The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has selected 11 people, including Teruyo Enokido, a specific associate professor at the Hakubi Center of Kyoto University, who has made remarkable achievements in the fields of science and technology and technology, as nice step researchers 2018.

 According to the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Associate Professor Enokido raised research funds through crowdfunding and elucidated the photonuclear reaction caused by lightning.Wataru Akahata, CEO of VLP Therapeutics, has succeeded in developing a vaccine for chikungunya fever.
Professor Shigeyoshi Inoue of Technische Universität München, Germany has achieved results in the synthesis of low-coordination organosilicon compounds.Yukari Ohno Tohoku University Graduate School Research Fellow created national distribution data for bumblebees.Minami Sakai, a senior researcher at RIKEN, has elucidated the birth process of the protostar disk that forms around a newborn star.

 Edgar Simosera, a full-time lecturer at Waseda University Faculty of Science and Engineering, has achieved results in the development of image processing technology using deep learning such as automatic coloring.Shino Suzuki, Senior Researcher of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, discovered a mysterious new creature living in the deep part of the earth.Professor Shunsuke Chiba of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has developed various organic synthetic reactions that enable material conversion, which was difficult until now.

 Fujio Toriumi, an associate professor at the University of Tokyo, has developed a method to reduce the risk of hoax information dissemination on social media.Associate Professor Tomoo Tomo of Muroran Institute of Technology has achieved results in the development of basic technology for communication between terminals such as smartphones that do not go through a base station.Kunihiro Nishimura, president of Tenku, has developed a technology for visualizing genomic information for medical use.

 The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy extracts about 2,000 candidates from a survey of about 600 experts, examines the impact of research results on the real world, and expectations for the expansion of future activities.11 I chose a person.

reference:[National Institute of Science and Technology Policy] Selection of "Remarkable Contribution to Science and Technology 2018 (Nice Step Researcher)"

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