Associate Professor Naoya Shibata and Lecturer Yasuhide Inokuma Awarded Nagase Prizes

Date of activity: September 25, 2015

On September 25, 2015, the 5th Nagase Prize was awarded to Associate Professor Naoya Shibata from the Institute of Engineering Innovation in the University of Tokyo’s School of Engineering. Also, the Nagase Special Prize was awarded to Yasuhide Inokuma from the Department of Applied Chemistry in the University’s School of Engineering. The awards ceremony and memorial lectures were held at Imperial Hotel Tokyo with more than 1000 attendees.
 
Professor Shibata received the Nagase Prize for his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of advanced atomic-resolution electron microscopy.
Professor Inokuma received the Nagase Special Prize for his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of X-ray crystal structural analysis.

The Nagase Prizes are awarded annually by the Frontier Salon Foundation to young researchers who have performed outstanding research for future human society. The prize is named after Mr. Akiyuki Nagase, the Founder of Nagase Brothers Inc., who established the Frontier Salon Foundation through his donations. The winners of the Nagase Prize receive prize money and the opportunity to give special lectures to high school students.