Hiroshi Amano

PROFESSOR HIROSHI AMANO

Director, Center for Integrated Research of Future Electronics (CIRFE),

Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS),

Nagoya University, Tokai National Higher Education and Research System (THERS)

Address: Room 610, C-TECs, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601 Japan

E-Mail: amano@nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Tel: +81-52-789-3321

Fax: +81-52-789-3157

Webpage: https://profs.provost.nagoya-u.ac.jp/html/100001778_en.html

Place and date of birth: Shizuoka Pref., Sep. 11, 1960

Education:

1989 Doctor of Engineering from Nagoya University

1985 Master of Engineering from Nagoya University

1983 Bachelor of Engineering from Nagoya University

Career:

2015-present Director, Professor, Center for Integrated Research of Future Electronics,

Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability

2011-2023 Director, Akasaki Research Center, Nagoya University

2010 Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

2002-2010 Professor, School of Science and Technology, Meijo University

1998-2002 Associate Professor, School of Science and Technology, Meijo University

1992-1998 Assistant Professor, School of Science and Technology, Meijo University

1988-1992 Research Associate, School of Engineering, Nagoya University

Awards and Honors:

2023 Distinguished Professor of Research Excellence, Nagoya University

2019 Honorary Doctorate, Novosibirsk State University, Russia

2019 Distinguished Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan

2018 Gold Medal, Comenius University, Slovakia

2017 NAI Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, USA

2017 Honorary Doctorate, Linköping University, Sweden

2017 Honorary Doctorate, University of Valle, Guatemala

2016 Honorary Doctorate, Université Blaise Pascal, Université Auvergne, France

2016 Honorary Doctorate, University of Padova, Italy

2016 Honorary Doctorate, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia

2016 Compound Semiconductor Electronics Achievement Award, Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan

2015 10th Achievement Award (Isamu Akasaki Award),　JACG, Japan

2015 2015 Asia Game Changers, Asia Society, USA

2015 APS Fellow, American Physical Society, USA

2015 Aichi Prefecture Honorary Citizen, Japan

2015 Distinguished Professor, Meijo University, Japan

2015 Chunichi Culture Prize, Japan

2015 University Professor of Nagoya University, Japan

2015 Shizuoka Prefectural Honor Award, Japan

2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Foundation, Sweden

2014 Order of Culture , the Japanese Emperor, Japan

2014 APEX/JJAP Editorial Contribution Award, Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan

2011 IOP Fellow, Institute of Physics, Great Britain

2009 NISTEP Award, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Japan

2009 JSAP Fellow, Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan

2008 Japanese Association for Crystal Growth Award, JACG, Japan

2004 P & I Patent of the Year, Tokyo Institute of Technology Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Japan

2003 SSDM Paper Award, SSDM, Japan

2002 Takeda Award, Takeda Foundation, Japan

2001 Marubun Academic Award, Marubun Research Promotion Foundation, Japan

1998 Rank Prize, the Rank Prize Foundation,

1998 JSAP C Award, Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan

1996 IEEE/LEOS Engineering Achievement Award, IEEE

1994 OPTO Electronics Award, Japan

Professional Affiliations:

2023-present: Member, The Japan Academy　　

2022-present: Advisor, Japan Science and Technology Agency

2021-2023: Member, Council for Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

2021-2023: Member, Program Committee, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, JSPS

2020-2022: Visionary leader, Moonshot Research & Development Program, Japan Science and Technology Agency

2019-present: Director, GaN consortium

2015-2020: Member, The 161st Research Committee on Science and Technology of Crystal Growth of JSPS

-2020: Member, The 162nd Research Committee on Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Photonic and Electronic Devices of JSPS

2016-2020: Advisor, The 162nd Research Committee on Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Photonic and Electronic Devices of JSPS

2016-2019: Councilor, The Japanese Association for Crystal Growth

2016-present: Member, The committee of Japan Physics Olympiad

2015-present: Member, Leo Esaki Prize

2016-2019: Advisor, International Solid State Lighting Alliance

2015-present: Advisor, Japan Photonics Council Kansai

Society Membership:

Fellow, American Physical Society

Fellow, Institute of Physics (UK)

Member, Optical Society of America

Member, IEEE (USA)

Honorary Member, Japan Society of Applied Physics

Foreign Member, National Academy of Engineering (USA)

Member, The Engineering of Academy of Japan

Honorary Member, Japanese Society for Engineering Education

Honorary Member, The Japan-Sweden Society

Laureate AIST Fellow, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Honorary Member, The Chemical Society of Japan

Honorary Member, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

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