JSPS awards for eminent scientists

List of Recipients of JSPS Award for Eminent Scientists

FY2009 Awardees

Name	Nationality Year of birth	Affiliation Position	Field	Prizes/Awards	Host Institution	Tenure
Antoine Compagnon	FRANCE 1950	Collège de France Professor	Modern and Contemporary French Literature	Criticism Prize of French Academy (2006)	Kyoto University	2009

FY2008 Awardees

Name	Nationality Year of birth	Affiliation Position	Field	Prizes/Awards	Host Institution	Tenure
James Dewey Watson	USA 1928	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Chancellor	Molecular Biology	The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962)	National Institute of Natural Sciences, NINS	2008
Joan Argetsinger Steitz	USA 1941	Yale University Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry Professor	Molecular Biology	Albany Medical Center Prize (2008)	National Institute of Natural Sciences, NINS	2008
Serge Daan	Netherlands 1940	University of Groningen Professor	Environmental Physiology, Chronobiology, Behavioral Biology	International Prize for Biology(2006)	Hokkaido University	2008-2009
Maxim Kontsevich	Russia 1964	I.H.E.S.( Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques) France Professor	Geometry, Algebra, Global Analysis	Fields Medal (1998)	Keio University	2008-2010

FY2007 Awardees

Name	Nationality Year of birth	Affiliation Position	Field	Prizes/Awards	Host Institution	Tenure
Pierre Marcel Paul Toubert	France 1932	College de France Professor	History of Western Mediterranean in Middle Ages	Prix International Galileo Galilei(1975) Medaille d'argent du C.N.R.S.(1975)	Nagoya University	2007
Tsung-Dao Lee	USA 1926	Department of Physics, Columbia University Professor	Particle and Nuclear Physics Theory	The Nobel Prize in Physics(1957)	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK	2007

FY 2006 Awardees

Name	Nationality Year of birth	Affiliation Position	Field	Prizes/Awards	Host Institution	Tenure
Gerardus 'tHooft	Netherlands 1946	Spinoza Institute, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University Professor	Theoretical Particle Physics	The Nobel Prize in Physics (1996)	Nagoya University	2006
Yoichiro Nambu	USA 1921	Department of Physics and Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago Professor Emeritus	Elementary Particle Theory	Wolf Prize (1994/95) Order of Culture (Japan) (1978)	Kyoto University	2006
Robin Warren	Australia 1937	Royal Perth Hospital Pathologist	Pathology	The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2005)	Oita University	2006-2008
Barry Marshall	Australia 1951	NHMRC Helicobacter pylori Research Laboratory, QEII Medical Center; University of Western Australia NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow	Internal Medicine Gastroenterology	The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2005)	Oita University	2006-2008

FY 2005 Awardees

Name	Nationality Year of birth	Affiliation Position	Field	Prizes/Awards	Host Institution	Tenure
Takashi Asano	USA 1937	University of California at Davis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor	Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering	Stockholm Water Prize (2001)	Public Works Research Institute	2005-2007
Hiroo Kanamori	Japan 1936	California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory Professor	Geophysics and Planetary Physics	Arthur L. Day Prize (1993) Japan Academy Prize (2004)	Kyoto University	2005-2006
Wilfried H Brutsaert	USA 1934	Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor	Hydrology, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Water Resourses Engineering, Environmental Fluid Mechanics	Jule G. Charney Award (2003)	Tsukuba University	2005-2007
Gilbert Stork	USA 1921	Columbia University, Department of Chemistry Emeritus Professor	Organic Synthesis	Wolf Prize, Islael (1996) Robert A. Welch Award (1993)	Tokyo Institute of Technology	2005
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov	USA 1928	Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Science Division Distinguished Scientist	Solid State Theoretical Physics	The Nobel Prize in Physics (2003)	Tsukuba University	2005

FY 2004 Awardees

Name	Nationality Year of birth	Affiliation Position	Field	Prizes/Awards	Host Institution	Tenure
Martin David Kruskal	USA 1925	Rutgers University, Department of Mathematics Professor	Global AnalysisMathematical Physics	Daniel Heineman Prize in Mathematical Physics (1983) Presidents's National Medal of Science (1993)	Tokyo University	2004
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes	France 1932	Collège de France, Pysique de la matière condensée Professor	Soft matter physics	The Nobel Prize in Physics (1991)	Ochanomizu University	2004 −2006
Peter Agre	USA 1949	Johns Hopkins University school of Medicine, Department of Biological Chemistry Professor	Water channels in cell membranes	The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2003)	Niigata University	2004 −2006
Stanley B. Prusiner	USA 1942	University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases Professor	Neurology Biochemistry	The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1997)	Gifu University	2004,2006
Dudley Robert Herschbach	USA 1932	Harvard University, Chemistry Department Professor	Molecular dynamics of chemical reactions using molecular beams Theory on electronic structures Theory and experiment for orienting molecules	The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1986)	Osaka University	2004 −2005

FY 2003 Awardees

Name	Nationality Year of birth	Affiliation Position	Field	Prizes/Awards	Host Institution	Tenure
Icko Iben Jr.	USA 1931	University of Illinois Emeritus Distinguished Professor Member of United State National Academy of Science	Astronomy and Astrophysics	Henry Norris Russell Lecturer, American Astronomical Society (1989) Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, London (1990)	Hokkaido University	2003 −2004
Jean-Marie Lehn	France 1939	University of Louis Pasteur Professor	Supramolecular Chemistry	The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1987)	Kyushu University	2003 −2005
Aaron Ciechanover	Israel 1947	Department of Biochemistry and the Rappaport Institute for Research, in the Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Professor	Biochemistry, especially physiology and pathology of the ubiquitin-proteolytic pathway	The Albert and Mary Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2000) EMET Prize (2002)	Osaka City University	2003 −2005
Amartya Kumar Sen	India 1933	Trinity College Master	Economic Philosophy Ethics	The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1998)	Ritsumeikan University	2003 −2004