Ryo Sawada Receives the Young Investigator Award from the Japan Forum of Nuclear Astrophysics (UKAKUREN)

2026-04-09 Award
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Ryo Sawada, a Special Postdoctoral Researcher at RIKEN iTHEMS, received the 2nd Young Investigator Award from the Japan Forum of Nuclear Astrophysics (UKAKUREN) on March 31, 2026.

The research recognized with this award concerns the impact of cosmic-ray environments originating from past supernovae on the formation of Earth-like planets [1].

Congratulations Ryo!

Reference

  1. Ryo Sawada et al., Cosmic-ray bath in a past supernova gives birth to Earth-like planets., Sci. Adv. 11, eadx7892 (2025), doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adx7892

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