Recipients of the Japan Academy Medal elected

Six scholars were elected as recipients of the 16th Japan Academy Medal at the 1135th General Meeting held on January 14th, 2020. They are:

Name	ISHIZAKI Akihito
Position	Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Research Subject	Theoretical Development of Quantum Dissipative Dynamics and Its Application to Primary Processes of Photosynthesis

Name	KATO Kengo
Position	Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Cornell University
Research Subject	Research on Statistical Theories for Analyzing Big Data and High-dimensional Data

Name	KURAMOTO Hisanori
Position	Associate Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
Research Subject	A Reconstruction of Chinese Buddhist History during the Six Dynasties, Sui and Tang Periods, Based on Comprehensively Collected Stone Inscriptions

Name	NISHIMASU Hiroshi
Position	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Research Subject	Structure and Engineering of CRISPR-Cas9 Genome-editor Nucleases

Name	MATSUSHITA Tomonao
Position	Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Research Subject	Research on Multistep Regulation of Gene Expression by Plant Photoreceptor Phytochrome

Name	YORIMITSU Hideki
Position	Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Research Subject	Development of Novel Synthetic Organic Reactions Based on the Breaking of Aromaticity