Shuji Nakamura

Shuji Nakamura
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Shuji Nakamura FREng
中村修二
	Shuji Nakamura in 2015, with a blue LED
Born	22 May 1954 (age 70); Ikata, Ehime, Japan
Nationality	American
Citizenship	Japan (until 2005); United States (since 2005)
Alma mater	University of Tokushima
Known for	Blue and white LEDs
Awards	Millennium 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)
	Scientific career
Fields	Electronics engineering
Institutions	University of California, Santa Barbara

Shuji Nakamura (中村修二, Nakamura Shūji, born May 22, 1954) is a Japanese-American electronic engineer and inventor of the blue LED, a major breakthrough in lighting technology.^[5] Nakamura specializes in the field of semiconductor technology, and he is a professor of materials science at the College of Engineering of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).^[6]

Together with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, Nakamura received 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 the 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".^[7]

^ 特許は会社のもの「猛反対」ノーベル賞の中村修二さん [Patent belongs to the company "Violent opposition" Nobel prize winner Shuji Nakamura] (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun Digital. 18 October 2014.
^ "Nōberu shō no Nakamura Shūji-shi, Amerika no shiminken wo totta riyū wo kataru" ノーベル賞の中村修二氏、「アメリカの市民権」を取った理由を語る [Nobel prize (recipient) Mr. Shuji Nakamura talks about the reasons for obtaining American citizenship] (in Japanese). withnews. 18 October 2014. ２００５、６年ごろに（米国市民権を）取ったんですよ [acquired (U.S. citizenship) in 2005 or 2006]
^ "中村教授「物理学賞での受賞には驚いた」ノーベル賞". The Nikkei. Nikkei Inc. October 2014.
^ Shuji received American citizenship in 2000. Japan does not recognize dual nationality.
^ "Nobel laureate fought the odds to make history". Pacific Coast Business Times. 10 October 2014. Retrieved Oct 10, 2014.
^ "Shuji Nakamura". Santa Barbara: University of California. Archived from the original on July 15, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2008.
^ "LED Lighting | Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering".

[1] 特許は会社のもの「猛反対」ノーベル賞の中村修二さん [Patent belongs to the company "Violent opposition" Nobel prize winner Shuji Nakamura] (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun Digital. 18 October 2014.

[2] "Nōberu shō no Nakamura Shūji-shi, Amerika no shiminken wo totta riyū wo kataru" ノーベル賞の中村修二氏、「アメリカの市民権」を取った理由を語る [Nobel prize (recipient) Mr. Shuji Nakamura talks about the reasons for obtaining American citizenship] (in Japanese). withnews. 18 October 2014. ２００５、６年ごろに（米国市民権を）取ったんですよ [acquired (U.S. citizenship) in 2005 or 2006]

[3] "中村教授「物理学賞での受賞には驚いた」ノーベル賞". The Nikkei. Nikkei Inc. October 2014.

[4] Shuji received American citizenship in 2000. Japan does not recognize dual nationality.

[5] "Nobel laureate fought the odds to make history". Pacific Coast Business Times. 10 October 2014. Retrieved Oct 10, 2014.

[6] "Shuji Nakamura". Santa Barbara: University of California. Archived from the original on July 15, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2008.

[QEPrize-7] "LED Lighting | Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering".

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