List of 2023 Award Recipients

We hold the Academia Seminar at Kochi University annually as a series of research lectures by recipients of the Research Recognition Program.*
*Available on-demand since fiscal year 2018
*Recipients’ affiliations are as of the time of the award

2023 Award Recipients ( Click here for details)

Award for Outstanding Research Achievements

Department of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering—Professor Minoru Ikehara

Department of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering—Professor Minoru Ikehara

" Paleoceanography of the Southern Ocean: Quaternary Variations in the Southern Ocean as Revealed by Marine Geologic Surveys and Core Analysis "

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Young Faculty Research Excellence Award

[Campus-Only] Naohide Nakayama, Lecturer, Division of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Department of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering—Lecturer Naohide Nakayama

" A Taxonomically-Based Study of Deep-Sea Fish Diversity: Focusing on the Family Sarcopontidae of the Order Gadiformes

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Graduate Student Research Encouragement Award

Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Applied Natural Sciences 3rd-year Ph.D. student, Hikari Hino

Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Applied Natural Sciences, 3rd-year Ph.D. student, Hikari Hino

 " Geoscientific Analysis of Temporal Changes in the Structure and Composition of Seawater-Derived Manganese Crusts

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Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Medicine, Doctoral Program, 4th Year: Keiko Yamasaki

Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Medicine, Doctoral Program, 4th Year: Keiko Yamasaki

" Dose-response relationship between maternal urinary cotinine and placental weight, as well as the placental weight-to-birth weight ratio: From the Japan National Survey on Children’s Health and the Environment (ECHO Study)

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[For University Members Only] Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Marine Sciences, Master’s Program, 2nd Year: Rei Masamoto

Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Marine Sciences, Master’s Program, 2nd Year: Rei Masamoto

" Development of an Environmentally Friendly Method for Sulfide Synthesis Using Thioamide Derivatives "

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Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Marine Sciences Master's Program, 2nd Year: Fuyuma Taisei

Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Marine Sciences, Master’s Program, 2nd Year: Fuyuma Taisei

" Technological Applications of Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid Ion Complexes as Functional Biosupermolecular Components

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Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Marine Sciences First-Year Master's Student: Aito Akishiba

Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Marine Sciences, Master’s Program, 1st Year: Aito Akishiba

" The Origin of Rising Crustal Fluids in Southwest Japan

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Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Master's Program, 2nd Year: Maki Ohara

Graduate School of Integrated Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Master’s Program, 2nd Year: Maki Ohara 

 "Changes in the Focusing Function of the 'Zo' Conjunction"

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