Shinji Noguchi (Specially Appointed Asst. Prof.) receives the ISGS PhD Thesis Award 2025 Gold Medal from the International Sol-Gel Society.

Dr. Shinji Noguchi, Specially Appointed Asst. Prof., received the ISGS PhD Thesis Award 2025 Gold Medal from the International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS) at the 23rd International Sol-Gel Conference (Sol-Gel 2026), held in Lisbon, Portugal, from August 31 to September 4, 2026. The award committee selected him by unanimous decision, commenting that the thesis “demonstrates how sol–gel chemistry bridges nanoscale materials synthesis and macroscopic optical functionality, providing a versatile platform for next-generation functional optical materials.”

From left: Professor Gulaim Seisenbaeva (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), Chair of the ISGS PhD Thesis Award Selection Committee; Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Shinji Noguchi; and Professor Beatriz Julián-López (Universitat Jaume I), President of the International Sol-Gel Society.

• Award Date: September 4, 2026

• Recipient: Shinji Noguchi

• Position: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

• Affiliation: Laboratory of Convergence Soft Matter, Faculty of Advanced Life Science

• Award : ISGS PhD Thesis Award 2025 Gold Medal

• Awarding Organization: International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS)

His participation in the conference was supported by an International Exchange Grant from the Marubun Research Promotion Foundation. Further details about his conference participation and the award are available in the conference participation report published on the Foundation’s website (available in Japanese and English).

Conference Participation Report by Shinji Noguchi: “23rd International Sol-Gel Conference (Sol-Gel 2026)”

Doctoral Dissertation Recognized by the Award and Related Publications:

[1] Shinji Noguchi, Ph.D. Dissertation, Hokkaido University, 2025.

[2] Shinji Noguchi et al., Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 107(10), 6885-6895, 2024.[3] Shinji Noguchi et al., Nanoscale, 2026, DOI: 10.1039/d6nr02372j.

[4] Shinji Noguchi et al., Advanced Optical Materials, 12(19), 2400287, 2024.

[5] Shinji Noguchi et al., Advanced Optical Materials, e71880, 2026.

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