Condensed-Matter Science Prize – Open the Future of Condensed-Matter Science in Japan

Condensed-Matter Science Prize is a prize established in 2006 by the donation from Profs. Jun Akimitsu and Hidetoshi Fukuyama to encourage the young researchers in condensed matter science.

	Name (Affiliation at time of award)
1^st Award 2006	Satoru Nakatsuji (The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo) “Development of new materials with geometrical frustration” Shuichi Murakami (Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) “Theoretical studies on spin Hall effect”
2^nd Award 2007	Dai Aoki (CEA-Grenoble) “Discovery of heavy electron superconductors with uranium and transuranic elements” Hitoshi Seo (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) “Theoretical studies on charge orderings in organic conductors”
3^rd Award 2008	Yoichi Kamihara (JST) “Discovery of iron Pnictides high temperature superconductors “ Akihisa Koga (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University) “Theoretical studies on dimer spins with diagonal bonds and Mott transition in multi-orbital systems”
4^th Award 2009	Daichi Chiba (Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University) “Studies on electric field effects in ferromagnetic semiconductors” Hosho Katsura (JSPS Overseas Research Fellow) “Theoretical studies on magnetic ferroelectrics”
5^th Award 2010	Takayuki Kiss (Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University) “Development of photoemission spectroscopy with ultra-high resolution” Michikazu Kobayashi (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo) “Theoretical studies on quantum turbulence”
6^th Award 2011	Kentaro Kitagawa (The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo) “Development of ultra-high pressure cell for NMR measurements and its application to studies on physical properties”
7^th Award 2012	Atsushi Tsukazaki (Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo) “Fabrication of high quality ZnO thin films and their application to oxide electronics” Shinsei Ryu (The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign) “Establishment of the systematics of electronic states in solids in terms of topology”
8^th Award 2013	Kenichi Uchida (Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University) “Discovery of Spin Seebeck effect and contribution to the developments of physics on spin and thermal currents” Yuki Fuseya (Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications) “Theoretical studies on Dirac electrons and their quantum transport phenomena in solids”
9^th Award 2014	Satoru Matsuishi (Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo Institute of Technology) “Creation of functional electride hydride” Takeshi Mizushima (Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University) “Theoretical study of topological superfluidity and superconductivity”
10^th Award 2015	Fumitaka Kagawa (RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science) “Study of strongly correlated electron systems in molecular solids” Akihito Ishizaki (Research Center of Integrative Molecular Systems, Institute for Molecular Science) “Theory of real-time quantum dissipative dynamics and its application to photosynthesis initial process”
11^th Award 2016	Kazuhiko Maeda (Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology) “Development of a new photocatalytic system to realize water decomposition by visible light”
12^th Award 2017	Masayuki Suda (Institute for Molecular Science) “Mott insulator-superconductor phase control using molecular photoisomerization reaction” Haruki Watanabe (School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) “Study on topology of band structure using space group”
13^th Award 2018	Yoshikazu Mizuguchi (Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University) “Development and mechanism elucidation of layered chalcogenide superconductors” Takeshi Kawasaki (Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University) “Theoretical study on structure and dynamics of supercooled liquids”
14^th Award 2019	Shunichiro Kittaka (The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo) “Determination of the Superconducting Gap Structures by Precise Specific Heat Measurements at Very Low Temperature” Hideyuki Mizuno (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo) “Theoretical Study on the Hierarchical Structures of the Mechanical Properties of Glass”
15^th Award 2020	Shintaro Taie (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University) “Quantum simulation of condensed matter physics with ytterbium cold atoms” Joji Nasu (Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University) “Theoretical study on thermodynamic properties and dynamics of Kitaev quantum spin liquids”
16^th Award 2021	Masaki Uchida (School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology) “Elucidation of quantized conducting states in Dirac semimetal thin films” Terumasa Tadano (Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials, National Institute for Materials Science) “First-principles study of finite-temperature anharmonic phonon properties”
17^th Award 2022	Kenji Yasuda (Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) “Creation of two-dimensional ferroelectricity by stacking engineering” Yusuke Nomura (Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University) “Research on quantum many-body systems using machine learning methods”
18^th Award 2023	Jun Yoneda (Tokyo Tech Academy for Super Smart Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology) “High fidelity silicon spin qubits and their applications” Satoru Hayami (Department of Physics, Hokkaido University) “Development of multipole representation in correlated electron systems and its application to cross-correlation response”