Announcement of 2018 OSPA Recipients

JpGU 2018 Outstanding Student Presentation Award

Space and Planetary Sciences Section
Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section
Human Geosciences Section
Solid Earth Sciences Section
Biogeosciences Section

Space and Planetary Sciences Section (11)

Name	Affiliation	Title
Jooyeon Geem	Seoul National University	Polarimetric research on S- and Q-type Near-Earth Asteroids
Ayumu Kuwahara	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Gas flow around low mass planets in a protoplanetary disk: the dependence of out-flow speed on the planetary mass
Yuna Grace Kwon	Seoul National University	Spectropolarimetric Signals of Comet 2P/Encke During Its 2017 Apparition
Ryo Matsuoka	Hokkaido University	Capture of satellite precursors and their orbital evolution by a rotating Martian proto-atmosphere
Yuhki Matsuoka	Hiroshima University	Verification for water in the Mars’ interior based on rheological structure
Maya Nakamura	The University of Tokyo	An experimental and field study toward evaluation of chemical weathering on early Mars
Minori Narita	The University of Tokyo	Multi-wavelength Analysis of Venusian Cloud by Correlation Coefficient Mapping
Shota Notsu	Kyoto University	Possibility to locate the position of the H2O snowline in protoplanetary disks using high-dispersion spectroscopic observations with ALMA
Kazumasa Ohno	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Microphysical Modeling of Mineral Clouds in Warm Super-Earths: Predicting Upper Limits on the Cloud-Top Height
Yuya Tokunaga	Kanazawa University	Development of a miniaturized 3-axis search coil magnetometer and a wave receiver powered by a noise reduction technique for micro-satellite experiments
Kazuhiro Yamamoto	Kyoto University	Pc4 ULF waves and proton flux oscillations observed by the Arase satellite in the morning sector during satellite-ground conjunction: Evidence for giant pulsations

Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section (11)

Name	Affiliation	Title
Yamaguchi Akiko	The University of Tokyo	Fixation of radium by weathered granite from the view point of dependence of ionic size on adsorption reaction
Md. Khairul Islam	International Center for Water Hazard and Risk Management and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies	Inter-comparison of gauge-adjusted global satellite rainfall estimates for water resources management in the Meghna river basin
Yuichi Minamihara	The University of Tokyo	Intermittency of the Gravity Waves in the Polar Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere Based on the PANSY Radar Observation
Aki Sakuma	The University of Tokyo	Provenance changes of the Cenozoic terrestrial sequence in the southwestern Tarim basin and its implication to tectonics of the source area
Toshihiro Shibukawa	The University of Tokyo	Soil Moisture Measurements Based on GNSS-R
Tamaki Suematsu	The University of Tokyo	Enhancement of Madden-Julian Oscillation realization by low-frequency zonal SST gradient
Youta Sugai	Soka University	Dynamics of carbon monoxide (CO) in the sea surface microlayer of temperate coastal waters
Anne Takahashi	The University of Tokyo	Assessment of finescale parameterizations of deep ocean mixing in the presence of geostrophic current shear : Results of microstructure measurements in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Region
Yuto Tashiro	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology	Effects of seasonal variation of permafrost on the behavior of dissolved iron in Russian Far East
Takumi Tsukijihara	Kyushu University	Interdecadal Explosive Cyclone Activity Associated with the Increased Frequency of Winter Storm Events in Hokkaido, Japan
Takuya Yamada	Kyoto University	Experimental study on groundwater and spring water dating method using SF6 tracer during baseflow condition in headwater catchment

Human Geosciences Section (6)

Name	Affiliation	Title
Onon Bayasgalan	The University of Aizu	Estimation of Solar Energy Potential over Mongolia Based on Satellite Data
Shinpei Hata	Okayama University	Efficient new scheme for the linear dispersive wave equation for far-field tsunamis
Osamu Sandanbata	The University of Tokyo	Outreach of tsunami observation using experimental water tank
Yumi Shimada	University of Tsukuba	Geological records of prehistoric tsunamis and subsidence at Mugi town, Tokushima Prefecture
Yuchen Wang	The University of Tokyo	Tsunami Data Assimilation with Sparse Observation: A Study on Tsunami in the Bay of Bengal
Masashi Watanabe	Tohoku University	Revealing transport mechanism of coastal boulders onto the cliff based on field survey, laboratory experiment, and numerical simulation

Solid Earth Sciences Section (27)

Name	Affiliation	Title
Anselme F. E. Borgeaud	The University of Tokyo	Waveform inversion for the 3-D S-velocity structure of the mantle transition zone beneath Central America using USArray data
Keisuke Eshima	Yamaguchi University	Anatomy of the Cretaceous Ushikiri-yama granodiorite, north Kyushu, SW Japan: Internal structure of a pluton, and its genesis
Kazumasa Fuse	Tohoku University	Distinct element analysis of the effect of rock stress on fracture geometry in shear zone
Kohei Hatakeyama	Hiroshima University	Pressure dependence of elastic wave velocity in mafic rock cores collected from Oman Drilling Project Phase I
Yongsheng HUANG	Tohoku University	Experimental constraints on the dihedral angle between olivine and multicomponent aqueous fluids in the upper mantle conditions
Akane Ito	Hokkaido University	Ni enrichment associated with Fe isotope fractionations in Ni laterite deposits, Sulawesi island, Indonesia
Masaki Iwata	Kyoto University	Reproduction of complicated scale form in pipe systems from hydrodynamic perspectives
Sho Kakizawa	Ehime University	Stability and substitution mechanism of Al-bearing superhydrous phase B at the mantle transition zone and the upper most lower mantle
Yuki Kawano	The University of Tokyo	Noise removal from vertical component seismograms recorded by broadband ocean bottom seismometers
Hiroshi Kimura	Nagoya University	Interplate coupling distribution along the Nankai trough in southwest Japan estimated by the block motion model on the basis of onshore and seafloor geodetic observation data
Hiroaki Koge	The University of Tokyo	Effect of a half-graben structure on formation of a shallow plate boundary fault in subduction zone with analog modelling
Minami Kuroda	Hokkaido University	Fast water diffusion in silica glass
Hitoshi Matsuzawa	Hokkaido University	Phase speed and arrival angle measurements of multi-mode surface waves with array-based analysis
Kazuhide Mimura	The University of Tokyo	Origin of common chemostratigraphy of pelagic clay in the North Pacific Ocean: age constraints from ichthyolith stratigraphy
Masatoshi Ohashi	The University of Tokyo	Bubble shapes deformed by pure shear: insights from a deformation experiment of solidifying foam
Akane Ohira	National University	Crustal and upper mantle structure deduced from seismic refraction and reflection data on the Northeast Hawaiian arch
Keitaro Ohno	Tohoku University	Trial of quantitative uncertainties estimation for the rapidly estimated coseismic fault model deduced from real-time GNSS data using MCMC approach
Yoshiyuki Okuda	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Thermal conductivity and compressibility of iron and aluminum-bearing bridgmanite: implications for spin-crossover of iron
Ryo Okuwaki	University of Tsukuba	Shallow intraslab normal faulting: Rupture process of the Mw 8.1 2017 Chiapas Mexico earthquake
Shoka Shimizu	Chiba University	Sedimentary structure and tectonic setting of the Lyra basin central-western Pacific Ocean
Norito Takesue	Okayama University Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology	Sinistral sense of shear deformation under prelithification: Mélange in the upper Cretaceous Shimanto Belt, the Kii Peninsula, Southwest Japan.
Shuhei Totsuka	Kyushu University	Pb isotope analysis of galena from hydrothermal deposits in the mid-Okinawa Trough using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry
Tatsuya Wakamatsu	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Sound velocity measurements on bridgmanite at lower mantle pressures
Tsung-Jui Wu	University of Houston	Geochemical constraints on Pacific-Izanagi ridge subduction along the NE Asian margin from the magmatic record of Japan, Sikhote-Alin and Sakhalin
Longjian Xie	Okayama University	Silicate melt viscosities at high pressure: Experimental results and its implication
Chinatsu Yamada	Tohoku University	In-situ boron isotope study of forearc srpentinites from the Franciscan Complex, California
Takuma Yamaguchi	The University of Tokyo	Acceleration of crustal deformation computation using GPUs and its application to stochastic inversion analysis with geometry uncertainty

Biogeosciences Section (4)

Name	Affiliation	Title
Yoshiaki Endo	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Total pressure dependence of sulfur mass-independent fractionation by SO2 photolysis
Masanari Hikosaka	Kanazawa University	Variation in mineral precipitates in the gill chamber and digestive tract of Rimicaris from Kairei and Edmond fields, Central Indian Ridge
Hirochika Ueda	The University of Tokyo	The homology of the vascular system in the forelimb of Reptiles
Xiaofeng Zang	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Photochemical synthesis of Amino Acid from Nitrous Oxide on Early Mars