The President’s Award for 2020 has been decided | Saitama University

The President’s Award for 2020 has been decided.

2024/11/3

The Saitama University President’s Award is a system established in 2017 with the purpose of recognizing faculty and staff members who have made outstanding achievements in their duties and social contributions. The recipients of the 2020 President’s Award (President’s Award, President’s Encouragement Award (Education), President’s Encouragement Award (Research), and President’s Special Award (Mizuki Award)) have been decided as follows.

[President’s Award]

Masashi Toyoda
Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Academic results related to information transmission mechanisms in plants
Adoption of ERATO project, acquisition of large-scale competitive funding such as Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Ken Kawamoto
Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, led the JST-JICA International Science and Technology Cooperation Project for Global Issues (SATREPS) (H29-R5) project, achieved excellent educational and research results, and contributed to improving Vietnam’s science, technology and research capabilities. contribution

Recipient name	Affiliation/Job title	Main achievements

[President Encouragement Award (Education)]

Chiaki Takeda
Faculty of Education Professor 2020 Local Education Administration Merit Award

Recipient name	Affiliation/Job title	Main achievements

[President Encouragement Award (Research)]

Kagehito Kiyama
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Received the 2023 Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Encouragement Award (Research)
Tomohisa Kojima
ASME, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology
GEOWidera Literature Award Winner
Shoichi Yamaguchi
Graduate School of Science and Engineering Professor won the 8th International Academic Award for Molecular Science
Wang Qingyue
Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Recipient of the Atmospheric Environment Society Academic Award (Kyoshi Saito Award)

Recipient name	Affiliation/Job title	Main achievements

[President’s Special Award (Mizuki Award)]

BJOERK TOVE JOHANNA
Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences Contributed as an introducer of Kabuki culture to foreign-speaking countries, and played an active role as a female researcher who led the globalization of early modern Japanese literature.

Recipient name	Affiliation/Job title	Main achievements

Commendation Day: November 3, 2016
Commendation Ceremony November 15, 2016

(Types of president’s awards and recipients)
(1) President’s Award
Persons who fall under any of the following
A. Persons who have achieved results that are recognized by society by receiving prestigious awards.
(b) Persons who have received particularly high social recognition, such as receiving awards from public institutions, etc., for their social contributions, etc.
(c) Other persons who are deemed worthy of commendation due to achievements equivalent to those in (a) or (b).
(2) President’s Encouragement Award (Education)
Persons recognized as having made outstanding achievements in educational activities
(3) President’s Encouragement Award (Research)
Persons recognized as having made outstanding achievements in research activities
(4) President’s Encouragement Award (Business Improvement)
Persons who have made remarkable achievements in improving and increasing efficiency in business operations.
(5) President’s Special Award (Mizuki Award)
A female researcher who is recognized for her outstanding achievements in education and research activities and is active as a female researcher leader.