Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipients
|
Year |
Name |
Research |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2001 |
Noyori Ryoji |
Research on chiral catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation reactions |
Professor, Graduate School of Science (at time of award) |
|
2008 |
Shimomura Osamu |
Discovery and development of green fluorescent protein GFP |
Doctor of Science (Nagoya University), former Associate Professor, School of Science |
Nobel Prize in Physics recipients
|
Year |
Name |
Research |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2008 |
Kobayashi Makoto |
Discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature |
Doctor of Science (Nagoya University) |
|
2008 |
Maskawa Toshihide |
Discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature |
Doctor of Science (Nagoya University), former Assistant, School of Science |
|
2014 |
Akasaki Isamu |
Invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources |
Doctor of Engineering (Nagoya University), former Professor, School of Engineering |
|
2014 |
Amano Hiroshi |
Invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources |
Doctor of Engineering (Nagoya University), Professor, Graduate School of Engineering (at time of award) |
Fields Medal recipients
|
Year |
Name |
Research |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1990 |
Mori Shigefumi |
Proof of the existence of minimal models in three-dimensional algebraic varieties |
Former Professor, School of Science |
Gairdner International Award recipients
|
Year |
Name |
Research |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2020 |
Takeuchi Masatoshi |
Discovery of cadherin cell adhesion molecules essential for multicellular organism formation and elucidation of their function |
Graduate of School of Science, completed master’s course at Graduate School of Science |
Gauss Prize recipients
|
Year |
Name |
Research |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2006 |
Ito Kiyoshi |
Founding of stochastic differential equation theory and stochastic analysis |
Former Associate Professor, School of Science |
Chern Medal recipients
|
Year |
Name |
Research |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2018 |
Kashiwara Masaki |
Established the theory of D-modules and contributed to the construction of algebraic analysis |
Former Associate Professor, School of Science |
Kyoto Prize recipients
|
Year |
Name |
Research |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1998 |
Ito Kiyoshi |
Significant contributions to stochastic analysis through founding stochastic differential equation theory with wide-ranging applications to various sciences |
Former Associate Professor, School of Science |
|
2009 |
Akasaki Isamu |
Contributions to the development of blue light-emitting devices through pioneering realization of gallium nitride pn junctions |
Doctor of Engineering (Nagoya University), former Professor, School of Engineering |
|
2018 |
Kashiwara Masaki |
Established the theory of D-modules and contributed to the construction of algebraic analysis |
Former Associate Professor, School of Science |
Japan Prize recipients
|
Year |
Name |
Research |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2005 |
Takeichi Masatoshi |
Fundamental contributions to elucidating the molecular mechanisms of cell adhesion |
Graduate of School of Science, completed master’s course at Graduate School of Science |
|
2019 |
Okamoto Yoshio |
Pioneering contributions to the precise synthesis of helical polymers and development of practical optical resolution materials for pharmaceuticals |
Former Professor, Graduate School of Engineering; Distinguished Visiting Professor (at time of award) |
Order of Cultural Merit recipients
|
Year |
Name |
Affiliation (during tenure) |
Specialty |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1954 |
Katsunuma Seizo |
School of Medicine, President |
Hematology, aviation medicine |
|
1963 |
Kuno Yasushi |
School of Medicine |
Physiology |
|
1984 |
Takahashi Shinji |
School of Medicine |
Radiology |
|
2000 |
Noyori Ryoji |
Graduate School of Science |
Reaction organic chemistry |
|
2007 |
Nakanishi Koji |
School of Science |
Organic chemistry |
|
2008 |
Ito Kiyoshi |
School of Science |
Mathematics |
|
2008 |
Kobayashi Makoto |
Graduate School of Science |
Particle physics |
|
2008 |
Shimomura Osamu |
School of Science |
Marine biology |
|
2008 |
Maskawa Toshihide |
School of Science |
Particle physics |
|
2009 |
Iijima Sumio |
School of Science |
Materials science |
|
2011 |
Akasaki Isamu |
School of Engineering |
Semiconductor electronic engineering |
|
2014 |
Amano Hiroshi |
Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability |
Electronic and electrical materials engineering |
|
2021 |
Okazaki Tsuneko |
School of Science |
Molecular biology |
|
2021 |
Mori Shigefumi |
School of Science |
Mathematics |
Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit
|
Year |
Name |
Affiliation (during tenure) |
Specialty |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1954 |
Katsunuma Seizo |
School of Medicine, President |
Hematology, aviation medicine |
|
1955 |
Shibusawa Motoharu |
President |
Electrical engineering |
|
1962 |
Shibata Yuji |
School of Science |
Inorganic chemistry |
|
1963 |
Kuno Yasushi |
School of Medicine |
Physiology |
|
1979 |
Takahashi Shinji |
School of Medicine |
Radiology |
|
1990 |
Hirata Yoshimasa |
School of Science |
Natural product chemistry |
|
1990 |
Mori Shigefumi |
School of Science |
Mathematics |
|
1998 |
Noyori Ryoji |
Graduate School of Science |
Organic chemistry |
|
1999 |
Nakanishi Koji |
School of Science |
Organic chemistry |
|
2001 |
Kishi Yoshito |
School of Agriculture |
Natural product organic chemistry |
|
2001 |
Kobayashi Makoto |
Graduate School of Science |
Particle physics |
|
2001 |
Maskawa Toshihide |
School of Science |
Particle physics |
|
2002 |
Shionoya Yuichi |
School of Economics |
Economic philosophy |
|
2003 |
Ito Kiyoshi |
School of Science |
Mathematics |
|
2004 |
Akasaki Isamu |
School of Engineering |
Semiconductor electronic engineering |
|
2004 |
Takeichi Masatoshi |
Graduate School of Science |
Developmental biology |
|
2008 |
Shimomura Osamu |
School of Science |
Marine biology |
|
2009 |
Sugiura Masahiro |
Gene Experiment Center |
Plant molecular biology, plant genomics |
|
2010 |
Tanaka Yasuo |
School of Science |
X-ray astronomy, academic promotion |
|
2014 |
Koike Kazuo |
School of Economics |
Labor economics |
|
2014 |
Amano Hiroshi |
Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability |
Electronic and electrical materials engineering |
|
2015 |
Okazaki Tsuneko |
School of Science |
Molecular biology |
|
2016 |
Shinozaki Kazuo |
Gene Experiment Center |
Plant molecular biology |
|
2018 |
Yamamoto Hisashi |
Graduate School of Engineering |
Organic chemistry, synthetic chemistry, biorelated chemistry |
|
2019 |
Kondo Takao |
Graduate School of Science |
Chronobiology |
Japan Academy Prize recipients
Imperial Prize
|
Year |
Name |
Affiliation (during tenure) |
Research |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1927 |
Shibata Yuji |
School of Science |
Spectroscopic study of metal complex salts |
|
1941 |
Kuno Yasushi |
School of Medicine |
Research on human perspiration |
|
1950 |
Sakata Shoichi |
School of Science |
Two-meson theory |
|
1951 |
Toyama Nobuyuki |
School of Engineering |
Research on oils and fats, especially marine animal oils |
|
1956 |
Shikata Masumi |
School of Agriculture |
Research on polarography |
|
1960 |
Yamazaki Kazuo |
School of Science |
Wall paintings of Daigoji five-story pagoda |
|
1967 |
Yoshida Kosaku |
School of Science |
Research on modern analysis |
|
1970 |
Nakamura Hidetaka |
School of Letters |
Research on Japanese-Korean relations history |
|
1977 |
Takahashi Shinji |
School of Medicine |
Research on X-ray biopathological anatomy |
|
1978 |
Ito Kiyoshi |
School of Science |
Research on stochastic differential equations |
|
1990 |
Nakanishi Koji |
School of Science |
Research on the structure and biological function of functional natural organic compounds |
|
1999 |
Kishi Yoshito |
School of Agriculture |
Organic chemical research on marine natural compounds |
|
2014 |
Akasaki Isamu |
School of Engineering |
Creation of high-quality GaN-based nitride semiconductor single crystals and invention of p-n junction blue light-emitting devices |
Japan Academy Prize
|
Year |
Name |
Affiliation (during tenure) |
Research |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1926 |
Katsunuma Seizo |
School of Medicine, President |
Histological research on oxidase |
|
1933 |
Oguchi Tadahito |
School of Medicine |
Research on Oguchi’s disease |
|
1950 |
Nagura Shigeo |
School of Medicine |
Research on so-called osteochondritis |
|
1954 |
Nakayama Tadashi |
School of Science |
Research on ring theory and representation theory |
|
1954 |
Ono Katsuji |
School of Science |
Research on relay-type electronic statistical computers |
|
1957 |
Noda Inakichi |
School of Engineering |
Research on synthetic mica |
|
1958 |
Matsumura Hiroshi |
School of Letters |
Research on Eiga monogatari |
|
1958 |
Sugawara Takeshi |
School of Science |
Geochemical research on material migration and circulation mechanisms by water |
|
1963 |
Sekiguchi Harujiro |
School of Engineering |
Research on steel welding rods and carbon dioxide oxygen arc welding methods |
|
1966 |
Udaka Shigezo |
School of Agriculture |
Research on amino acid production by fermentation |
|
1968 |
Miyakawa Masasumi |
School of Medicine |
Research on germ-free animals |
|
1976 |
Yamamoto Tokio |
School of Science |
Genetic and developmental physiological research on fish sex differentiation |
|
1977 |
Takahashi Shinji |
School of Medicine |
Research on X-ray biopathological anatomy |
|
1977 |
Hirata Yoshimasa |
School of Science |
Research on trace natural organic substances |
|
1977 |
Kagawa Ikumi |
School of Engineering |
Research on polyelectrolytes (joint research) |
|
1977 |
Nagasawa Mitsuru |
School of Engineering |
Research on polyelectrolytes (joint research) |
|
1980 |
Atsuji Yoshio |
School of Letters |
The method of Simmel sociology |
|
1982 |
Yagi Kunio |
School of Medicine |
Research on flavin enzymes |
|
1990 |
Mori Shigefumi |
School of Science |
Research on classification theory of algebraic varieties |
|
1991 |
Shionoya Yuichi |
School of Economics |
The structure of value concepts: utility versus rights |
|
1991 |
Hayakawa Sachio |
School of Science, President |
Research on cosmic rays |
|
1992 |
Osawa Shozo |
School of Science |
Discovery of exceptional genetic codes and elucidation of their evolutionary significance |
|
1992 |
Ishizaki Hiroki |
School of Science |
Chemical and molecular biological research on silkworm brain neuropeptides (joint research) |
|
1994 |
Imura Toru |
School of Engineering |
Research on plastic deformation of metals by in-situ observation with ultra-high voltage electron microscopy (joint research) |
|
1995 |
Noyori Ryoji |
School of Science |
Research on asymmetric synthetic reactions |
|
1996 |
Takeichi Masatoshi |
Graduate School of Science |
Research on the discovery of animal cell adhesion factor cadherin and its adhesion mechanism |
|
1997 |
Yamaji Hideo |
School of Science |
Creation of the Yamaji rule in metal complex spectroscopy and research on coordination structures |
|
2002 |
Sato Shoichi |
Graduate School of Letters |
Monasteries and peasants: the formation of the medieval Loire region as seen from accounting documents |
|
2007 |
Yamamoto Hisashi |
Graduate School of Engineering |
Development of chemical reactivity and physical properties utilizing the high coordination ability of organic typical element compounds (joint research) |
|
2008 |
Nagai Yoshiyuki |
School of Medicine |
Elucidation of the molecular basis of paramyxovirus pathogenicity and creation of new expression vectors |
|
2008 |
Fujiyoshi Yoshinori |
School of Science |
Structural determination of membrane proteins through the development of cryogenic electron microscopy |
|
2009 |
Ando Takaho |
Graduate School of Economics |
The establishment of French liberalism: intellectual history of the public sphere |
|
2012 |
Nakanishi Satoshi |
Graduate School of Economics |
Maritime capitalists: kitamaebune and Japan’s industrialization |
|
2013 |
Tatsumi Kazuyuki |
Institute for Materials Research |
Research on bioinorganic chemistry of the active centers of reductive metal enzymes |
|
2014 |
Kondo Takao |
Graduate School of Science |
Reconstitution of the cyanobacterial circadian clock and research on timekeeping mechanisms |
|
2014 |
Okamoto Yoshio |
Graduate School of Engineering |
Research on the precise synthesis, structure, and function of helical polymers |
|
2016 |
Miyamoto Kenichi |
School of Economics |
Theory of postwar Japanese pollution history |
|
2023 |
Shinozaki Kazuo |
Gene Experiment Center |
Research on control networks for plant environmental stress response and tolerance acquisition (joint research) |
|
2024 |
Ueda Ryuzo |
Graduate School of Medicine |
Translational research for antibody drug development for adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma |
Japan Academy Edinburgh Medal recipients
|
Year |
Name |
Affiliation |
Research |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2016 |
Matsuoka Makoto |
BioScience Center |
Research on plant hormone gibberellin contributing to species conservation and plant diversity as well as food production improvement |
Medal with Purple Ribbon recipients
|
Year |
Name |
Year |
Name |
Year |
Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1957 |
Masui Kiyoshi |
1971 |
Yamamoto Tokio |
1973 |
Ueda Ryoji |
|
1973 |
Fushimi Koji |
1974 |
Takaki Kentaro |
1975 |
Yamamoto Kenzo |
|
1976 |
Suematsu Genroku |
1977 |
Sakaki Yonichiro |
1977 |
Ashida Atsushi |
|
1978 |
Ishii Yoshiro |
1979 |
Isono Kenji |
1985 |
Osawa Fumio |
|
1985 |
Fukui Takashi |
1986 |
Hayakawa Sachio |
1990 |
Saito Tetsuo |
|
1991 |
Akazawa Takashi |
1991 |
Imura Toru |
1992 |
Yamada Kazuo |
|
1993 |
Higuchi Keiji |
1993 |
Onishi Hideji |
1995 |
Nagatsu Toshiji |
|
1997 |
Akasaki Isamu |
1998 |
Iida Tsuneo |
1999 |
Izumi Yusuke |
|
1999 |
Sugiyama Tatsuo |
2000 |
Okazaki Tsuneko |
2000 |
Iwahara Hiroiku |
|
2001 |
Yamashita Koya |
2001 |
Nagai Yoshiyuki |
2002 |
Okamoto Yoshio |
|
2002 |
Mita Ichiro |
2002 |
Yamamoto Hisashi |
2003 |
Itakura Fumitada |
|
2006 |
Doke Kisshi |
2007 |
Fukui Yasuo |
2008 |
Isobe Minoru |
|
2009 |
Uemura Daisuke |
2010 |
Ikuta Koji |
2011 |
Kondo Takao |
|
2012 |
Matsumoto Kunihiro |
2012 |
Murase Hiroshi |
2013 |
Kawamoto Kunihito |
|
2014 |
Sato Kenichi |
2015 |
Ozawa Masanao |
2015 |
Fukuda Toshio |
|
2016 |
Shinohara Hisanori |
2016 |
Matsuoka Makoto |
2017 |
Yashima Eiji |
|
2017 |
Mori Ikue |
2017 |
Kaibuchi Kozo |
2020 |
Takahashi Masahide |
|
2021 |
Baba Yoshinobu |
2022 |
Hori Masaru |
2023 |
Sakakibara Hitoshi |
|
2024 |
Torii Keiko |
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