Japan Prize Laureates

Laureates of the Japan Prize

Year Field Photo Name (b.-d.) Achievements
[Nationality]Affiliation (Titles at the time)
2024 Resources, Energy, the Environment, and Social Infrastructure Photo

Prof. Sir Brian J. Hoskins (1945-)

Establishment of a scientific foundation for understanding and predicting extreme weather events
[UK] Professor, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading
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Prof. John Michael Wallace (1940-)

[USA] Professor Emeritus, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
Medical Science and Pharmaceutical Science Photo

Prof. Ronald M. Evans (1949-)

Discovery of the nuclear hormone receptor family and its application to drug development
[USA] Professor, Director of Gene Expression Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
2023
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Electronics, Information, and Communication Photo

Prof. Masataka Nakazawa(1952-)

Distinguished contributions to global long-distance, high-capacity optical fiber network through the development of semiconductor laser pumped optical amplifier
[Japan] Distinguished Professor/Specially Appointed Professor, Tohoku University
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Mr. Kazuo Hagimoto(1955-)

[Japan] Principal Researcher, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Life Sciences Photo

Prof. Gero Miesenböck(1965-)

The development of methods that use genetically addressable light-sensitive membrane proteins to unravel neural circuit function
[Austria] Waynflete Professor of Physiology, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford
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Prof. Karl Deisseroth(1971-)

[USA] Professor, Departments of Bioengineering and Psychiatry,
and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford University
2022
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Materials and Production Photo

Prof. Katalin Karikó (1955-)

For pioneering research contributing to the development of mRNA vaccines
[Hungary, USA] Senior Vice President, BioNTech SE
Adjunct Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Professor, University of Szeged
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Prof. Drew Weissman (1959-)

[USA] Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Director Penn Institute for RNA Innovation
Biological Production, Ecology/Environment Photo

Prof. Christopher Field (1953-)

For outstanding contributions to estimation of global biospheric productivity and climate change science using advanced formulas based on observation
[USA] Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
2021
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Resources, Energy, Environment, Social Infrastructure Photo

Prof. Martin A. Green (1948-)

Development of High-Efficiency Silicon Photovoltaic Devices
[Australia] Professor, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
Medical Science, Medicinal Science Photo

Prof. Bert Vogelstein (1949-)

For their pioneering work in conceptualizing a multi-step model of carcinogenesis and its application and impact on improving cancer diagnosis and therapy
[USA] Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Dr. Robert A. Weinberg (1942-)

[USA] Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2020
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Electronics, Information, and Communication Photo

Prof. Robert G. Gallager (1931-)

Pioneering contribution to information and coding theory
[USA] Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Life Science Photo

Dr. Svante Pääbo (1955-)

Pioneering contributions to paleoanthropology through decoding ancient human genome sequences
[Sweden] Director, Department of Evolutionary Genetics Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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