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Shuji Nakamura
Shuji Nakamura is a Japanese-born American electronic engineer and prolific inventor specializing in the field of semiconductor technology, professor at the Materials Department of the College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, and is regarded as the inventor of the blue LED, a major breakthrough in lighting technology. Together with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, he is one of the three recipients of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources". In 2015, his input into commercialization and development of energy-efficient white LED lighting technology was recognized by the Global Energy Prize. In 2021, Nakamura, along with Akasaki, Nick Holonyak, M. George Craford and Russell D. Dupuis were awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering "for the creation and development of LED lighting, which forms the basis of all solid state lighting technology".
Native name中村修二
BornMay 22, 1954, Ikata, Ehime, Japan
CitizenshipJapan (until 2005), United States (since 2005)
NationalityAmerican
FieldsElectronics engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Alma materUniversity of Tokushima
Known forBlue and white LEDs
Notable awardsMillennium Technology Prize (2006), Harvey Prize (2009), Nobel Prize in Physics (2014), Global Energy Prize (2015), National Inventors Hall of Fame (2015), Mountbatten Medal (2017), Zayed Future Energy Prize (2018)

About Shuji Nakamura

Physicist Shuji Nakamura was born on May 22, 1954 in Japan (He's 69 years old now).

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to a Japanese scientist in 2014 for his development of blue light-emitting diodes, which are utilized in the production of Blu-Ray discs. He was a professor at the Materials Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara's College of Engineering.

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Shuji Nakamura before becoming famous

Shuji Nakamura was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1954 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

He graduated from the University of Tokushima with a Master of Engineering degree in Electronic Engineering.

Achievement of Shuji Nakamura

The Nichia Corporation gave him a bonus of roughly $9 million for his patents, which was the largest bonus ever offered by a Japanese corporation at the time.

Shuji Nakamura's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Hitomi, Arisa, and Fumie are his three children.

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Shuji Nakamura Collabed with

He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with American physicist Physicist Clifford Shull.

Shuji Nakamura Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Shuji Nakamura updated on March 20 2023.