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院士簡歷


Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences


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Leo Esaki
Election Year 2008
(Tsukuba Office)
Tsukuba International Congress Center
2-20-3 Takezono, Tsukuba
Ibaraki 305-0032, Japan
Tel: (Tsukuba)(8129) 861-1200 / Fax: (Tsukuba)(8129) 861-1209

Current Positions
  • Chairman, the S & T Promotion Foundation of Ibaraki, Tsukuba
Education
  • B.S. in Physics, The University of Tokyo (1947)
  • Ph. D. in Physics, The University of Tokyo (1959)
Professional Experience
  • Kobe Kogyo Corporation, Kobe, Japan (1947-1956)
  • Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (Sony Corporation presently), Tokyo, Japan (1956-1960)
  • IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York, U.S.A. (1960-1992)
  • President, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (1992-1998)
  • Chairman, the S & T Promotion Foundation of Ibaraki, Tsukuba (1998-)
  • Director-General, Tsukuba International Congress Center (1999-)
  • President, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (2000-2005)
  • President, Yokohama College of Pharmacy, Yokohama, Japan (2006-2023.3)
Specialties
  • Physics
Awards and Honors
  • Nishina Memorial Award (1959)
  • Asahi Press Award (1960)
  • Tokyo Rayon Foundation Award (1960)
  • Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Prize from IRE (1961)
  • Stuart Ballantine Medal from Franklin Inst. (1961)
  • Japan Academy Award (1965)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1973)
  • The Order of Culture from Japanese Government (1974)
  • APS International Prize for New Materials (1985)
  • IEEE Medal of Honor (1991)
  • Japan Prize (1998)
  • The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, First Class from Japanese
  • Celebrated Member of IEEE Election Device Society (2012)