2026 Masao Horiba Winners

Winner

Dr. Yuki Orikasa

Professor
College of Life Sciences
Department of Applied Chemistry
Ritsumeikan University

Winner

Dr. Yu Katayama

Associate Professor
SANKEN, The University of Osaka

Winner

Dr. Yoshiaki Sugimoto

Professor
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The University of Tokyo

Honorable Mention

Dr. Moonkyong Na

Principal Researcher
Advanced Semiconductor Research Center
Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
Republic of Korea

2026 Screening Committee

Chairperson	Masahiro Tatsumisago	Executive Advisor, Professor Emeritus, Osaka Metropolitan University
Judges	Eric A. Stach	Professor School of Engineering and Applied Science University of Pennsylvania
	Jong-In Shim	Professor Emeritus, Hanyang University
	Hiroshige Matsumoto	Professor International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I²CNER) Kyushu University
	Atsushi Wakamiya	Professor Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Assistant to the Executive Vice-President / Deputy Provost Kyoto University
	Akio Wakejima	Professor Institute of Semiconductor and Digital Technologies, Kumamoto University
	Masaki Inoue	Assistant General Manager Research & Development Division HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
	Seiji Higuchi	Department Manager Materials Solution Dept., Materials & Semiconductor Technology Division HORIBA, Ltd.