Assistant Professor Takashi Hamana has received the European Research Report Paper Award.
For more information, see the following URL.
European Research Report Paper Award, Astronomical Society of Japan: https://www.asj.or.jp/en/activities/prize/pasj/
The research led by Dr. Daichi Kashino, a Project Assistant Professor (NAOJ Fellow) at the Division of Science, during his affiliation at Nagoya University, has been selected as one of the Top 10 Breakthroughs for 2023 by Physics World. Conducted under the international collaborative project named EIGER, this study used observations of distant galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and successfully discovered “smoking gun” evidence of early galaxies transforming the universe about one billion years after the Big Bang through the process known as “cosmic reionization.” Dr. Kashino, who transferred to NAOJ in July 2023, is currently conducting more detailed analysis to better understand the role of early galaxies in cosmic reionization, incorporating newly obtained data from JWST.
Link: https://physicsworld.com/a/physics-world-reveals-its-top-10-breakthroughs-of-the-year-for-2023/
Yushiro Yoshida and Seimei Doi received the Best Presentation Award at the 2023 Japanese Society for Planetary Science.
You can see the details from the URLs below.
Japanese Society for Planetary Science 2023 Best Presentation Award Selection results and critique: https://www.wakusei.jp/news/prize/bestpr-2023/review-presen.html
Tomohiro Yoshida and Yuki Yoshida won the JpGU 2023 Outstanding Student Presentation Award.
You can see the details from the URLs below.
JpGU：https://www.jpgu.org/en/ospa/2023meeting/
Misako Tatsuuma, a JSPS Research Fellow PD at Tokyo Institute of Technology, has been awarded an honourable mention for the 2022 International Astronomical Union (IAU) PhD Prize.
She received her PhD from the Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, and the Division of Science, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).
Established in 2016, the IAU PhD Prize is an annual award given to the best PhD thesis in one of the IAU’s nine divisions.
Applicants from around the world, whose PhD theses were reviewed in the previous year, are eligible for consideration.
Additionally, starting in 2021, honourable mentions have been introduced in several divisions.
Dr. Tatsuuma received the honourable mention in Division F Planetary Systems and Bioastronomy from among applicants whose dissertations were reviewed between December 16, 2021, and December 15, 2022.
Her dissertation, titled “Material Strength of Dust Aggregates in Planet Formation,” focuses on determining the strength of dust aggregates, which form the basis of planets.
Through simulations, theoretical modeling, and comparisons with exploration results of comets, asteroids, and other small bodies in the Solar System, she aims to gain insights into the process of planet formation.
Dr. Tatsuuma commented:
I am delighted and honored to receive such a prestigious international award on this occasion.
I would like to express my deep gratitude to my collaborators Akimasa Kataoka (NAOJ), Hidekazu Tanaka (Tohoku University), Satoshi Okuzumi (Tokyo Institute of Technology), and Tristan Guillot (Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur).
I am determined to continue shedding light on the process of planet formation from my unique perspective on the material strength of dust aggregates.
(The photo is from March 2022 when she got her PhD degree)
IAU’s webpage: https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann23019/
Dr. Tatsuuma’s webpage: https://mtatsuuma.github.io/
Dr. Nanase Harada won the 2023 National Institutes of Natural Sciences Young Investigator Award. You can see the details from the URLs below (written in Japanese).
NINS：https://www.nins.jp/event/cat75/y_awards/12.html
Molecules in Extreme Environments: Near and Far workshop will be held on 2022/11/23-25
Abstract submission deadline: 2022/09/30
You can see more details from the URL below.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/mols-extreme-env
Dr Akimasa Kataoka won the Outstanding Young Scientist Award 2020 of the Japanese Society of Planetary Science, JSPS.
You can see the details from the URLs below.
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, NAOJ : https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/news/topics/2021/20211029-award.html
The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences, JSPS : https://www.wakusei.jp/~bestpr/for_all/prize/bestpr-2020/review-research.html
Center for Computational Astrophysics : https://www.cfca.nao.ac.jp/en/pr/20211029JSPS
Assistant Professor Akimasa Kataoka, Project Assistant Professor Kimihiko Nakajima, and Assistant Professor Takashi Moriya won the ASJ Young Astronomer Awards of 2020 Astronomical Society of Japan.
You can see the details from the URLs below
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, NAOJ：https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/news/topics/2021/20211029-award.html
The Astronomical Society of Japan, ASJ：https://www.asj.or.jp/jp/activities/prize/shorei/recipients/
Kiyoaki Doi received the prize at 51th Summer School on Astronomy and Astrophysics that was held from August 23 to August 26, through online. Mr Doi is a second-year student in the master course at SOKENDAI. He won the first prize of the Oral Award in his session.
Summer School on Astronomy and Astrophysics takes place annually and many young Japanese astronomers and astrophysicists present their research. In this year, over 300 scientists were gathering and discussed many topics.
Kiyoaki Doi presented his study about ‘Estimation on the dust ring formation mechanisms of the disk around HD 163296 based on dust advection and growth simulation’ in the Star & Planet Formation Session.
(October, 2021)
Oral Awards at 51th Summer School on Astronomy and Astrophysics
