Vol.35 (Feb) 2025 | Article no.3 2025
Every year, the Physical Society of Japan presents its Young Scientist Awards to young researchers in recognition of their outstanding achievements, early in their respective research careers. This year’s winners were recently decided by the board of directors of the JPS based on the recommendations of the selection committees established in 19 divisions of the JPS. The maximum number of winners from each division was determined based on the number of talks given at the annual meetings in the past 3 years. Each winner is expected to give an award lecture at the next annual meeting of the JPS, which is scheduled for March 2025. The winners and their research topics follow below.
Go Noshita (University of Tokyo)
“Mathematical study of supersymmetric gauge theory and superstring theory through infinite-dimensional quantum algebras”
Yu Hamada (DESY)
“New topological solitons in extended Higgs models”
Motoko Fujiwara (Technische Universität München)
“Research on dark matter search through temperature observations of neutron stars”
Tomohiro Inada (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
“First direct observation of collider neutrinos with FASER at the LHC”
Kenta Uno (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies)
“Search for lepton-flavor-violating tau-lepton decays to ℓg at Belle”
Masahiro Morinaga (The University of Tokyo, International Center for Elementary Particle Physics)
“Search for long-lived charginos based on a disappearing-track signature using 136 fb−1 of pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector”
Tomona Kinugawa (Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
“Theoretical study on the compositeness of exotic hadrons”
Noritaka Kitamura (Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo)
“Gamma-ray spectroscopy of 32Mg and 30Mg for a study of ‘Island of Inversion’”
Shumpei Koyama (RIKEN Nishina Center Nuclear Dynamics Research Group)
“Study of mirror symmetry near the drip lines through the spectroscopic measurements of unbound nucleus 8C”
Yuki Fujikawa (RCNP, Osaka University)
“Search for the 6α condensed states in 24Mg using 12C + 12C scattering”
Yuichiro Tada (IAR & Department of Physics, Nagoya University)
“Non-perturbative understanding of inflationary fluctuations by stochastic formalism”
Sei Kato (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo)
“Search for galactic cosmic-ray accelerators with very-high-energy gamma-ray observations”
Masayuki Harada (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo)
“Search for supernova relic neutrinos with Super-Kamiokande”
Yuga Nakazawa (RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science)
“Development of a muon linac for the J-PARC muon g-2/EDM experiment”
Zechen Lan (Osaka University)
“Development of single-shot laser-driven neutron resonance spectroscopy for temperature profiling”
Koki Ono (Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
“Quantum simulation and a new physics search by exploiting a clock transition of ultracold ytterbium atoms”
Kaoru Mizuta (Department of Engineering, University of Tokyo)
“Optimal quantum algorithms for simulating nonequilibrium quantum many-body dynamics”
Kazuki Yamamoto (Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
“Theory of fermionic superfluidity and critical phenomena in ultracold atoms subject to dissipation”
Yuki Takemura (National Institute for Fusion Science)
“Research on controlling MHD instabilities with a magnetic island in magnetically confined fusion plasmas”
Nguyen Duy Khanh (Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo)
“Discovery of the extremely small size of magnetic skyrmions stabilized by novel itinerant-electron-mediated mechanism”
Terufumi Yamaguchi (RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS))
“Analysis of nonlinear spin dynamics and application to reservoir computing”
Yasufumi Araki (Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
“Theoretical formulation and validation of quantum geometric effects in spintronics”
Akito Noiri (Center for Emergent Matter Science, RIKEN)
“Developments of qubits and quantum computation using semiconductor quantum dots”
Kazuki Yokomizo (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo)
“Construction of non-Bloch band theory of non-Hermitian systems and its applications”
Kento Uchida (Division of Physics and Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
“Extreme nonlinear spectroscopy in solids using intense infrared light”
Yoshihiro Okamura (Quantum-Phase Electronics Center, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo)
“Terahertz optical phenomena derived from quantum geometry”
Hikaru Ueki (Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University)
“Study of superconductivity and related phenomena by development of microscopic theories”
Haruna Katayama (Hiroshima University)
“Theoretical studies of Hawking radiation using superconducting quantum circuits”
Keishi Sunami (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
“Exploration of novel magnetic excitations and functional properties in electron-lattice coupled organic ferroelectrics”
Shuhei Fukuoka (Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University)
“Study of p-d interactions and Mott transitions in organic conductors”
Kentaro Ueda (Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo)
“Study of topological cross-correlation in rare-earth compounds”
Shunsuke Kitou (Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo)
“Visualization of valence electron orbitals in strongly correlated electron materials”
Akito Daido (Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
“Visualization of valence electron orbitals in strongly correlated electron materials”
Rina Tazai (Kyoto University, YITP, Condensed Matter Theory Group)
“Microscopic origin of quantum phase transitions in Kagome superconductor AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, Cs)”
Masahiro Haze (The Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo)
“Static and dynamic properties of surface magnetism studied by scanning tunneling microscopy”
Jumpei Nakamura (Muon Science Laboratory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, KEK)
“Muonium formation in group 14–16 semiconductors”
Kenji Itao (RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS))
“Principles of the emergence of diverse human social structures: Toward the construction of universal anthropology”
Kosuke Nakano (Center for Basic Research on Materials (CBRM), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS))
“Development of a computational scheme for forces acting on atoms using first-principles quantum Monte Carlo methods”
Kazusa Beppu (Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Aalto University)
“Study on the formation of active turbulence and its control in swimming bacterial populations”
Marie Tani (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
“Physical laws and mechanisms hidden in everyday soft matter-related phenomena”
Mitsusuke Tarama (Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University)
“Active dynamics of cell migration and tissue formation”
Taiki Yanagishima (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
“Emergence of stability in glasses due to microscopic mechanical homogeneity”
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