Oct 20 – 23, 2026
RIKEN
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ANPhA Award

[What Is ANPhA?]

ANPhA: Asian Nuclear Physics Association

  • established in 2009 to promote nuclear physics collaboration, education, and facility coordination across the Asia-Pacific region.
  • board by 14 countries/regions (in 2026).
  • holds symposia (usually at the place of the board meeting).
  • acts as the nuclear physics division of AAPPS (Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies).

[ANPhA Award]

Photos at the award ceremony can be downloaded here (login needed).

[What Is ANPhA Award?]

ANPhA supports scientific meeting with ANPhA awards.

  • The ANPhA Award is established to honor outstanding research, presentations and contributions by graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scientists in the field of nuclear physics.
  • Three young researchers presenting posters will be awarded the ANPhA Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards, based on evaluations by a panel of 18 judges from the IAC and LOC.

[Award Winners]

  • Gold: Amira Aoyama (Tokyo University of Science / RIKEN)
    "An Observational Discrepancy in the Fuel Budget of Superbursts"
  • Silver: Miji Jeong (Korea Astronomy and Space science Institute)
    "An Actinide-boost r-I Star as a Fossil Record of Early r-process Enrichment: Gemini/GHOST Abundance Analysis of LAMOST J122216.86−063345.26"
  • Bronze: Kai Matsunaga (Kyoto University)
    "Nucleosynthesis in Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A: Probing Origins of Light Odd-Z Elements and Progenitor Stellar Processes"