Shuji Nakamura
Appearance
Shuji Nakamura | |
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中村修二 | |
Born | Ikata, Ehime, Japan | 22 May 1954
Nationality | American[1][2] |
Citizenship | Japan (until 2005) United States (since 2005)[3][4] |
Alma mater | University of Tokushima |
Known for | Blue and white LEDs |
Awards | Millennium Technology Prize (2006) Harvey Prize (2009) Nobel Prize in Physics (2014) Global Energy Prize (2015) National Inventors Hall of Fame (2015) Mountbatten Medal (2017) Zayed Future Energy Prize (2018) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Electronics engineering |
Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Shuji Nakamura (中村 修二, Nakamura Shūji, born May 22, 1954) FREng is a Japanese-born American electronic engineer. He is a professor at the Materials Department of the College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).[5] He is known as the inventor of the blue LED.[6]
With Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, he is one of the three winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "中村教授「物理学賞での受賞には驚いた」 ノーベル賞". The Nikkei. Nikkei Inc. October 2014.
- ↑ Shuji received American citizenship in 2000. Japan does not recognize dual nationality.
- ↑ 特許は会社のもの「猛反対」 ノーベル賞の中村修二さん [Patent belongs to the company "Violent opposition" Nobel prize winner Shuji Nakamura] (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun Digital. 18 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ↑ ノーベル賞の中村修二氏、「アメリカの市民権」を取った理由を語る [Nobel prize winner Shuji Nakamura talks about why he acquired U.S. citizenship] (in Japanese). withnews. 18 October 2014.
2005、6年ごろに(米国市民権を)取ったんですよ [acquired (U.S. citizenship) in 2005 or 2006]
- ↑ "Shuji Nakamura". Santa Barbara: University of California. Archived from the original on July 15, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2008.
- ↑ "Nobel laureate fought the odds to make history". Pacific Coast Business Times. 10 October 2014. Retrieved Oct 10, 2014.