[Princeton (New Jersey, USA)=Sho Funakoshi] Manabe
――Why do you think you were selected as the winner?
“The selection process is really strict, and when I look at the list of award winners, all of them have made outstanding contributions to society. This award was a great surprise, but my research contributed to society. I feel that it has been recognized. ”
――At the beginning of my research, I thought that climate change would be a serious problem. Was it?
“I didn’t expect it to bring such a big result. I’ve just been researching with curiosity. What’s in the atmosphere? It’s hard to understand what’s happening, but I’ve repeated numerical experiments (on a computer). Studying climate change is fun and curiosity is my driving force. “
――How should we improve Japanese universities and research institutes, which are pointed out to have sluggish research capabilities?
“I think there is less research driven by curiosity than before. How to improve education in Japan I want to find out what to do. We should think more about how scientists and policy makers communicate. ”
― -What are the scientific problems that you find interesting now?
“Mutual how climate change affects the evolution of living things and how they also affect climate change The action is very attractive and I’m starting to study “
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