Akira Fujishima
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Akira Fujishima (藤嶋 昭, Fujishima Akira, born March 10, 1942) is a Japanese
Career and research
In 1966 he earned his B. A. (Engineering) at the Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, and in 1971 his Ph.D. (Engineering) at the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo.
In 1967, while working on his Ph.D. under the supervision of professor
On completing his Ph.D. in 1971 he became assistant professor at Kanagawa University but returned to the University of Tokyo in 1975 as assistant professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry. He was promoted to associate professor in 1978 and professor in 1986 within the same department. He became professor emeritus in 2003 and special university professor emeritus in 2005.[5]
In 1989 he was appointed executive director of the
In 2002 he was research supervisor for the development of advanced nanostructured materials for energy conversion and storage at the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).[citation needed] In 2003 he became president of the Electrochemical Society of Japan.[citation needed] and chairman of the Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology.[5] In 2010, Fujishima became the ninth president of Tokyo University of Science.[1]
Recognition
Akira Fujishima has been the recipient of many prestigious awards and honours.
In 1983 he was awarded the
In 1998 he received the Inoue Harushige Award for technical innovation[5] from the Research Development Corporation of Japan[citation needed] and the Innovations in Real Materials Award.[5]
In 1999 he received the Award of the Electrochemical Society of Japan 1999 and in the following year, 2000, the Chemical Society of Japan Award[5]
In 2003 he was the recipient of the Heinz Gerischer Award of the European Section of
In 2006 he received the National Commendation for Invention Award and the Kanagawa Culture Award.[5]
In 2012 he received the Laurea Honoris Causa in chemistry of the environment from the University of Turin.
In 2017 he received the Order of Culture from the Emperor of Japan.
References
- ^ a b "学長挨拶|About Tus|東京理科大学".
- ^ Yu Tatsukawa (12 May 2005). "Discovery and applications of photocatalysis —Creating a comfortable future by making use of light energy". Japan Nanonet Bulletin (44). Archived from the original on 2005-06-08.(Originally published in Japanese 2 December 2003)
- S2CID 4251015.
- ^ a b Akira Fujishima, Heinz Gerischer Award Archived January 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "KAST Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology". Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ Akira Fujishima. "Editorial". Archived from the original on 25 August 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2011.