The Society for a Bright Future for Female Scientists (Chairman Mizuho Ishida) won the 2017 Saruhashi Prize for female researchers who have achieved outstanding research results in the field of natural science. (Aya) I chose Associate Professor (42).In 2012, Associate Professor Ishihara detected the world's first high-energy elementary particle "neutrino" that came from space.
According to the Society for the Bright Future for Female Scientists, they have participated in the international experiment "Ice Cube" that uses the huge ice sheet of the Antarctic as an observation device since its construction in 2004, and detected high-energy neutrinos in 2012. Successful. In 2013, he was the first Japanese to receive the Young Award from the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics in the field of cosmic ray and particle astrophysics.
Researchers from 12 countries around the world participate in the ice cube experiment, and Associate Professor Ishihara energetically pursued research as one of the core members even after the detection of neutrinos, and made various new findings in this field. The addition was highly appreciated.
Neutrinos travel straight to the galaxy billions of light-years away without significantly losing energy.Astronomy for exploring the universe using neutrinos is expected to bring about findings that cannot be obtained by conventional astronomy by observing electromagnetic waves such as light.
Associate Professor Ishihara is from Shizuoka prefecture.After graduating from Tokyo University of Science, he studied abroad at the University of Texas in the United States and obtained a doctorate.
The Saruhashi Prize was established in 2007 with donations from Katsuko Saruhashi (died in 1980), one of Japan's leading female scientists.The presentation ceremony and commemorative lecture will be held in Tokyo on May 5th.
