The Young Scientists' Prize to Prof. Tsuchiya

On 14 April in Tokyo, Prof.Taku Tsuchiya, the leader of theoretical mineral physics group of GRC, received the Young Scientists’ Prize from the Minister of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science and Technology(MEXT) for his research achievements in lower mantle mineralogy based on ab initio computations. This prize is awarded to outstanding young scientists below 40 Yy.o.in all research field, among which only a couple of scientists are selected in whole Earth science community in Japan. Prof. Tsuchiya plays an important role as the executive committiee members of our global COE program, particularly on the advancement of cutting edge researches in deep Earth mineralogy.