DATE2021.11.11 #Awards & Prizes

Ms. Yuki Okoda (Department of Physics) received the 16th L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Women Scientists Japan Encouragement Award for the year 2021.

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Yuki Ohkoda

Ms. Yuki Ohkoda, a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Physics, has been awarded the "L'Oreal-UNESCO Women Scientists Japan Encouragement Award. This award was established by L'Oreal Japan K.K. with the cooperation of the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, and is given annually to two female scientists in Japan who are enrolled in or planning to enroll in a doctoral course in the material or life sciences, from each of the above fields.

Ms. Ohkoda received the award in the field of material science, and the title of the award is "Uncovering the Beginnings of Stars and Planetary Systems through the Universe's Expanding Matter. Based on molecular distributions obtained from observations of the birthplace of stars with the ALMA telescope, Dr. OODA discovered that the disk structure, which is the basis of planetary systems, has already formed in protostars just after their birth. They also found that the protostars in this stage of their formation are accompanied by intense activity, such as large directional changes in outflows, using the molecular distributions characteristic of shock wave regions as a clue. These are all phenomena that had not been expected before, and have contributed to our understanding of the origin of the solar system by providing a new picture of the "beginnings" of stars and planetary systems. Dr. Ohkoda's research was highly evaluated not only for its significance in astronomy and astrophysics in understanding the formation process of stars and planetary systems and the evolution of matter in these systems, but also as an expansion of materials science research, and was honored with this award. We hope that Dr. Ohkoda will take this as an encouragement to continue to work actively in the future.

The 16th L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Women Scientists Japan Encouragement Award 2021
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(Responsibility: Professor Satoshi Yamamoto, Department of Physics)