2024 Masao Horiba Winners

Winner

Development of super-resolution infrared microscopy and ultrafast infrared spectroscopy

Dr. Takuro Ideguchi

Associate Professor
Institute for Photon Science and Technology
School of Science
The University of Tokyo

Winner

Lab to Lake: Excitation-Emission Matrix's Voyage from Theory to Practice

Dr. Chen Qian

Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
University of Science and Technology of China

Winner

Investigating of the occurrence of pathogenic viruses in drinking water sources and their reduction efficiencies in drinking water treatment processes by applying novel virus quantification and concentration methods

Dr. Nobutaka Shirasaki

Assistant Professor
Division of Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Hokkaido University

Honorable Mention

Development of in situ continuous in-flow microplastic monitoring techniques using optical and spectroscopic techniques

Dr. Tomoko Takahashi

Professor
Marine Biodiversity and Environmental Assessment Research Center
Research Institute for Global Change
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Honorable Mention

Development of Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes for Key Analytes in the Aqueous Environment and Beyond.

Dr. Tania Louise Read

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Warwick

2024 Screening Committee

Chairperson	Susumu Kuwabata	Professor Emeritus, Osaka University
Judges	Paul K. Westerhoff	Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University
	Huang Qinghui	Associate Professor, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University
	Akio Imai	Research Director, Center for Environmental Science in Saitama
	Madoka Takai	Professor, Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering,The University of Tokyo
	Yuichi Ichinari	Deputy General Manager, Advanced Technology Development Department, Development Division, HORIBA Advanced Techno Co., Ltd.
	Yuji Nishio	Senior Meister, Advanced Technology Development Department, Development Division, HORIBA Advanced Techno Co., Ltd.

Award ceremony

Photo taken at Symposium Hall, International Science Innovation Building, Kyoto University, on October 17, 2023.