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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

AWARDED BY/AT:

AWARD

AWARD WINNERS

Department of Advanced Materials Science

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)

Department of Advanced Energy

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)

Department of Complexity Science and Engineering

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)

Department of Integrated Biosciences

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)

Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences

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)

Department of Natural Environmental Studies

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

Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment

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)

Department of Environment Systems

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)

Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies

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)

Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies

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)

Department of International Studies

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)

Department/Program

Name

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)

Department/Program

Name

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

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