Tetsuo IRIFUNE is 2023 IMA medalist.

Tetsuo Irifune is a Prof. of Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University (Japan).

Pioneer in the development of new methods for the generation of ultrahigh pressures and temperatures in large volume press, Prof. Tetsuo Irifune has reached the highest level of scientific excellence and eminence within the international mineral physics community by setting new standards in the performance of multi-anvil high-pressure experiments with applications to deep Earthprocesses, and to materials science, including the first synthesis of ultra-hard nano-polycrystalline diamond and transparent nano-ceramics. Thanks to his ability to innovate and develop new techniques, he expanded the scope of mineralogy to entirely new scientific frontiers and extended the boundaries of knowledge. His work has consistently been at the cutting edge of research in mineral physics over a wide range of fields, from hydrous and anhydrous phase relations through novel diamond and ceramics synthesis to techniques of in situ analysis with impact across mantle geochemistry, seismology and geodynamics.

You can visit the website here, a have a look at his impressive publications list here.