Shuji Nakamura

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Shuji Nakamura

中村なかむら修二しゅうじ
Shuji Nakamura in 2014
Born (1954-05-22) 22 May 1954 (age 70)
NationalityAmerican[1][2]
CitizenshipJapan (until 2005)
United States (since 2005)[3][4]
Alma materUniversity of Tokushima
Known forBlue and white LEDs
AwardsMillennium 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
FieldsElectronics engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara

Shuji Nakamura (中村なかむら 修二しゅうじ, 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]

  1. "中村なかむら教授きょうじゅ物理ぶつりがくしょうでの受賞じゅしょうにはおどろいた」 ノーベルしょう". The Nikkei. Nikkei Inc. October 2014.
  2. Shuji received American citizenship in 2000. Japan does not recognize dual nationality.
  3. 特許とっきょ会社かいしゃのもの「もう反対はんたい」 ノーベルしょう中村なかむら修二しゅうじさん [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.
  4. ノーベルしょう中村なかむら修二しゅうじ、「アメリカの市民しみんけん」をった理由りゆうかた [Nobel prize winner Shuji Nakamura talks about why he acquired U.S. citizenship] (in Japanese). withnews. 18 October 2014. 2005、6ねんごろに(米国べいこく市民しみんけんを)ったんですよ [acquired (U.S. citizenship) in 2005 or 2006]
  5. "Shuji Nakamura". Santa Barbara: University of California. Archived from the original on July 15, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2008.
  6. "Nobel laureate fought the odds to make history". Pacific Coast Business Times. 10 October 2014. Retrieved Oct 10, 2014.