Prof. Kensuke Kobayashi in Kyoto University, who is a former assistant professor in nanoscale science group in ISSP, has been awarded the third Yukawa-Tomonaga encouraging prize for his novel findings in quantum transport through artificial structures. The Yukawa-Tomonaga encouraging prize was established to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Novel laureates Hideki Yukawa and Shin-ichiro Tomonaga.

Introduction of the accomplishments (in Japanese)