Hokuto Konno receives the 22nd (FY 2025) JSPS Prize

Hokuto Konno (Visiting Scientist, iTHEMS / Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo) received the 22nd (FY 2025) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Prize on December 16, 2025. The JSPS Prize was established to recognize outstanding young researchers with exceptional creativity and research ability at an early stage of their careers, and to support their motivation and further development in research.

Konno was highly commended for his series of research achievements entitled “Family Gauge Theory and Its Applications to Four-Dimensional Topology.” This work elucidates deep connections between gauge theory and low-dimensional topology, and represents an important contribution to the theoretical development of mathematics.

The award ceremony is scheduled to be held on February 3, 2026, at the Japan Academy Auditorium.

Congratulations, Hokuto!