Dr. Katsunori Wakabayashi, MANA Independent Scientist, received the Young Scientist's Prize for the Commendation of Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) on April 13, 2010. The award was given for his work on nano-scale effect on electronic properties of graphene.

Perfectly conducting channel and universality crossover in disordered graphene nanoribbons
Wakabayashi K, Takane Y, Sigrist M
Phys Rev Lett, 2007; 99(3): 036601.

Electronic and magnetic properties of nanographite ribbons
Wakabayashi K, Fujita M, Ajiki H, Sigrist M
Phys Rev B Condens Matter Mater Phys, 1999; 59(12): 8271-8282.

Peculiar localized state at zigzag graphite edge
Fujita M, Wakabayashi K, Nakada K, Kusakabe K
J Physical Soc Japan, 1996; 65(7): 1920-1923.