Hiroshi Amano

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Nobel laureate engineer person physicist

Hiroshi Amano is a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and semiconductor technology.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
person ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in engineering ⓘ
almaMater Nagoya University ⓘ
awardReceived Edison Medal ⓘ
surface form: IEEE Edison Medal

Japan Academy Prize ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
Order of Culture ⓘ
surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)
birthDate 1960-09-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Isamu Akasaki ⓘ
educatedAt Nagoya University ⓘ
employer Nagoya University ⓘ
fieldOfWork materials science ⓘ
optoelectronics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
semiconductor physics ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
knownFor blue light-emitting diodes ⓘ
gallium nitride semiconductors ⓘ
semiconductor technology ⓘ
languageSpoken Japanese ⓘ
memberOf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ
Japan Academy ⓘ
surface form: The Japan Academy
name Hiroshi Amano self-link ⓘ
nationality Japanese ⓘ
nativeName 天野 浩 ⓘ
NobelPrize.category Physics ⓘ
NobelPrize.motivation for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources ⓘ
NobelPrize.year 2014 ⓘ
notableAchievement development of high-quality GaN layers for blue LEDs ⓘ
pioneering work on p-type GaN ⓘ
occupation researcher ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Center for Integrated Research of Future Electronics at Nagoya University ⓘ
professor at Nagoya University ⓘ
researchInterest gallium nitride (GaN) ⓘ
light-emitting diodes ⓘ
wide bandgap semiconductors ⓘ
residence Nagoya ⓘ
surface form: Nagoya, Japan
sharedNobelPrizeWith Isamu Akasaki ⓘ
Shuji Nakamura ⓘ

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IEEE Photonics Award → notableRecipient → Hiroshi Amano ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering → notableLaureate → Hiroshi Amano ⓘ
Nagoya University → hasNobelLaureate → Hiroshi Amano ⓘ
Isamu Akasaki → sharedNobelPrizeWith → Hiroshi Amano ⓘ
Shuji Nakamura → sharedNobelPrizeWith → Hiroshi Amano ⓘ
Hiroshi Amano → name → Hiroshi Amano self-link ⓘ
Japan Academy Prize → hasRecipient → Hiroshi Amano ⓘ
天野 浩 → name → Hiroshi Amano ⓘ
subject surface form: 天野浩
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan → isBirthplaceOf → Hiroshi Amano ⓘ
subject surface form: Hamamatsu
Shuji → sharesNobelPrizeWith → Hiroshi Amano ⓘ
subject surface form: Shuji Nakamura