Dr. Naoya Shibata was presented the 2013 Sir Martin Wood Prize at the 2013 “Millennium Science Forum,” organized by Oxford Instruments and held at the British Embassy in Tokyo on Wednesday, Nov. 13.
The Millennium Science Forum was established in 1998 to promote scientific exchange between Britain and Japan and to award a prize to a young researcher from a Japanese University or research institute who has performed outstanding research in the area of condensed matter science.
The prize is named after Sir Martin Wood, Founder and Honorary President of Oxford Instruments plc.
Previous winners of the “Sir Martin Wood Prize” are Dr. Yasunobu Nakamura of NEC Corporation, Dr. Tokushi Kizuka, Nagoya University, Dr. Katsuya Shimizu, Osaka University, Dr. Keiya Shirahama, Keio University, Dr. Ichiro Terasaki, Waseda University, Dr. Toshimasa Fujisawa, from NTT basic research laboratories, Dr. Yuzo Ohno, Tohoku University, Dr. Tsuyoshi Kimura, Osaka University, Dr. Kazutomo Suenaga, AIST, Dr. Akira Ohtomo, Tohoku University, Dr. Yousoo Kim, RIKEN, Dr. Shuichi Murakami,Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dr. Yukio Kawano, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Dr. Daichi Chiba, Kyoto University.
The Sir Martin Wood Prize selection committee consists of 8 senior professors from Japanese universities and is chaired by Professor Hidetoshi Fukuyama from Tokyo University of Science.
The winner receives ¥500,000 in cash and the opportunity to give a series of lectures in British universities, including Oxford University.
Shibata, Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo, was given the prize for his work on development of an advanced scanning transmission electron microscope for material science research. Shibata was awarded the prize by British Ambassador Tim Hitchins and gave a lecture at the Millennium Science Forum.
Guest speakers at the event were Professor Seigo Tarucha from the University of Tokyo and Sir Peter Williams, Chairman, Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation and former Vice President and Treasurer of the Royal Society.
