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AWARDS Annual Review 2018 AWARDS Annual Review 2018 Director General Maki Kawai Received Medal with Purple Ribbon Honor in Autumn 2017 It is our great pleasure to report here that our Director General Maki Kawai was awarded Medal with Purple Ribbon Honor in autumn 2017. This medal is one of the prizes given by the Emperor to those who outstandingly contributed to the academic, artistic, technological, or sports achievements. She graduated from the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo in 1975 and received a PhD degree (Rigaku Hakushi) in 1980. She became chief scientist, director of Surface Chemistry Laboratory in Riken (Shunin Kenkyu-in) in 1991, professor at the University of Tokyo in 2004, executive direc tor of Riken (Riji) in 2010, and sentative researcher in Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on eventually came to IMS as director general in 2016. Priority Areas of “Surface Chemistry of Condensed Molecules” She has extensively been investigating surface physical and “Electron Transport through a Molecule at Metal Electrode” chemistry such as catalytic reactions on solid surfaces, thin and in JST Presto of “Structures and Control of Interfaces.” In film growth of functional metal oxides, thermophysics and these projects, she also promoted trainings of young scientists dynamics of surface adsorbed molecules, surface single mol- with an excellent leadership. She has also devoted her efforts ecule spectroscopy, single molecule reaction control, and so to tremendous number of government committee members as forth. She has provided numerous pioneering academic achieve- Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters Experts Committee ments that are now well known fundamental concepts in (Cabinet Office, 2003–2007), Sciences Council Committee surface chemistry and physics. (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Tech- During her stay at Riken and the University of Tokyo, she nology, 2004–2005), Education Rebuilding Council (Cabinet established a new scientific field of “nanomolecular science” Office, 2013– )etc . to give important scientific and techno- on atomically well-defined solid surfaces. She exploited logical suggestions. Especially, in Intellectual Property Strategy vibrational action spectroscopy and reaction control methodol- Headquarters Experts Committee during the period of Prime ogy of single molecules; using scanning tunnel microscopy Minister Koizumi Junichiro, she claimed importance of scien- (STM), chemical reactions of single molecules were success- tific and technological innovations leading to the present fully realized by exciting the adsorbed molecules electroni- strategies in Japanese scientific and technological policies. In cally and/or vibrationally, and furthermore as vibrational Education Rebuilding Council, she contributed significantly to spectroscopy of single molecules, action spectroscopy was the summaries of proposals concerning many kinds of contem- developed by monitoring the probabilities of chemical reac- porary issues as children bullying in compulsory educational tions as a function of the kinetic energy of incident electrons. schools, reforms in bridging between high schools and univer- These methodologies are now well known techniques through- sities etc. Moreover, she worked quite actively also in foreign out the world for the dynamical analysis of adsorbed mol- countries as Chair of Surface Science Division in International ecules on solid surfaces. Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications In the next stage, she has devoted her efforts to lower (IUVSTA), a committee member of European Research Council energy and more highly resolved spectroscopy of single (for evaluation of large scale budgets), an evaluation commit- molecules. She succeeded in the observation of electron spin tee member of Fritz-Haber-Institut in Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. resonant excitations of paramagnetic single molecules adsorbed Although Japanese researchers seldom work as members in on surfaces. This achievement is highly praised as a construc- these western committees, she has made valuable contributions tion of a new scientific field of surface single molecular to the developments of these international scientific com- magnetism. In her sequential studies, she found a switching of munities and to important international presence of Japan as magnetic anisotropy in Fe phthalocyanine molecules and well. discovered a peculiar Kondo effect in which orbital magnetic Director General Maki Kawai has been engaged in deep- moments participate as well as spin magnetic moments. Espe- ening of scientific principles based on physical chemistry and cially, the latter finding gave a great influence to the field of exploiting analytical methodology, has led nanomolecular solid state physics. We will here deeply respect her strong science all over the world, has devoted efforts to training belief and consequent achievements to pursue lower energy young scientists, international relationship in research environ- and higher resolution in single molecular spectroscopy for the ments, and enrichment and development of education. She is investigations of different scientific fields of chemical reac- definitelya rare researcher who can play an important role in tions and solid state physics using a unique method of scan- scientific governmental administration, overlooking Japanese ning tunnel microscopy. scientific communities from an international view point. She So far she has been awarded for many times, especially was awarded Medal with Purple Ribbon Honor in autumn CSJ (Chemical Society of Japan) Award 2008, IUPAC 2015 2017 for these reasons. Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, We will be courteously pleased with her present decora- Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award 2015, AVS (American Vacuum tion and will expect her excellent perspective decisions in the Society) Medard W Welch Award 2016, 5th Diels-Planck- administration of Institute for Molecular Science as well as Lecture Award etc. In the meanwhile, she worked as a repre- further development of IMS. Congratulations. 113 AWARDS 2018 Wolf Prize in Chemistry “Pioneering Reticular Chemistry via Metal-Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Framework” The 2018 Wolf Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Professor Makoto Fujita for his research on metal-guided synthesis and “for conceiving metal-directed assembly prin- ciples leading to large highly porous complexes.” Professor Fujita introduced the concept of “metal-guided synthesis” or “metal-directed self-assembly” for creating large, stable cyclic and three-dimensional molecular struc- tures. The 3D structures form a regular “cage” that can be used as “containers” for other molecules. One revolutionary crystallized sample. This method, also known as the “crystal- application of these structures is to capture other molecules line sponge method,” should make a paradigm shift in a wide within those spaces allowing the use of standard X-ray crystal- variety of scientific fields. lography to determine structures without the need to obtain a OHMORI, Kenji Hiroshi Takuma Memorial Prize of Matsuo Foundation Photo-Molecular Science “Development of Coherent Control with Attosecond Precision and Its Applications” The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Prizes for Science and Technology Research Category “Development of Coherent Control with Attosecond Precision and Its Applications” NOBUSADA, Katsuyuki The HPCI Research Project Award for Excellent Achievement Theoretical and Computational “Computational Design of Functional Fields with Novel Optical Properties Induced by Molecular Science Near-Field Light Excitation” SUGIMOTO, Toshiki Morino Foundation for Molecular Science 2018 Materials Molecular Science “Emergent Properties and Dynamics of Molecular Aggregates Induced by Inversion- Symmetry Breaking at Solid Surfaces” KOBAYASHI, Genki The 39th Honda Memorial Young Researcher Award Materials Molecular Science “Study on Ion Conductive Materials for Next-Generation Energy Devices” KOGA, Nobuyasu Morino Foundation for Molecular Science 2018 Research Center of Integrative “Studies on Design Principle for Ideal Protein Structures” Molecular Systems TAIRA, Takunori The Commendation for Lazer Advancement of Taizan Prize Center for Mesoscopic Sciences “Pioneer Work in Downsizing of Solid-State Lasers and Nonlinear Optics” NAGASAKA, Masanari The 10th Young Scientist Awards of the Japan Society for Molecular Science Photo-Molecular Science “Operando Observation of Liquid and Liquid–Liquid Interface by Soft X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy” IWAYAMA, Hiroshi The 19th Young Scientist Awards of the Atomic Collision Society of Japan UVSOR Synchrotron Facility “Interaction and Relaxation Process of Rare Gas Clusters Irradiated by Intense EUV- FEL Pulses” YAGI-UTSUMI, Maho The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientists '18 Life and Coordination-Complex “NMR Characterization of Conformational Dynamics and Molecular Assemblies of Molecular Science Proteins” ANDO, Jun Young Scientist Presentation Award of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan 2017 Life and Coordination-Complex “Alkyne-Tag SERS Screening for Identifying Small-Molecule-Binding Sites in Molecular Science Proteins” 114 Annual Review 2018 OSAKO, Takao Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2018 Life and Coordination-Complex Molecular Science HAMASAKA, Go Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan Life and Coordination-Complex “Development
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