Society of Japan Student Presentation Award of the Physical Society of Japan, 2024 Keita Nishida(M2)
The Physical Society of Japan Student Presentation Award Yoichi Kajita(M2)
The Physical Society of Japan Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan, 2025 (Division 8 ) Shunsuke Kitou(AP)
The Japanese Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research 29th The Japanese Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Encouragement Award, 2025 Shunsuke Kitou(AP)
Japan Society of Applied Physics The 2nd Young Scientist Award in Silicon-based Semiconductor Electronics (Kenji Natori Award)
Takashi Onaya(AP)
Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas(A) Science of 2.5 Dimensional Materials The 8th project meeting Young Poster Award Kohei Nishijima(M1)
Japan Institute of Light Metals 22th Light Metal R&D Furtherance Medal Yoko Mitarai(PROF)
Japan Association for Chemical Innovation 13th New Chemical Technology Research Encouragement Award Takashi Onaya(AP)
International Union of Photobiology IUPB Finsen Lecture Award Keiichi Inoue(AOP)
International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics IUPAB2024 Student and Early Career Researcher Poster Award Li Chunyangguang(M2)
18th Plasma Electronics Incubation Hall Poster Award Rui Hasegawa(M2)
34th Annual Meeting of MRS-J Award for Encouragement of Research Hitoshi Muneoka(AP)
Crystallographic Society of Japan Poster Award Shota Nishida (M2)
The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science Presentation Award 2023 Yuuki Adachi(PR)
Japan Society for Molecular Science the Best Poster Award at the 18th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science Hiroyuki Nagamori(M2)

Department of Advanced Energy

2024 IEEE Vehicle Power and
Propulsion Conference (VPPC)
Best Paper Award Yuki Hosomi(M2), Binh-Minh Nguyen(Project Assistant Professor),
Hiroshi Fujimoto(PROF),and 2 other members
APET Excellent Presentation Award Yuki Hosomi(M2)
Hanwha Aerospace Grand prize Han Minwoo(M2)
IEEE Vehicle Power and
Propulsion Conference
Best paper Award Yuki Hosomi(M2), Binh-Minh Nguyen(Project Assistant Professor),
Hiroshi Fujimoto(PROF),and 2 other members
The IEEE Vehicular Technology Society IEEE VPPC 2024 Best Paper Award Yuki Hosomi(M2)
IEEJ IEEJ Industry Applications Society Quick Paper Review Promotion Award Toshiyuki Fujita(PLECT)
JSAEM Author Award Yutaka Terao(AP)

Department of Complexity Science and Engineering

Eurohaptics 2024 Best demo award nominees Yasutoshi Makino(AOP),Hiroyuki Shinoda(PROF)
HKBU TMLR Group Asian Trustworthy Machine
Learning (ATML) Fellowship
Takashi Ishida(LECT)
Microscopy Society of America Student Scholar Award Taichi Kusumi(D1)
The Society of Instrument
and Control Engineers (SICE)
Finalists of SICE Annual Conference
International Award
Yasutoshi Makino(AOP),Hiroyuki Shinoda(PROF)
Transactions on Machine
Learning Research
Expert Reviewer Takashi Ishida(LECT)
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2024 Naoto Yokoya (AOP)
The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research the 29th JSPF Award for Early Career Research Contributions Yuki Hayashi(AP)
The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research Outstanding presentation award Yuki Hayashi(AP)
Japan Science and Technology Agency Business results 2024 Takashi Ishida(LECT)
The Japanese Society of Microscopy Best Poster Award Taichi Kusumi(D1),Shun Katakami(AP),
 Masato Okada(PROF),and 3 other members
Kazato Research Foundation Travel Expense Grant Program for International Conferences Taichi Kusumi(D1)
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers SICE Sensing Forum Young Researcher Award Sota Iwabuch(D1),Ryoya Onishi(D3),
Shun Suzuki(PAP),Takaaki Kamigaki(PAP),
Yasutoshi Makino(AOP),Hiroyuki Shinoda(PROF)
The Remote Sensing Society of Japan Excellent Paper Award Hur Junho(M2)
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers ROBOMECH Award (Academic Research Field) Yasutoshi Makino(AOP),Hiroyuki Shinoda(PROF)
MEXT MEXT Young Scientists' Prize Naoto Yokoya (AOP)
MEXT MEXT Young Scientists' Prize Shouhei Aoki(LECT)

Department of Integrated Biosciences

The 2024 (59th) Annual Meeting of the Ichthyological Society of Japan Best Poster Presentation Award Koki Tamai(D2)
Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem (University of
Tokyo, UC San Diego)
Most improved Award Kaori Itto(PLECT)
Zhejiang University - The University of Tokyo
Joint Symposium 2024
Best Poster Award Yuka Ishida(D2)
The Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience Poster Presentation Award Nanami Watanabe(M2)
The Japan Mendel Society Best Presentation Award Mone Ishida(M1)
The Japan Mendel Society Best Poster Award Tomoe Kodama(M1)
The 13th International Congress on Plant Molecular Biology Poster Presentation Award Nanami Ito(D3)
The 19th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Genome Microbiology Best Poster Award Satoshi Nisino(D1)
Antibody Society of Japan Best Poster Award Rikuto Nakamura(M2)
The 47th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan MBSJ-EMBO Poster Award Rikuto Nakamura(M2)
The 47th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan MBSJ-EMBO Poster Award Shunsuke Sakai(D2)
The RNA Society of Japan Organizer Award Natsu Takayanagi(D3)
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology Poster presentation award Kyoko Ishida(M1)
Japanese Association for Medical Artificial Intelligence JMAI AWARD Shunsuke Sakai(D2)
The Japanese Cancer Association JCA Young Researcher Poster Award Shunsuke Sakai(D2)
The 95th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Sericultural Science Best Student Presentation Award Kyoko Ishida(M1)
The Society of Japanese Women Scientists The 29th  SJWS Young Investigator Award Misato Ohtani(PROF)
The Society for Biotechnology, Japan 2024 (32nd) Excellent Paper Award Kaori Itto(PLECT)
Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology Best Paper Award for Young Scientists Yuka Ishida(D2)
The 85th Annual Meeting of  Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology Best Presentation Award Yuka Ishida(D2)
ASSOCIATION OF JAPANESE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES Japan Prize of Agricultural Science/ The Yomiuri Prize of Agricultural Science Hiroshi Kataoka(PROF)
Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology 37th Hiroshima Conference, Excellent Poster Award Satoshi Nishino(D1)
The Japanese Society for Molecular Imaging Outstanding Presentation Award  at the 18th JSMI Annual Meeting Rikuto Nakamura(M2)

Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences

American Society of Hematology,
Japanese Society of Hematology
ASH-JSH Abstract Achievement Award Ruka Shimura(D2)
APBJC2024 Audience Choice Award in APBJC2024 Huang Muyao(M2)
FASEB FASEB Travel Grant Kotaro Tomuro(D1)
International Retrovirology
Association (IRVA)
Basic Science Award Yamagishi Makoto(AOP)
Japanese Cytokine Society Poster Award Asuka Joy Tobuse(M1)
the 12th 3R+3C International
Symposium commitee
Excellent Poster Award Kosuke Yamazaki(M2)
tRNA2024 Local Organizing Committee Young tRNA Award Feng Zhaohang(D1)
Biological CLUSTER Best Poster Award Momoko Miyazawa(M2)
Information processing Society of Japan 81st SIGBIO Symposium Excellent Presentation Award (BIO Symposium) Takumi Otagaki(M1)
CSC National Outstanding Self-Funded International Student Award Liu Jun(D3)
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Sciennce Best Poster Award Kosuke Yamazaki(M2)
RIKEN RIKEN BAIHO Award Kotaro Tomuro(D1)
JSHAD Young Investigator Award Kako Suzuki(D1)
Japan MOTSocisty Gold Award Sachi Matsui(M2)
The RNA Society of Japan Organizer Award An Seongjin(D3)
The RNA Society of Japan Aoba Award Kotaro Tomuro(D1)
The pharmceutical Society of Japan Audience Choice Award in APBJC2024 Momoko Miyazawa(M2)
MEXT  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research "Transformative Research Areas (A)" 2023-2027 Shin-biology regulated by protein lifetime Best Poster Award Kouta Nakadai(M2)

Department of Natural Environmental Studies

14th Asian Symposium of Microbial Ecology Student Poster Award Mako Takada(D2)
Asian Development Bank ADB-Japan Scholarship Program Thesis of the Year Award 2024
Cluster Award for Infrastructure
Rasyid Aulia Rachman(M2)
The Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography Outstanding Young Presentation Award Hitoki Takenaka(D1)
The Japanese Society for Environmental Education Environmental Education Research and Practice Initiative Award Riku Fukasawa(M2)
Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan Young Scientist Initiative Award, SESJ Mugino O. Kubo (AP)
Executive Committee of Ocean and Earth Symposium 2024 Outstanding Student Presentation Award Inhee Kim(M2)
The Oceanographic Society of Japan Outstanding Young Presentation Award Maho Sugawara(M2)
The Mammal Society of Japan Outstanding Presentation Award Hana Onizaki(D2),
Mugino O. Kubo (AP) and 4 other members

Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment

2025 IEEE International Symposium
on Underwater Technology
Third Prize Poster Award Hiroki Yokohata(M2)
2025 IEEE International Symposium
on Underwater Technology
Third Prize Poster Award Lisa Hakataya(M2)
Marine Acoustics Society of Japan Excellent Paper Presentation Award Yuto Yoshizumi(M2)
Robotics and Mechatronics Division,
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Certificate of Merit for ROBOMECH Outstanding Industrial Application Marie Angelyn Tolentino Mercado(D2),Yuki Sekimori(D2)
and 3 other members
Robotics and Mechatronics Division,
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Certificate of Merit for ROBOMECH Outstanding Research Activity Kazushi Yamamoto(M2)and 5 other members
The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers JASNAOE Student Award Shuhei Ninomiya(M2)

Department of Environment Systems

2025 IEEE International Symposium
on Underwater Technology
Third Prize Poster Award Zhao Fan(D3)
The 11th Asian Conference on Safety
and Education in Laboratory
Poster Presentation Award Ai Shuhara(AP)
The 13th Joint Conference of Renewable
Energy and Nanotechnology
Best Poster Presentation Award Taishi Dowaki(D1)
Japan Society of Energy and Resources The 13th Society Contribution Award Workshop Organizing Committee (Tomohiko Ihara and 24 other members)
Japan Explosives Society Outstanding presentation award Michiya Fujita(AP)
Kanto Branch, The Society of Chemical Enginners, Japan Excellent Student Award Taishi Dowaki(D1)
The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan Outstanding poster presentation Moe Okazaki(D3)
The Japan Association for the Properties of Water and Steam Toshiba Award Shotaro Seki(D1)

Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies

BAT Japan Battle of Minds Japan Finale Top 2 UTokyo PhD Workers
( Jianing Chu(D2),and 3 other members)
BAT Japan Battle of Minds Japan Finale Top 1 & APMEA North Top 1 UTokyo PhD Workers
( Jianing Chu(D2),and 3 other members)
CEDEC 2024 Audience Award 1st Prize Yuki Ban(PLECT),
Juro Hosoi(D2),Du Jin(M2)
Complex Adaptive Systems 2025 Conference Best Paper Award Takuya Nakashima(AP), Ryota Wada(AOP),
Bryan Mose(PR)
and  one member
Complexis 2024 Committee Best Paper Candidate Jianing Chu(D1),Yu Chen(PROF)
FDR2024 organizing committee Selected Paper Boyuan Chen(M1),Ryota Yokomura(D3),
Rui Fukui(AOP),and 2 other members
ICCAS2024, ICROS - Institute
of Control, Robotics and Systems
Best Paper Award, 24th International Conference on Control, Automation
and Systems (ICCAS2024)
Lee Junwoon(M2),Taisei Ando(M1),
Qi An(AOP), Atsushi Yamashita(PROF),and 2 other members
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2024 Emerging Technologies Best Demo Award Kai Guo(M2),Juro Hosoi(D2),Yuki Ban(PLECT),Yuki Shimomura
(D2),Shin'ichi Warisawa(PROF)
The 30th International Symposium
on Artificial Life and Robotics
Best Paper Award  Koki Honda(PAP),
and one member
The 8th International Conference
on Advanced Mechatronics
Best Student Presentation Award Akio Toyoshima(D4)
Human Interface Society Short Video Excellence Award Shin'ichi Komiya(M1),Ryota Nitto(D1),
Yuki Ban(PLECT),Shin'ichi Warisawa(PROF)
Human Interface Society Outstanding Presentation Award Shin'ichi Komiya(M1),Ryota Nitto(D1),
Yuki Ban(PLECT),Shin'ichi Warisawa(PROF)
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers Outstanding Student Award Guo Kai(M2)
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers SSI 2024 Paper Award Ken Kikuchi(PR),Hiroyuki Hamada(PLECT),Atsushi Yamashita(PROF),Qi An(AOP),and 2 other members
The Research association of Automotive Internal Combustion Engines AICE Award Yuto Noda(M2)
The Japan Society for Precision Engineering Best Presentation Award in 2024 JSPE Spring Meeting Yuki Miyahara(D1)
The Japan Society for Precision Engineering Best Presentation Award in 2025 JSPE Spring Meeting Naoya Matsutani(M2)
The Japan Society for Precision Engineering Best Presentation Award in 2025 JSPE Spring Meeting Koki Shoda(M1)
The Japan Society for Precision Engineering Best Presentation Award Yamaguchi Yuki(M2)
30th Robotics Symposia Excellent Award Qi An(AOP)
The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan IEEJ Society C, Paper Award Yuki Miyahara(D1), Kenta Shimba
(AOP),Kiyoshi Kotani(PROF),and one member
The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan Review Promotion Award Kenta Shimba(AOP)
The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan Best Poster Award Yusaku Yamagishi(M1)
Japanese Council of IFToMM Finalist for Young Investigator
Fund Best Paper Award
Daichi Yamamoto(M1)
The Robotics Society of Japan The 3rd Young Researcher Excellent Presentation Award Zhang Zhinan(M2)
The Robotics Society of Japan The 14th Robotics Symposia Research Encouragement Award Koki Shoda(M1)
The Robotics Society of Japan International Session
Best Presentation Award Finalist
The 42th Annual Conference
Sha Yizhou(M1)
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers JSME Young Engineers Award Takuya Matsunaga(LECT)
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Robotics and Mechatronics Division, Certificate of Merit for Best Cross-Disciplinary Research
Koji Haruta(M2), Yuki Ban(PLECT),Rui Fukui(AOP),Akio Yamamoto(PROF),and one member
Japan Association for Computational Mechanics JACM Young Investigator Award

Takuya Matsuaga(LECT)

Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering Best Poster Award at Medical and Biological Engineering Symposium Miya Kondo(M2)
Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering MBE Symposium 2024 Best Research Award Reo Otsuki(M1),Bin Li(D2),
Kenta Shimba(AOP), Kiyoshi Kotani(PROF) and 2 other members

The Japanese Society of Neurocognitive Rehabilitation Best Presentation Award Hiroyuki Hamada(PLECT),and 2 other members

Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies

The ACM international joint   conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous
Computing (UbiComp)
Best Poster Award Manaka Ito(M2),Kaoru Sezaki(PROF),Yuuki Nishiyama(LECT),and 3 other members
The ACM international joint   conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous
Computing (UbiComp)
Best Poster Award Zhenbo Wang(M2),Kaoru Sezaki(PROF),Yuuki Nishiyama(LECT),and 3 other members
The Chair of Asia Lighting
Conference 2024
Certificate of ALC Best Paper Award Ma Ye(D3)
Japan Society on Water Environment Academic Award Hiroyasu Satoh(PROF)

Department of International Studies

Asian Development Bank - Japan Scholarship Program 2nd Prize in the Public Management Cluster of ADB-Japan Scholarship Program
Thesis of the Year Award 2024
Hany Nabila Shabrina(M2)
International Society of Environmental
and Rural Development
Award of Excellent Paper Hiroki Oda(M2)
Information Processing Society of Japan Humanities and Computer Symposium "Jinmonkon 2024" Student Encouragement Award Kumi Ushio(D3)
The University of Tokyo Faculty of Engineering Best Teaching Award 2024
Yu Oliver Maemura(LECT)

Graduate Program in Sustainability Science

Common Ground Research
Network
Emerging Scholar Award Kelvin Tang(D3)
Network for Education and Research
on Peace and Sustainability
Emerging Scholar Award Kelvin Tang(D3)
The Geographical Society
of China
Best Oral Presentation at The China
Behavioral Geography Annual Conference
Zheng Hao(M1)
Committee of Infrastructure Planning and Management The Outstanding Student Poster Award Zheng Hao(M1)

Sustainable Society Design Center

SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Sumisei Female Researcher Encouragement Award Miyoda Yuki(PR)

2024 GSFS Dean's Awards

12 master’s and 12 doctoral students received awards in the academic category.

Master’s Course

Department/Program

Name

Department of Advanced Material Science Takuya nagashima
Department of Advanced Energy Isami Dainichi
Department of Complexity Science and Engineering Li Zhen
Department of Integrated Biosciences Tomoe kodama
Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences Feng Zhaohang
Department of Natural Environmental Studies Maho Sugawara
Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment Shuhei Ninomiya
Department of Environment Systems Yuki higashimoto
Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies Junwoon Lee
Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies Manaka Ito
Department of International Studies Hisayo Okaniwa
Graduate Program in Sustainability Science Martin Christopher Jack

Doctoral Course

Department/Program

Name

Department of Advanced Material Science Takeru Koike
Department of Advanced Energy Ryo Someya
Department of Complexity Science and Engineering Zhang Yujie
Department of Integrated Biosciences Li Haowei
Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences Azumi Tamura
Department of Natural Environmental Studies Takayoshi Fujiwara
Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment Kenya Suzuki
Department of Environment Systems Satoshi Tajima
Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies Toshiharu Igarashi
Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies Xu Liqiang
Department of International Studies Tapang Relindis Ma-gang
Graduate Program in Sustainability Science Huynh Thi Mai Lam

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