Departmental Overviews
Brochures
Prizes & Awards
2021
- Professor Emeritus Minoru Ozima selected for 2021 Asian Scientist 100 list (May. 6, 2021)
- Professor Keisuke Goda receives 2021 SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award (Jan. 12, 2021)
2020
- Assistant Professor Yoshitane receives Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award (Dec. 10, 2020)
- Yuta Nakagawa, Department of Chemistry, wins UTokyo Three Minute Thesis competition (Jun. 9, 2020)
- Professor Emeritus Eiichi Nakamura given title of University Professor (Apr. 1, 2020)
- Professor Keisuke Goda named Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow (Feb. 18, 2020)
2019
- Professor Shin-ichi Ohkoshi receives Humboldt Research Award (Dec. 13, 2019)
- Assistant Professor Kana Yamada awarded Xe on the IUPAC Periodic Table of Younger Chemists (Aug. 5, 2019)
- Prof. Keisuke Goda wins Analytical Chemistry Young Innovator Award (Jul. 5, 2019)
- Prof. Shu Kobayashi (Department of Chemistry) awarded the T.-Y. Luh Lectureship (Apr. 24, 2019)
2018
- Yuki Okoda, Graduate Department of Physics, selected as one of BBC’s 100 Women (Nov. 27, 2018)
- Student from Graduate School of Science selected as one of BBC’s 100 Women (Nov. 26, 2018)
- Professor Keisuke Goda receives nac High-Speed Imaging Award and IMCO Young Scientist Award (Oct. 12, 2018)
- UTokyo RoboTech team wins NHK’s Student Robocon 2018 (Oct. 3, 2018)
- Professor Shin-ichi Ohkoshi, Department of Chemistry, receives recognition from the city of Rennes in France (Jul. 4, 2018)
- Prof. Eiichi Nakamura appointed Honorary Professor of Tianjin University in China (Jun. 13, 2018)
- Professor Mikiko C. Siomi elected as 2018 EMBO Associate Member (May. 15, 2018)
- Dr. Syukuro Manabe to be awarded 2018 Crafoord Prize (Apr. 13, 2018)
- Dr. Yusuke Tsunoda receives FAIR GENCO Award (Apr. 12, 2018)
2017
- Professor Eiichi Nakamura appointed Honorary Professor of the East China University of Science and Technology (Nov. 30, 2017)
- Winners of the School of Science Image Contest 2017 (Oct. 11, 2017)
- 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Detection of Gravitational Waves (Oct. 4, 2017)
- Chemistry Department Team Wins the UTokyo1000k Product Idea Contest (Jun. 26, 2017)
- Professor Shin-ichi Ohkoshi receives Mukai Award (May. 17, 2017)
2016
2015
2014
- Professor Eiichi Nakamura in the Department of Chemistry Wins the Fujiwara Award (May. 27, 2014)
- Professor Emeritus Hitoshi Sakano Wins the Medal with Purple Ribbon (May. 21, 2014)
- Six GSS researchers awarded the Commendation for Science and Technology Prizes 2014 by MEXT (May. 20, 2014)
- Professor Eiichi Nakamura in the Department of Chemistry Wins the RSC Centenary Prize (May. 9, 2014)
- Professor Toshiyuki Kobayashi has received the Medal with Purple Ribbon for his accomplishments in the field of mathematics. (Apr. 28, 2014)
2013
- Professor Emeritus Katsuhiko Sato elected as a member of the Japan Academy (Dec. 20, 2013)
- Professor Tomio Kobayashi and Professor Shoji Asai Win the Nishina Memorial Prize (Nov. 20, 2013)
- Professor Shu Kobayashi in the Department of Chemistry Wins the Humboldt Research Award (Apr. 17, 2013)
- Celebration of the Winners of the Study Award, the Research Award, and the President’s Award for AY 2012 (Mar. 27, 2013)
- Mr. Hideaki Kato, Doctoral Student in the Nureki Lab, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Wins the 3rd JSPS Ikushi Prize (Mar. 12, 2013)
- Professor Satoshi Ide Wins JSPS Prize and Japan Academy Medal (Mar. 4, 2013)
2012
- Associate Professor Shoji Asai Wins the JSPS Prize (Dec. 20, 2012)
- Prof. Emeritus Hiro-o Hamaguchi Wins the Medal with Purple Ribbon (Nov. 21, 2012)
- Professor Yutaka Kondo Wins the Medal with Purple Ribbon (Nov. 5, 2012)
- Five scientists receive the MEXT Prize for Young Scientists 2012 (Aug. 15, 2012)
- Tatsuya Tsukahara is awarded the GE & Science prize for young life scientists (Apr. 10, 2012)
- Yuki Kawaguchi receives the Inoue Research Award (Apr. 6, 2012)
- On Jan. 23, Mr. Aki Takigawa, 3rd-year Doctoral Student in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science,Wins the 2nd JSPS Ikushi Prize. (Jan. 23, 2012)
2011
- Profs. Osamu Nureki and Toshiyuki Kobayashi awarded the 27th Inoue Prize for Science (May. 13, 2011)
- Prof. Emeritus Yasuo Tanaka designated as a Person of Cultural Merit 2010 (Feb. 21, 2011)
2010
- Two doctoral students honored as the L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Japan Fellowships 2010 (Nov. 22, 2010)
- Prof. Junichi Tsujii awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon 2010 (Jul. 26, 2010)
- Prof. Emeritus Hiizu Iwamura awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (Jul. 26, 2010)
- Prof. Shin-ichi Ohkoshi (Department of Chemistry) awarded the IBM Japan Science Prize (Jul. 7, 2010)
- Professor Emeritus M. Ozima honored with the V.M. Goldschmidt Medal (May. 14, 2010)
- Prof. C. Toyoshima is awarded the Asahi Prize (Feb. 4, 2010)
- Prof. G. Suwa wins the Asahi Prize (Jan. 28, 2010)
- Prof. E. Nakamura wins the Medal with Purple Ribbon 2009 (Jan. 21, 2010)
- Prof. A. Yonezawa is awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon 2009 (Jan. 14, 2010)
- Prof. K. Iwatsuki has received the Order of the Sacred Treasure (Jan. 14, 2010)
2009
- U-TOKYO Group Wins "Impact Award" in Bandwidth Challenge at SC09 (Supercomputing 2009) (Dec. 4, 2009)
- Collaborated work "Ambition: The Story of Kikunae Ikeda, Chemist" wins the intermedia-globe Gold (Jun. 18, 2009)
- Associate Prof. Takeshi Tsuji is awarded the 5th Japan Academy Medal (Jun. 11, 2009)
- Prof. Tohru Eguchi Receives Imperial Prize & Japan Academy Prize 2009 (Jun. 11, 2009)
- Prof. Shimoda has been selected as a Person of Cultural Merit (Jan. 6, 2009)
2008
- Emeritus Prof. Akiko Kobayashi Wins the 2009 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science (Dec. 18, 2008)
- Prof. Ryugo Hayano Wins the 2008 Nishina Memorial Prize (Dec. 16, 2008)
- Prof. Masahito Ueda Receives the 2008 Nishina Memorial Prize (Dec. 16, 2008)
- Prof. Akinori Yonezawa at the Department of Information Science Received Dahl-Nygaard Prize on July 21 (Aug. 29, 2008)
- Prof. Toshiyuki Kobayashi at the Department of Mathematics Won Humboldt Research Award on July 23 (Aug. 19, 2008)
- Mourning for Dr. Yoji Totsuka (Aug. 19, 2008)