Shuji Nakamura

Details

Instance of

human

Born

22 May 1954

Place of birth

Ikata

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Shūji

Family name

Nakamura

Field of work

physics

Occupation

physicist, engineer, inventor, professor

Citizenship

Japan, United States

Awards

Nobel Prize in Physics, Order of Culture, Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Harvey Prize, IEEE Quantum Electronics Award, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Charles Stark Draper Prize, Zeiss Research Award, Person of Cultural Merit, Asahi Prize, Millennium Technology Prize

academic degree

Doctor in Engineering

educated at

University of Tokushima, Nagoya University, Q11493625

employer

Ehime University, University of California, Santa Barbara, Nichia

interested in

physics

languages spoken, written or signed

Japanese

member of

National Academy of Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences

name in kana

なかむら しゅうじ

name in native language

中村修二

notable work

blue light-emitting diode

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