Nishina Memorial Prize
| Nishina Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Substantial contributions in the field of physics |
| Country |  Japan |
| Presented by | Nishina Memorial Foundation |
| First awarded | 1955 |
| Website | nishina-mf.or.jp |
The Nishina Memorial Prize (仁科記念賞, Nishina Kinenshō) is the oldest and most prestigious physics award in Japan.[1]
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Since 1955, the Nishina Memorial Prize has been awarded annually by the Nishina Memorial Foundation.[2] The Foundation was established to commemorate Yoshio Nishina, who was the founding father of modern physics research in Japan and a mentor of the first two Japanese Nobel Laureates, Hideki Yukawa and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga.
The Prize, of ¥500,000 (about US$5,000) and the certificate, is bestowed upon young scientists who have made substantial contributions in the field of atomic and sub-atomic physics research. As of 2014, five Nobel Prizes have been awarded to prior Nishina recipients (Leo Esaki, Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa, Masatoshi Koshiba, and Shuji Nakamura).
Laureates
[edit]Notable Nishina laureates are:[3]
- 1955: Kazuhiko Nishijima
- 1957: Ryogo Kubo (1977 Boltzmann Medal)
- 1959: Leo Esaki (1973 Nobel Prize, 1998 Japan Prize)
- 1963: Chushiro Hayashi
- 1968: Jun Kondo
- 1969: Hisashi Matsuda, Hiroyuki Ikezi, Kyoji Nishikawa
- 1972: Kyozi Kawasaki (2001 Boltzmann Medal)
- 1974: Bunji Sakita
- 1976: Susumu Okubo (2006 Wigner Medal)
- 1978: Akito Arima
- 1979: Makoto Kobayashi (2008 Nobel Prize), Toshihide Maskawa (2008 Nobel Prize)
- 1982: Akira Tonomura (1998 Benjamin Franklin Medal)
- 1985: Sumio Iijima (2008 Kavli Prize)
- 1987: Masatoshi Koshiba (2002 Nobel Prize), Yoji Totsuka (2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal)
- 1989: Ken'ichi Nomoto (2019 Hans A. Bethe Prize)
- 1990: Yoshinori Tokura
- 1992: Yoshihisa Yamamoto
- 1996: Shuji Nakamura (2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal, 2008 Prince of Asturias Award,[4] 2014 Nobel Prize[5])
- 1997: Anthony Ichiro Sanda
- 2009: Hirosi Ooguri
- 2012: Hideo Hosono
- 2013 Hidetoshi Katori, Yoshiro Takahashi, Takahiko Kondo, Tomio Kobayashi, Shoji Asai
- 2014 Yuji Matsuda, Takashi Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Nakaya
- 2015 Shinsei Ryu, Akira Furusaki, Tohru Motobayashi, Hiroyoshi Sakurai
- 2016 Tadashi Takayanagi
- 2017 Hiroki Takesue, Chihaya Adachi, Mahito Kohmoto
- 2018 Masaru Shibata, Koichiro Tanaka
- 2019 Yoshihiro Iwasa, Shigeru Yoshida, Aya Ishihara
- 2020 Kazushi Kanoda, Kazuma Nakazawa
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Hirosi Ooguri wins Nishina Memorial Prize - We Hear That". Archived from the original on 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ Nishina Memorial Foundation
- ^ "Nishina Memorial Prize; Nishina Memorial Foundation". Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ^ "UCSB College of Engineering". Archived from the original on 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014".
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