photo Shuji Nakamura

Shuji Nakamura

Prize: Nobel Prize in Physics — 2014
for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources
Together with: Hiroshi Amano, Isamu Akasaki

Citizenship: JapanUnited States
Languages: English, Japanese
date of birth: 5/22/1954
place of birth: Ikata
Age: 72 years

occupation: professor
physicist
inventor
engineer
field of work: physics
educated at: Ehime Prefectural Oshu High School
University of Tokushima
Nagoya University
employer: Ehime University
Nichia
University of California, Santa Barbara
start time: 1999
member of: National Academy of Engineering
Polish Academy of Sciences
notable work: blue light-emitting diode

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