Chen Zeyu, a second-year Master’s student in our laboratory, was recently honored with the Matsuno Award at the 2025 Autumn Conference of the Meteorological Society of Japan (MSJ) held in Fukuoka. His award-winning presentation was titled: “Investigating Anthropogenic Factors Influencing Kanto’s Localized Heavy Rainfall.”
About the Matsuno Award
The Matsuno Award recognizes student members of the MSJ—including undergraduate and graduate students—who demonstrate high originality and achieve significant results through independent research.
The official announcement from the society can be found here.
Acknowledgments
This achievement was made possible through Chen’s hard work and the contributions of his co-authors:
- Co-authors: Zeyu CHEN, Maria Deandra ANDAL, Roseanne RAMOS, Alvin Christopher Galang VARQUEZ, Mizuo KAJINO, Prabir Kumar PATRA, Masayuki TAKIGAWA, Paul GRIFFITHS, Manabu KANDA, Natsumi KAWANO, Akio YAMAGAMI, and Quang-Van DOAN.
and the ERCA research grant.
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