Mayuhi Sano received the Best Poster Award for Young Researcher at the International Radiation Symposium 2024 held in Hangzhou, China, on June 17-21, 2024. This award is given to three young researchers who gave excellent poster presentations as graduate students or within 10 years after obtaining their PhD.

This was the first time for Ms. Sano to participate in an international conference, and she gave a poster presentation on aerosol-induced changes in the brightness of the night sky. Ms. Sano said,

“In Japan, there are not many students majoring in atmospheric radiation, and when I attended domestic conferences, I had few opportunities to discuss with students in the same field. However, many students of the same generation from all the world attended the conference, and we were able to discuss each other’s research. In particular, there were several presentations on nighttime observations, and I became very interested in research in this direction. I believe that this award was given to me not only because I was able to communicate well in English, and because they thought my research was scientifically interesting, but also because they took into account my future expectations for applications. I will continue to do my best so that my research will be actively discussed in Japan.”