Three Kyoto University doctoral students have been selected to receive the 2017 Ikushi Prize from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS).
The award ceremony is set to take place Tuesday 6 March 2018 at the Japan Academy (Nippon Gakushi-in) in Tokyo.
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating organization | Research topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yusuke Okazaki | Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science | The Japan Society of Limnology | Diversity and Ecology of Bacterioplankton Inhabiting Deep Freshwater Lakes |
| Takayuki Nakamuro | Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering | The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan | Development of Novel Synthetic Transformation Reactions with N2 Extrusion |
| Nobuaki Mizumoto | Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture | The Society of Population Ecology | Studies on the Pattern Formation Algorithm of Searching and Construction Behaviors |
The JSPS Ikushi Prize, established in 2010 and now in its eight year, annually recognizes outstanding doctoral students who are expected to lead the development of Japanese academic research, so as to enhance their motivation for research and support their career development.
Okazaki, Nakamuro, and Mizumoto are among 18 students selected out of 152 nominees for the 2017 Prize, by a nine-member selection committee after a preliminary screening by the JSPS Research Center for Science Systems.
Related link
- JSPS Ikushi Prize
https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-ikushi-prize/index.html
