Dean's Award

Dean's Award is founded in Academic Year 2018 to commend the students who have accomplished their outstanding research in the Graduate School, and have been conferred their degrees with the excellent doctoral thesis.

Dean's Award Ceremony is held in the Graduation Ceremony twice a year where the dean of our school presents a certificate of commendation to the winners.

AY 2024

The recipients of 2024 Autumn Dean's Award

Award ceremony: September 27, 2024

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
JASSLA PALASSERY ITHIKKAL School of Physical Sciences, Department of Structural Molecular Science Material design for lateral organic solar cells by studying semiconductor electronic properties
ANGELO PEREZ RILLERA School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Materials Structure Science Insights on the processing, characterization, and coloration of celadon glazes from spectroscopic and imaging investigations
Yuanyuan Niu School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Statistical Science Objective Bayesian Inversion and Applications in Spatial/Spatiotemporal Data Analysis
INOUE Ryo School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Polar Science Spatial and temporal variations in density, microstructure, and chemical properties of near-surface firn in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica
Biswa, Bhim Bahadur School of Life Science, Department of Genetics Role of gut bacteria in domestication of mice

AY 2023

The recipients of 2023 Spring Dean's Award

Award ceremony: March 22, 2024

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
TAKAHASHI Teruki School of Physical Sciences, Department of Functional Molecular Science Development of Electrophilic Addition Reactions to Carbonyl Compounds through the Photocatalytic Carbinol Cation/Anion Umpolung
OMAMA Tomoki School of Physical Sciences, Department of Space and Astronautical Science Joint Analysis of X-ray Spectral and Timing using the State-Space Model: Application for the Black Hole Binary MAXI J1820+070
KELLERMANN RYAN School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Particle and Nuclear Physics Lattice QCD studies of inclusive semileptonic decays of charmed mesons
VICTOR SKOBOV School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Informatics Sign Language Movement Access and Representation for Linguists and Machines
TRAN, Thi Hong Nguyen School of Life Science, Department of Basic Biology Soluble Frizzled-related proteins promote exosome-mediated Wnt re-secretion
HIRO Sota School of Life Science, Department of Physiological Sciences Optical analysis of organellar circadian rhythms in the master clock neurons
TAKAHATA Yu School of Advanced Sciences, Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems Human and wildlife in the Anthropocene: The multidimensional approach to urban ecology in Eurasian red squirrels

 

The recipients of 2023 Autumn Dean's Award

Award ceremony: September 28, 2023

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
Adrian Joe URBAN School of Physical Sciences, Department of Structural Molecular Science Towards Benchmarking Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity: The Case of Chiral Tetrapyrroles
UY Mayrene Allam School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Materials Structure Science Local structures and 5d→4f luminescence of Ce-doped fluoride crystals for optoelectronic applications
WATANABE Hina School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Polar Science Foraging strategies of two penguin species based on three-dimensional diving behavior
XIAYIRE XIAOKAITI School of Advanced Sciences, Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems Archaeogenetical study of domestic dogs in East Asia

AY 2022

The recipients of 2022 Spring Dean's Award

Award ceremony: March 24, 2023

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
NAKAJIMA Ryota School of Physical Sciences, Department of Structural Molecular Science CISS (Chirality-Induced-Spin-Selectivity) Effect in Chiral Molecular Superconductor
SATO Hiromasa School of Physical Sciences, Department of Functional Molecular Science Elucidation of photocatalytic methane conversion mechanism by operando spectroscopy
TAKEMURA Hideaki School of Physical Sciences, Department of Astronomical Science Study of Dense Core Property and Core Mass Function with Simulation and Observation Data to Reveal the Core Growth with Observations
TAMARU Yuki School of Physical Sciences, Department of Fusion Science Deep-ultraviolet light source technology toward advanced laser induced fluorescence
YAMAGUCHI Takaaki School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Accelerator Science Development of the 1.5 GHz TM020-type Harmonic Cavity for Future Synchrotron Light Sources
MIKI Hiromi School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Materials Structure Science Evaluation of the Effect of Food Form on the Temporomandibular Joint Using X-ray Phase Imaging
TOYOTA Shoji School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Statistical Science A Study Toward Practical Application of Domain Invariance Learning:
Domain Invariance Estimation with Coarse Labels and its Hyperparameter Selection
TIANYAN SHI School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Polar Science Exploring spatial and temporal characteristics of current Antarctic mass change
- Independent Component Analysis based on satellite geodetic data and numerical models -
GHALAMKARI Kazu School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Informatics Convex Manifold Approximation for Tensors
Piu Banerjee School of Life Science, Department of Genetics Study of Spontaneous Activity in the Peripheral Structure of Developing Mouse Somatosensory System
GOTO Takashi School of Life Science, Department of Basic Biology Auxin methylation during establishment and evolution of root nodule symbiosis
UEDA Hiromi School of Life Science, Department of Physiological Sciences Molecular mechanisms for metaplasticity in dendritic spines of hippocampal neurons

 

The recipients of 2022 Autumn Dean's Award

Award ceremony: September 28, 2022

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
RISHABH BAJPAI School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Accelerator Science Vibration Noise Study of KAGRA Cryogenic System
WU Pengzhou School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Statistical Science Treatment Effect Estimation and Bivariate Causal Discovery via Nonlinear ICA
HATTORI Akihisa School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Polar Science Investigation of GIA and Antarctic ice sheet mass change using satellite and in-situ geodetic measurements

AY 2021

The recipients of 2021 Spring Dean's Award

Award ceremony: March 24, 2022

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
LAJIABEN School of Cultural and Social Studies, Department of Regional Studies An Anthropological Study on the Transformation of Village Society and Life of Faith in Tibetan Amdo Region: A Case Study of BonSkor, Guinan County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China
KANTEEWONG THITIPOL School of Cultural and Social Studies, Department of Comparative Studies The Kong Puja Drum: A Musical Communication in the Community of Khon Muang, Nan Province, Thailand
GAO YANWEN School of Cultural and Social Studies, Department of Japanese Studies The Discursive Space of "Manchurian and Mongolian Settlement": Focusing on the Continental Settlement Literature
MITSUMOTO Masaya School of Physical Sciences, Department of Structural Molecular Science State-selective stabilization of adenosine A2A receptor by de novo design of protein structures
NIIMI Ryoko School of Physical Sciences, Department of Functional Molecular Science Development of Green Organic Transformations in Water Using Amphiphilic Resin-Supported Silver and Palladium Catalysts: Carbonyl-Selective Hydrogenation, Cyanide-Free Cyanation, and Mild Hydration of Nitriles
FUJITA Keiji School of Physical Sciences, Department of Fusion Science Study on impurity transport by global neoclassical simulation
MATSUMOTO Akira School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Particle and Nuclear Physics Numerical studies on topological aspects of gauge theories
HARADA Kazuharu School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Statistical Science Statistical estimation for causal relationships under sparsity and contamination
SAKURAI Akitada School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Informatics Symmetry breaking and its applications to quantum information processing
YAMAMOTO Kei School of Life Science, Department of Basic Biology Studies on the optogenetic tools to decrease the intracellular contractile force
SHIMODA Kakeru School of Life Science, Department of Physiological Sciences Role of Reactive Sulfur Species in Mitochondrial Quality Control and Ischemic Stress Resistance in Rodent Hearts
IKI Sakumi School of Advanced Sciences, Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems Social biases affecting self–other matching in Japanese macaques

 

The recipients of 2021 Autumn Dean's Award

Award ceremony: September 28, 2021

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
Nur Ika Puji Ayu School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Materials Structure Science Synthesis and Structural Studies on (Ba,Sr)3Ga(H,D)O4 and Ba2LiD3O Oxyhydrides
FUNGWACHARAKORN WACHARA School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Informatics Detecting and Resolving Counterintuitive Consequences in Law as Legal Debugging

AY 2020

The recipients of 2020 Spring Dean's Award

Award ceremony: March 24, 2021

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
MATSUI(YAGI) Fuki School of Cultural and Social Studies, Department of Comparative Studies Formation of Music of Kazakh Diaspora in Mongolia : A Case Study of the Musical Practices of Professional Performers
SONG QI School of Cultural and Social Studies, Department of Japanese Studies Shinto, Confucianism and Buddhism or "Three Teachings Thought" in the Late Edo Period: An Analysis of Form and Structure
IWAMI Hikaru School of Physical Sciences, Department of Structural Molecular Science Design and Construction of Water Oxidation Systems via Rational Assembly of Molecular Catalysts
YAMAZAKI Gaku School of Physical Sciences, Department of Fusion Science Corrosion mechanisms and suppression methods for fusion structural materials in FLiNaK containing hydrogen fluoride
HIRASAWA Mitsuaki School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Particle and Nuclear Physics Complex Langevin simulations of quantum systems with the sign problem
HARANO Takayuki School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Materials Structure Science Nano-scale heterogeneity of carbon chemical structures in structural materials studied by scanning transmission X-ray microscopy
BOUGIE NICOLAS BRUNO ALEXANDRE School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Informatics Efficient Reinforcement Learning through Improved Cognitive Capabilities
SAITO Raku School of Life Science, Department of Genetics Evolution, biochemical properties and single-molecule dynamics of transposon-encoded anti-silencing factor
MARUYAMA Shuki School of Life Science, Department of Physiological Sciences Anatomical and functional analysis of the human brain with magnetic resonance imaging at ultrahigh fields

 

The recipients of 2020 Autumn Dean's Award

Award ceremony: September 28, 2020

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
MURATA Naofumi School of Physical Sciences, Department of Space and Astronautical Science Development of fundamental mode orthogonal fluxgate magnetometer for future space science missions
Ashish Kumar School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Accelerator Science Study on 2K Heat Exchanger for Superfluid Helium Cryogenic Systems of Superconducting Accelerators
TAKADA Masaaki School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Statistical Science Sparse Regression for Correlated Variables
WAGA Masaki School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Informatics Empowering Runtime Verification with Polyhedra
TADA Ipputa School of Life Science, Department of Genetics Untargeted Metabolomics: Data Analysis Platform for All-Ion Fragmentation Mass Spectrometry
SUDA Hiraku School of Life Science, Department of Basic Biology Analysis of the memory system in Dionaea muscipula

AY 2019

The recipients of 2019 Spring Dean's Award

Award ceremony: March 24, 2020

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
LIU ZHENGYU School of Cultural and Social Studies, Department of Comparative Studies The Historical Ethnography of Food and Everyday Life in Chinese Urban Families: A Case Study of Tianjin under the Socialist System, 1949-2018
ICHII Shun School of Physical Sciences, Department of Functional Molecular Science Development of Efficient Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions Using a ppb to ppm Loading Amount of a Palladium NNC-Pincer Complex
ITO Hayato School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Accelerator Science Improvement of vortex penetration field by laminated thin-film structures for superconducting radio-frequency cavity
EBISU Takuma School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Informatics Integration of Rules and Embeddings for Knowledge Graph Completion
SHIMADA Ryuki School of Life Science, Department of Genetics The molecular dissection of NANOS2 function required for male germ cell differentiation
HARUWAKA Koichiro School of Life Science, Department of Physiological Sciences Dual effects of microglia on blood brain barrier permeability induced by systemic inflammation

 

The recipients of 2019 Autumn Dean's Award

Award ceremony: September 27, 2019

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
Andrade Silva Daniel Georg School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Statistical Science Bayesian Model Selection under Noise – From Statistical to Practical Significance

AY 2018

The recipients of 2018 Spring Dean's Award

Award ceremony: March 22, 2019

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
NAMUJIAFU School of Cultural and Social Studies, Department of Regional Studies Anthropological Study of Religious Revival among the Oirad in Xinjiang, China: Tulku the XIVth Shalivan Gegen Concerned in the Restoration of the Temples and Ova Ritual
SAKA Chihiro School of Cultural and Social Studies, Department of Japanese Studies From Old Hag in Hell to Guide to the Pure Land: An Examination of the Representation of Datsueba in Literature and Visual Imagery Together with Rituals and Worship Practices
PRADHAN GOURANGA CHARAN School of Cultural and Social Studies, Department of Japanese Studies Reception of Hōjōki in late nineteeieth and early twentieth century England and America: With a focus on Natsume Sōseki’s English translation of the work.
ENOMOTO Takafumi  School of Physical Sciences, Department of Structural Molecular Science Development of Photochemical Systems Based on Photoinduced Electron Transfer
KUMAGAI Kohki School of Physical Sciences, Department of Fusion Science Behaviors of Hydrogen Isotopes Produced by Neutron Nuclear Reactions in Molten Fluoride Salts
SHIBATA Takuma School of Physical Sciences, Department of Space and Astronautical Science Hybrid Contactless Micro Vibration Isolator Using the Flux Pinning and Magnetic Forces for High Precision Space Telescopes
KAWASHIMA Takayuki  School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Statistical Science Robust Regression Modeling with Sparsity
MICHAEL ROBERT HANKS School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Informatics Quantum Resource Engineering
FUKUDA Kurumi School of Life Science, Department of Genetics Analyses of gene regulatory networks involved in murine oocyte formation
OHASHI Rie School of Life Science, Department of Basic Biology Regulatory mechanisms of brain and neuronal functions revealed through comprehensive identification of mRNAs localized to dendrites by RNG105 (Caprin1)
CHEN, PEI -JU School of Advanced Sciences, Department of  Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems Histaminergic signaling underlies the early stages of color vision in the butterfly, Papilio xuthus

 

The recipients of 2018 Autumn Dean's Award

Award ceremony: September 28, 2018

 Name  Affiliation Doctoral thesis 
PONDCHANOK CHINAPANG School of Physical Sciences, Department of Structural Molecular Science Design and Construction of Framework Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution
BANDO Takahiro School of Physical Sciences, Department of Fusion Science Experimental study of MHD instabilities in deuterium plasma experiments of LHD
TRAN NGUYEN THUY NGAN School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Accelerator Science Study on Properties of Plastic Scintillators for Designing a Tissue- Equivalent LET Spectrometer
TAN ZHIJIAN School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Materials Structure Science The investigation of negative thermal expansion and magnetic structure in La0.5Ba0.5CoO3-X by neutron powder diffraction
OGAWA Tomohisa School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Department of Particle and Nuclear Physics Sensitivity to anomalous VVH couplings induced by dimension-6 operators at the ILC
FUJIWARA Yasunori  School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Polar Science Study on dust release of comets and their evolution by meteor observations with advanced technology

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