Purple Ribbon
Professor Hisayoshi Yurimoto, the chair of SISS, received the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon in April 2020.
Karen Award
Karen Awards (Best Poster Presentation Awards) Winners
SISS-24 in 2025
Azumi Nomura (University of Hyogo)
“Analysis of TOF-SIMS data of polymer mixture samples using correlation analysis”
SISS-23 in 2024
Yu Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
“Correction of Matrix Effect in SIMS Silicon Isotope Analysis of Glass Samples”
SISS-22 in 2023
Makiko Fujii (Yokohama National University)
“Study on desorption/ionization efficiency of polymer moleculesaffected by mixing with non-aromatic organic acids”
Erika Nakata (Seikei University)
“Evaluation of biomolecule distribution in human skin by ToF-SIMS”
SISS-21 in 2021
Rie Shishido (Tohoku University)
“Effect of Carboxylic Acid Matrix on Sensitivity of Phospholipid in Bi-Cluster SIMS Measurements”
Mikihiro Kawase (University of Yamanashi)
“The Effect of Capillary Inner Diameter on Polystyrene Sputtering Produced by Vacuum Electrospray Droplet Ion Beams”
SISS-20 in 2018
Tokio Norikawa (Tokyo University of Science)
“Mass separation of AuGe alloy using rotating electric fields (Ⅱ)”
Reiko Saito (Toshiba Memory Corporation)
“Matrix and Element Dependences of Useful Yield in Si and SiO2 Matrices Using Laser-Ionization Sputtered Neutral Mass Spectrometry”
Dr. Akiya Karen (Toray Research Center)
We are very sorry to inform that Dr. Akiya Karen (Toray Research Center, Japan) passed away on 11 March 2017. Akiya will be sorely missed, both scientifically and humanly, by his many friends and colleagues.