Name	Hirose, Kei
Position	Principal Investigator (Visiting Professor)
Research Field	High-pressure geoscience
E-mail	director_at_elsi.jp
Web Page	https://members.elsi.jp/~kei/en/
Google Scholar Profile	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AMM7n8AAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=2

 

Awards

2005 Commendation by the Minister of MEXT, Japan, The Young Scientists’ Prize
For contribution in the study of Earth’s deep interior

2007 Inoue Prize for Science
For contribution in the discovery of post-perovskite

2007 Thomson Scientific Research Front Award
For contribution in the discovery of post-perovskite and the study of core-mantle boundary region

2007 Japan IBM Science Prize
For contribution in the discovery of post-perovskite and the study of core-mantle boundary region

2009 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Award
For contribution in the experimental studies of Earth and planetary materials at ultra-high pressure

2009 Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

2011 Science Innovation Award – Ringwood Medal (European Association of Geochemistry)
For contribution in the discovery of post-perovskite and relevant studies

2011 Japan Academy Prize
For contribution in the discovery of post-perovskite and relevant studies

2014 Geochemical Fellow (European Association of Geochemistry and Geochemical Society)