Shuji Nakamura - Nobel Prize in Physics — 2014
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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
Citizenship
Japan Japan United States United States
Languages
Japanese
date of birth
5/22/1954
place of birth
Ikata
Age
72 years
employer
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
    • start time: 1999
  • Ehime University
  • Nichia
educated at
  • University of Tokushima
  • Nagoya University
  • Ehime Prefectural Oshu High School
member of
  • National Academy of Engineering
  • Polish Academy of Sciences
field of work
  • physics
occupation
  • engineer
  • inventor
  • professor
  • physicist
notable work
  • blue light-emitting diode
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