Kenji Watanabe (scientist)
Kenji Watanabe | |
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| Born | 渡邊賢司 August 8, 1962 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Shizuoka University Hokkaido University |
| Known for | High-purity hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) |
| Awards | Clarivate Citation Laureates (2022) James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials (2023) Asahi Prize (2024) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Materials science |
| Institutions | National Institute for Materials Science |
Kenji Watanabe (渡邊賢司, Watanabe Kenji; born August 8, 1962) is a Japanese material scientist. He is a Specially Appointed Researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS).[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Watanabe was born in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture.[2] He graduated from the Faculty of Science at Shizuoka University in 1985.[3][4] After received a Doctor of Science degree from the Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University in 1990,[5][3][4] he joined Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.[3][4]
NIMS
[edit]Since 1994, Watanabe has been affiliated with the former National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials (NIRIM), which is now part of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS).[3][4]
He served as a Principal Researcher in the Electronic Ceramics Group, Electronic and Electrical Functional Materials Field, Functional Materials Research Center at NIMS. In 2023, he became a Specially Appointed Researcher at the Electronic and Photonic Functional Materials Research Center of NIMS and also a Visiting Researcher in the Semiconductor Defect Control Group, Optical Materials Field, within the same center.[6]
His specialty is semiconductor physics and engineering,[3] and he has been collaborating with Takashi Taniguchi on the development of high-purity hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) technology.[7]
Awards and honors
[edit]- 2017 – MEXT Commendation for Science and Technology (Research Category)
- 2022 – Clarivate Citation Laureates
- 2023 – James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
- 2023 – Ichimura Academic Award[8]
- 2023 – Ibaraki Prefecture Special Meritorious Service Award
- 2024 – Asahi Prize
- 2024 – Tsukuba Prize
References
[edit]- ^ 渡邊(A01)が2022年クラリベイト引用栄誉賞を受賞しました物質・材料研究機構
- ^ 世界的研究者の少年時代は山梨日日新聞2022年12月21日
- ^ a b c d e Kenji Watanabe National Institute for Materials Science
- ^ a b c d グラフェンデバイス用六方晶窒化ホウ素単結晶NIMS NOW 2014 January-February
- ^ Resonant phenomena of hyper-Raman scattering in TiO[2 crystal]
- ^ 渡邊 賢司 (WATANABE, Kenji) 0000-0003-3701-8119 電子・光機能材料研究センター 特命研究員 電子・光機能材料研究センター 光学材料分野 半導体欠陥制御グループ NIMS招聘研究員物質・材料研究機
- ^ 2022年の「クラリベイト引用栄誉賞」受賞者を発表Clarivate
- ^ 第55回概要
External links
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