Kanako Narita, a doctoral student at the University of Tokyo, won the Second Prize for her research presentation at the URSI-JRSM* 2026 Student Paper Competition.
The URSI-JRSM serves as a regional scientific forum for radio scientists and engineers in Japan and the Asian region, providing opportunities to review current research trends, present new findings, and discuss plans for future research and special projects across all areas of radio science. The award ceremony was held on March 3, 2026, during a meeting at the University of Electro-Communications (Chofu, Tokyo).
In her paper, Narita reported the development and validation of an automated pipeline for identifying absorption lines using ALMA Band 1 calibration data.
[Recipient] Kanako Narita
[Paper Title] Unlocking the Hidden Potential of ALMA Calibrators: A Pilot Blind Search for Galactic Molecular Gas in ALMA Band 1
[Authors] Kanako Narita (The University of Tokyo, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Bunyo Hatsukade (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, ALMA Project)
URSI-JRSM: Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale (International Union of Radio Science) – Japan Radio Science Meeting
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Kanako Narita, a doctoral student at the University of Tokyo, received the Second Prize at the URSI-JRSM 2026 Student Paper Competition (Credit: URSI-JRSM 2026 (left), NAOJ (right))
Winners of URSI-JRSM 2026 Student Paper Competition (URSI-JRSM 2026)
